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I believe the scoring system is just fine. 4 points are not enough for players to adjust or to provide good spectacle. 4 consecutive serves are a step back as we will see the old fashioned table tennis where 90% of the points were a matter of serve and receive The reason tennis is more popular...

Definitely all wood. Much more feeling to develop correctly your strokes. Carbon blades are for players with excellent technique that want to increase speed in their shot in order to put more pressure in their opponents, in high level play placement is not enough, you need extra speed also. All...

I would love to know about CCY story, I know that the chinese feared him in the past and he stated that he spent tons of training to improve his forehand but his training plan was not efficient and he admitted that he wasted prescious time and didnt get better

And one more thing, 11 point system with two serves actually makes the game easier for the weaker player to win and the stronger to lose. Especially when you play 3 sets and with an opponent that you are not familiar with. One set of 21 with five serves was enough to figure out your opponent...

I think world class players like waldner or persson know exactly what to do in their countries to get better in TT because they have lived it. They have trained hard, they have trained in china and they have trained with the best, maybe they wont be best teachers for the future players but LGL...

Most of the users here dont see the whole picture, for every successfull chinese athlete there are 100 or even more failures. Just because they win in competitions it does not necessarily mean that they have the best training system. Reaching the top is not about hard training only. Chinese...

Yes but i didnt claim that dima was playing alone, ZJK tried also but he just couldnt cope with his opponent today its a two players game thats what im saying dima played well zjk didnt, dima won. As for the coach point of view you are 100% correct but it is easy for us outsiders to judge with a...

Lol Tony I dont think ZJK has not much time left in the CNT. He is their best player overall and the most commercialized one. Lets not forget who we are talking about, the fastest grand slam champion the only chinese who crushed the old generation (ma lin wang liqin and wang hao) so easily...

Guys you are judging ZJK and you forget that there was another player on the court today. Dima played fantastic and deserved to win, he totally outsmarted ZJK and adapted to the tactic changes after the LGL timeout. I ve never seen any european, even Boll that believed he can win and wanted it...

Lagogiannis is better technically than papageorgiou against defenders and has a better record against them. Papageorgiou on the other hand is 6 times greek national champion in the past years and has achieved better wins in euro/world tours than Lagogiannis. The decision was tough cause...

I think it was a bad call of the coach along with poor performance from Gionis and Kreanga. The team's 4th player Lagogiannis, is very consistent against defenders so coach Vatsaklis decided to put him in the fight against Pattantyus (Lagogiannis won against him in the past) instead of...

Guys you are missing the big picture here. Even if Wang Hao was at his bad days, he is STILL one of the best players in the world. Just because he is retiring doesnt mean he is not playing well or that mengel was lucky. Same thing goes about his motivation. You always forget that they are 2...

Mengel deserves the chance given. He beated Timo Boll (2012 german championships singles final I think) and Wang Hao. When did Suss Steger or Baum did that? I think that he should be in the A team long ago, definetely a very smart and talented player. Steger Baum and Suss have hit their peak and...

Lol thats funny. Our team plays with double circle balls? Is this 100% fact? I have played with few of them and all of them suck big time. Too heavy compared to a normal ball. I thought STAG was our official sponsor. Send me in pm the name of the merchant please :)

Hehe thanks for the insight. I started to workout a few years ago and after some research I did noticed that this method is the best for strengthening your muscles. Slow negative and fast positive. My issue is that just strengthening your muscles is not enough, at least for me. I want to also...

I guess I will try putting a metal plate first and be damn sure that it wont detach when I play.

Very nice insight there friend. There is no same law for everyone, what suits YOU is the law. Both of your posts were very balanced and well said, some firm advice without talking too much! One last thing dont pay so much attention to someone just because he has the tag "professional" and...

The dumbells are not enough, I want to have 100% simulation, so maybe I will buy this blade. I want to have as much feeling as possible

Yes these are exactly my thoughts. If I do it I will put a small metal plate which has uniform weight like a rubber does.

​Has anyone tried this? Can I stick rubbers on it or no? http://www.tabletennisworld.com.au/heavy-weight-training-p-63.html I ve found it much cheaper in a local TT store in my city. When I was a kid my coach used to gimme a bat with 1 rubber in one side and on the other a mass of iron or...