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Carl, Ba'al appreciates malevolence as much as the next Canannite fertility deity. All the same, your malevolent air will have to be achieved in some other way. Black socks certainly CAN be malevolent when combined with a black suit and a black tie, and possibly in some other contexts. But...

Bricec, your perceptiveness is a good sign that you are now or soon will be one of the table tennis illuminati. Perhaps it is because you are from France and have studied philosophy on the Left Bank, and have read Sartre and Camus? Ba'al can explain that the difference is subtle. Collectors...

Sigh. Not this again. Yes, 70 to 100 M/sec for type A myelinated fibers. But you have at least 4 synapses before any information reaches the first neuron in the somatosensory cortex. Each synapse adds a delay of a little less than 1 msec. And there is extensive processing in somatosensory...

The calculations I made were how long it takes for a nerve impulse to reach your brain from your hand and I compared that to what various people measured with high speed video for the actual dwell time. I cant recall who made the high speed video measurements though and I'm too lazy to go back...

I am a big fan of these inverted rubbers with super short pips. I haven't tried these. But as a class I think they will help a lot of players once their technique adjusts.

Supplement 3. You should not believe that "Special Editions" of blades are better than the original versions. That Golden Badge and nice box doesn't actually affect the ball. The exception to this supplement is for collectors, for whom blades are more like baseball cards than tools for...

No Vik, but it was a worthy question deserving of a reply from Ba'al. Rule 20 OBLIGATES you to buy another blade. The correct number of blades to own is n + 1 where n is the number you own now. This is true regardless of your rating. However you are not allowed to believe that doing so...

Serve dead (lowspin) balls. Alternate short and very deep.

And how much extra do you pay for this genius piece of marketing?

Supplement 2. If you are interested in person as a long-term partner, bringing them to your table tennis club may not be a great idea unless you are a professional player or are already mutually committed to each other, and even then your table tennis expenditures should not be revealed..

Yes Mathias. And clearly you are one of illuminati since you do not scream cho like a barbarian. But the 100 - 1 Rules are no longer "unspoken". After all, Ba'al has spoken. So it is written, so it shall be done.

Supplement 1. On table tennis forums you should not actually answer requests about alternatives to Tenergy with anything other than sarcasm.

The Gods of Table Tennis have benevolently bestowed the 100-1 Rules. It is certainly possible that they will bestow various supplements and appendices as necessary to guide faithfull and obsessive players into the Correct Ways --- which if faithfully followed ensure that YOU get the good nets...

Be careful what you wish for. A new blade costs less in the long run.

In any case stop asking this question and buy the Tenergy. And a new blade, better make it two. You don't have to tell your wife.

This would explain the Table Tennis Gods actions towards Svenska Bordtennisförbundet since the days of Waldner and Persson. Perhaps, though, they allow it in formal league play and reject it for just hanging out playing at the club. A seance with the Gods is required.

Mantra H.

Also forget the rubber. Buy another blade. Rule 20 The correct number of blades to own is n + 1 where n is the number you own now. An exemption can be made for players in committed relationships, in which case the correct number is s-1, where s is the number of blades that causes your spouse...

If people stopped wearing black socks and shirts with their name on the back, among other Rules, they would be better respected by the world at large. The resulting improvement in self-confidence and happiness could lead to weight loss, improved health, more strength, better footwork and even...

Of course the Table Tennis Gods already gave us Rule 2 which does not allow cho-ing at all unless you are a professional player. So Mathais is clearly on the road to enlightenment and will arrive there faster if he reads the Rules. Note also that the Gods tolerate Harimoto but absolutely...