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I'm surprised Grey is an approved color. So I can have one side grey and the other side black? That seems pretty confusing and not easily distinguishable to me.

I see your point. Probably for color blind people to more easily distinguish the difference.

I just wish I could put two different color rubbers on without one having to be black. As long as it's two different colors what difference does it make which color?

This pickle ball is out of control. You will never see this much prize money in TT. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/tennis/pickleball-pickle-slam-tennis-greats-intl-spt/index.html

My closet is full of shoes I've tried and rejected. Asic Rocket, Yonex badminton shoes, various tennis shoes and cross training shoes. I've finally found the perfect fit TT shoe. TT Japan sells the ASIC Excounter in extra wide. After trying my first pair I bought 2 more immediately so it...

Speaking of barriers to entry. The higher the barrier the harder it is to learn obviously but that's what makes the sport interesting, fun and long lasting. How long can you play tic tac toe? It's super easy to learn but you get bored after 3 rounds. Golf takes years to learn and you never stop...

From my point of view I don't see the appeal of Pickleball. There's almost no spin. There's no overheads, very little pace and mostly about drop shots. As stated before "I'd rather watch paint dry"! I can see it is very popular among the senior crowd since it's very easy on the body but for...

Yes, so since the demand isn't there in the US therefore the parks and community centers won't have the tables.

But what comes first? The parks put out equipment only if there's a demand. If there's no demand then they wouldn't spend the money and effort to acquire them.

I don't agree with the access theory. Yes, soccer is a very easy game to pick up and learn. It's got simple rules and can be played almost anywhere. But if you go to China there are PP tables everywhere. Outside in parks, in every school from preschool to Universities, community centers and...

Dude you are way over analyzing this. Far east Asians have no intent of making it purposely sound childish or any other agenda. They just call it PP because it was a cute sounding name and it stuck. There is no underlying agenda to change the image of TT or PP. Just as simple as that.

I seriously doubt in Asia they purposely call it PP to belittle the sport. In China the other name for TT is "Guo Chiu" which means "national sport". How can that possibly be demeaning?

Obviously you don't live in US. If you compare TT in the US to all the other sports that people play TT is probably not even in the top 20. It is mostly looked at as a basement sport. Some times when new people come to my club for the first time they are the king of their family basement...

I know you agree and I'm just agreeing more. lol I'm just addressing it to people that can't seem to accept that PP and TT are the same game and doesn't matter what you call it. There is no basement name nor professional name. It's just too bad that in the US it's not that popular yet...

Just watch any interview that Ma long did. He only refers the sport as ping pong. He's never said anything close to table tennis. For that matter ask anyone in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan what they call it. It's only called one name.

Exactly what I was going to say. If you ask Ma Long what sport he plays I guarantee you he will say Ping Pong and not table tennis. People like to make up shit like saying "Table Tennis" is an elite sport. Well it's the same thing just one is branded like Carl said. It's an urban myth that...

The main difference I feel between the two is that I can flip BH easier with the Z2. It's more grippy on soft shots.

I'm a big fan of Dragon grip too but it's a little pricey and sometimes can be hard to find. So far my search for a replacement has been down to V22 and K3.

Seems like Chen Meng has been losing more lately.

I use K3 and it's got good spin and power. I like it for my FH since it's a little hard.