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  1. Aliexpress has big annual sale in 1 week. Are you getting something?

    I just put down another order for Sanwei Target Provincial, Battle 2 provicinal, Yinhe Big Dipper and Yinhe Moon speed. Oh and some Palio 3 star balls just to try it out
  2. DHS Hurricane Long 5 vs Butterfly Harimoto Innerforce ALC

    I know a really good player who uses the same rubbers as you do (H3N blue sponge, D09C), and he uses.... Stiga Cybershape Carbon :D
  3. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Almost 100% mental. Rushing to finish the point with a winner, either too excited or afraid that the ball might come back. Footwork and positioning can also contribute; people tend to go all out when they are out of position. I once received advice from a really good player: "80% power/speed is...
  4. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    Playing flat against LP works quite well as they cannot impact strong spin on the ball by themselves. But another thing to note is that LP can be a lot slower than inverted rubbers. A floaty ball coming off LP isn't as easy to attack as a floaty ball coming off inverted rubbers. Anyway playing...
  5. Anyone have a sneak peak of Glayzer yet?

    Based on Chinese translation of a Japanese review, Glazer 09c is "Tacky Rozena". Not as good as Tenergy. Not very fast, seem to be designed for BH of outer composite blades. Spin is not outstanding either. Link to "original" video in case the translations are wrong: http://b23.tv/DqOvDA8
  6. Just tried Rxton 5 and T3

    Where can you find Mercury 2 in hard? Most places I saw only sell soft and medium.
  7. Trying to buy Stiga Dynasty Carbon Xu Xin in the penhold grip

    http://www.sunnywise.com.hk/xuxin_blue.htm This site claims to have a few Dynasty Carbon Xu Xin blue label edition CPEN in stock.
  8. Post your latest EJ purchase

    If they are doing that consciously, then they are advanced LP users. Play them as much as you can to increase your experience. If they are not, then you just need to find the sweetspot where you can play safe and consistently while still putting pressure on your opponent. One of the way for...
  9. Post your latest EJ purchase

    You can either push long and deep, so the return would be longer. Or you can step it and flick it/punch it because you can anticipate it. It's just footwork really. Once you know for sure it's topspin, that's already more than half of the problem gone. Another tips: with the push 1 loop 1...
  10. Post your latest EJ purchase

    LP users who rely on the reversal effect are quite easy to beat if you use the right tactics. LP beginners usually can't read or handle spin well either and are relying on the LP to do the work (often that's why they start using LP in the first place). Give them floaty balls and they would...
  11. Some updated information from SANWEI

    Absolutely no idea. Besides, there are more variables: composition, thickness of each layer, shape of handle, shape of blade, glue between layers, additional coating on the surface etc. My own overly simplistic view is that top ply dictates performance of soft touches, the core/deeper layers...
  12. Some updated information from SANWEI

    If the core is very thick, with thin veneers, then the composite layer can be closer to the surface, so the stiffness (correlate to speed?) is higher and the blade should become more like outer-fibre blades. Like Hurricane Long 5X v.s. HL5.
  13. Sample Time

    Feedback on H9 within China isn't too good... can't satisfy everyone.
  14. Chinese all boosting, yet never caught red handed/ Why?

    If I understood correctly, he put wood on where the finger and thumb of a penholder touch the blade? I'm gonna modify my blade and use 8 mm rubbers from now on.
  15. Chinese all boosting, yet never caught red handed/ Why?

    As far as I know, they only test for VOCs (which can only catch speedglue) and rubber thickness. Naked eye inspection is not part of the booster detection procedure.
  16. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    With proper coaching, you can improve with almost any setup. But the speed (and grip etc.) of the bat would affect how fast you can improve. My personal experience is that the player needs to be fast themselves in order to handle a fast setup. when I use a super-fast blade, I often hold back my...
  17. Chinese all boosting, yet never caught red handed/ Why?

    The tack on Jupiter definitely decreased within 6 weeks... whilst it doesn't really hurt my game, that's not incredible durability.
  18. 1980s Stiga Allround blade - worth reusing ?

    Yinhe Moon or Palio AK47 (the new versions). If they aren't fast enough then you can upgrade to intermediate level tensors. I was going to recommend Xiom Vega's but they are slightly higher than your budget.
  19. 1980s Stiga Allround blade - worth reusing ?

    I am not recommending the Mercury 2 at all...
  20. 1980s Stiga Allround blade - worth reusing ?

    I have a Banda Virgo which I think is an ALL blade in the 38 mm ball era. It is quite slow (well, I put Yinhe Mercury II on it so that didn't help). I need to put some effort in it even when I block. Getting a faster blade would be better than trying to find new rubbers that works. If you prefer...
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