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  1. lighter offensive setup

    I can recommend Cornilleau AERO series which is tzpically bellow 75g and goes up to OFF (or even OFF+ if you count softcarbon version). I've glued for friend of mine ALL+ model with BATTLE II and Palio AK47 BLUE (both MAX of course;) and whole set-up was 156g. Very light compared to typical...
  2. Different sound of DHS D40+ balls

    Same here Fabian, both 72-ball baxes from TTnPP I got (12/2017 and 03/2018) have high-pitch sound on our JOOLA tables. It was annoying the first session (especially when we mixed them with STIGA plastic balls we used last season) but now I don't hear it anymore. I trained with seamless plastic...
  3. 729 Battle II Rubber Review

    Hi Martin, I guess it has something to do with different composition of Falco and Chinese boosters like Haifu. That's why people recommend to use one on eur/jp tensor type of rubber and second on hard Chinese rubbers. See e.g. here.
  4. Hard Rubber on Backhand Side

    In the lowest leagues in my country many players use hard rubbers such as H3n on BH because they mostly chop/push and block, basically never spin and very few punch drives. If your style is similar (= stronger FH and defensive BH) then it is good combination. The recommendation of softer rubber...
  5. What equipment is Harimoto Tomokazu using?

    Interesting! You had it hand and identified ZLC vs. ALC layers just by looking at it? Or someone told you there? Thx ...
  6. Is Hurricane 3 different from H3 Neo without the tune layer?

    Good to know. Sorry for the dots, that's what forum adds to the end of my every post if I use latest Firefox browser, I have no control over it (unfortunately not the only glitch you can see in this site's engine;) ...
  7. Is Hurricane 3 different from H3 Neo without the tune layer?

    Why not? Do you observe any difference between Falco on chinese/eur rubber? Or between Falco and other boosters? ...
  8. Japan Open 2018

    https://tv.ittf.com/ or http://www.laola1.tv/en-int/channel/table-tennis ...
  9. Removing glue from sponge

    I never had big problems with getting old glue out from the sponge, probably because I put two layers on rubber and one on the blade (kind of habit from speed-glue era, bad or good who knows). If you have problem with getting glue layer out it might be because you have thin layer, just put there...
  10. myth: too fast equipment hinder development

    Again this is very much depending on the level. If Freitas, Boll or Ma Long tells you in the interview that plastic ball influenced their play and that PROs need to change material it's different then our amateur level. I've seen decent players in my country (2000-2300USATT equivalent) and they...
  11. Ranking issue

    It's similar to ATP/WTP when sometime you can rise just by sitting home because of 52-week sliding window where your competitors got some good results last year, were unable to defend this year and so they lost points in the result. But detailed analysis would be needed for each player to...
  12. myth: too fast equipment hinder development

    Very valid!;) Again general recommendation to start with ALL+/OFF- all-wood blade and reasonable fast inverted rubbers is based on assumption that there are very few people who have access to such coaching. In rare cases you will get so much one2one training sessions that you will learn correct...
  13. myth: too fast equipment hinder development

    I believe the answer is in front of you when you go to club with starting players and very low ranking leagues/tournaments. If there are people who choose fast equipment then a) most of the balls end up long or just too high and got smashed (so they loose badly) or b) they somehow adopt(ed) to...
  14. China Open 2018

    Exactly, at 9-8 for Europeans I got little dejavu but then next three points it was clearly FZD who managed the game. After that it was hard for Ionescu and Robles to even get into good receiving and 3rd ball game. ...
  15. China Open 2018

    Good moments in game 1 but since then quality is clearly on the other side. But I hope to see these guys in more doubles, they clearly make a great pair.
  16. Balls Current Pricing

    It's still to be seen if "the best" 40+ plastic balls are with seam but it's true that DHS/DoubleFish new material (DHS calling it "ABS") are harder yet maintaining bounce and roundness to be loved by many and at least tolerated by the rest. And because of DHS marketing power through ITTF it's...
  17. Balls Current Pricing

    I must say that experience differ a lot. From my 140 D40+ balls zero cracks in 3 months. Yes, I do play in small club (2 sessions per week when out of season) and it's mostly minor league players so we don't care so much about the roundness. But ABS seamed balls are at least on par with Xushaofa...
  18. Playing in the Olympic Games?

    If you are top two in Brasil you will know how to qualify to OG, the national team will simply tell you and manage for you. Don't worry by then;)
  19. China Open 2018

    And youtube posters give you in HD;)
  20. China Open 2018

    Seems like Timo had problem with right leg and it escalated in the end of 7th game but anyway both put all in and LJK won, great match to watch!
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