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Ooh also definitely agreeing with Deng Yaping, Nan Wang and Zhang Yinning. If I had to do a seperate one for men and women they would definitely get a mention, excuse my narrow mind :D

I agree with the above, losing 11-0 is hugely disappointing so I would never do it to someone else unless I REALLY had a point to make and even then winning 11-1 would be satisfying enough for me

Word of advice for you, you should get rubber protectors. Semi-related to this I got my electric guitar signed by Michael Angelo Batio 3 years ago and didnt laminate the autograph on my pickguard and carried on playing and over time it has been rubbed off, very sad. You have any awesome relic...

As I explained at the beginning of the thread, I misinterpreted the qualification process for China and thought the 4 players from the trials were the only 4 players to qualify. Also I decided not to remove the thread as there are only 10 places on a poll and I didn't want to have it full of...

Well the thing is a goal can be anything, social or competitive, to lose weight and get fitter, to win etc. You can make any goal with table tennis and work towards it, so even though people have all their different reasons for keeping at table tennis, there's a goal behind every one of them ;)

I used a sheet of 729 short pips that was custom glued to a sheet of 1mm sponge it has a very hard contact but I could chop all day with it :P

I used the michael maze one for a couple of years also. I am currently using a Donic Waldner Senso Carbon and it is BRILLIANT! I also used a Butterfly Primorac Off+ Carbon for quite a few years but realised once I changed that it lacked feeling and was a little bit TOO fast :) but the Waldner...

Each blade is in plys of wood, the more plys the heavier and faster the blade I have heard, I know someone with an 11 ply hinoki wood blade which is fast but it's so heavy I find it uncomfortable to play with. Other than that there are carbon fibres added and I think also they may have done some...

haha 729 Dr.Ives...hehehe epic :P

Yea but I mean if there's only one person and there are three of them you would think maybe one of them would do it. Oh well what can you do, my advice, don't let it put you off asking :)

I've always worn butterfly shoes they seem ok, maybe I should try something new? I don't know go with the status quo works fine for me :P

There's definitely a lot of aspects that come into it not just technical training, they have to have a strong mental game and good tactics and they have to WANT to be the best. Waldner is a perfect example I think dedication is the underlying factor, not just to being a good table tennis player...

Make it to the top, it's all about having a goal to be the best and having the passion to drive you to it and once you have that you're addicted. They would have to ban me to keep me away from training :P

2 posts away :P

JO Waldner - Arguable the best tt player ever, master of the game both technical and strategic and winner of so many events. Boll - Has remained in the top 5 for many years despite the rising of a legion of incredible table tennis players from China over the years, he hasn't won the big money...

Well it's just ridiculously debatable, which probably explains why there are 5 pages of comments :P I suppose unless you had played every single sport at an elite level you couldn't really know and some may find the ball speed of table tennis a lot easier than others. It's down to the individual...

Brilliant ain't it :) I had a short stint using short pips on my backhand for chopping I always felt like I had more consistency than with long

Sorry but Li Ning shirts take the cake, I have 2 Chinese training shirts and the designs beat the crap out of other brands by a mile

Good call Mizutani has pulled out some pretty awesome play, I mean he had a big enough shot at winning the world cup last year that was incredible table tennis!

hehe Renz :P I guess Dan just thinks I'm the man :D The idea I gave Dan for all your interest is coloured badges scaling from 30 posts all the way up to the thousands. The badges would start off simple like a small medal with TTD inscribed and a ribbon. Colours would start with say blue and...