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  1. STIGA Mantra M or Butterfly Rozena (BH)

    Just get the cheaper one of the two and your backhand will conform to the rubber over time with practice.
  2. Jpen TPB tips

    When I played Cpen with RPB, I really missed the cork because, let us be honest, putting your sweaty finger on an inverted rubber is very slippery! When I played Jpen, the blade was light. My coach ended up putting an ox long pips on top of the black paint sheet. I liked that set up too. When I...
  3. My opinion about Fextra 7 👎

    Donic Persson Powerplay is a cheap, all wood 7-ply that has good feeling and is great at looping. The thickness of the blade is similar to other all wood 5-ply.
  4. Jpen TPB tips

    Follow Mauricio Bernales Ketterer on Instagram. His handle is mbernalesk. He is Chilean player who uses one side Jpen style. He has some videos showing his BH flick. Yes it is quite aggressive. However at this point, the most important thing for you to learn is to 1) block consistently and 2)...
  5. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    Like I said before. Fan Zhendong and Lin Yun-Ju were probably nursing some injuries prior to the Olympics. It is nice to see both playing well and peaking at the right time.
  6. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    Now I HAVE to get a Stiga Cybershape carbon with variable weights at the handle! lol :)
  7. PONGBOT

    Not about players. The crowd has been amazing....like amazing!
  8. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    It is time for you to experience the beauty of hurricane on the forehand plus soft ESN rubbers on the backhand side. lol :)
  9. Be honest guys: you don't need carbon blades

    Because a lot of people want to save money and try to get the "perfect" equipment in one shot. Obviously, perfect equipment does not exist. But for some players, they eventually figure what equipment is good enough for their levels and they stick to it. For example, I like hard Chinese rubbers...
  10. Be honest guys: you don't need carbon blades

    I agree that you don't need carbon blades. However, I do like the stiffness that carbon blades give. I don't like vibration in my hand. I still have some wood blades I fool around with. It is weird. But on wood blades, I use harder sponge rubber on my BH side such as MX-S and G-1. However, on...
  11. Help choosing backhand rubber

    Sanwei Ultraspin T88. Good rubber. Not tacky. Within your budget.
  12. When to change equipment?

    How do you like Vega Pro on your forehand? The reason I asked is, you should only change one variable at a time when you try to experiment so stick with the same blade. Perhaps switch Vega Pro to forehand and find a different backhand rubber? Or if you like Vega Pro, why not use it on both sides?
  13. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    A few comments: 1) Tomokazu Harimoto just won. 2) Lin Yun-Ju seemed to have recovered from his injury. His forehand actually looks good now. 3) I rather like the four matches on a single screen format, just as long as there are a couple players I know well who are playing (better than all WTT...
  14. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    Right now on Peacock, you have SYS, Scoz and Jah playing on a single screen. It is actually quite cool!
  15. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    I bought peacock to watch on my huge tv. I find four games going on to be quite good. For example, I am watching Truls on top left hand corner and Amy Wang in the right hand bottom corner. It is kind of interesting to see which point/rally is the most interesting and just focus on that!
  16. How to improve Target National performance?

    You guys know I like Sanwei Target National. So a few comments: 1) I like the low throw. I grew up playing Chinese rubbers (Friendship 729, Friendship Tackspeed 2000, Globe 999) so I am very confused why the complaint about the low throw. I like my topspin tight. Meaning enough arc to clear the...
  17. Paris Olympic Games 2024

    So sports illustrated (www.si.com) had an article today to predict the winners of all 329 medal events. I was kind of laughing to myself and say, "yeah right." So I clicked on the part about table tennis, the prediction is actually not bad! They must have surveyed some ping pong players to come...
  18. How often do you have to replace your cutting knife?

    Revolution Nr 3 curve scissors work just fine. I don't feel the need to use any blades. Yes, I have been players getting their equipment from the club coach and the cutting of the rubber by the club coach using a blade looks beautiful. However, I don't have time and I don't have OCD. I have 12...
  19. How often do you have to replace your cutting knife?

    That is why I use Revolution Nr 3 scissors....
  20. 2024 Sanwei Target 3 National

    It is a mess. I just buy either blue sponge or orange sponge, and I don't care about the rest.
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