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I hope I don't start a sh*t storm by saying out my opinion: I would say boosting is not cheating. Why? The analogy I like to use is, let us say the speed limit for this stretch of highway is 90 km/h. We all know you can push the car to 95 km/h or even 98 km/h and the cop will not pull you...

Instead of adding more glue, consider adding Tear Mender. Please see the video below from YouTube. Please note. I have used this method here and there in the past 1.5 years. The YouTube video makes it look way tooooooo easy. In reality, it is much harder. I can tell you, for ESN rubbers...

Where can you find it? I have seen one Nittaku "clean" premium 3* It is a cool concept. I like Nittaku balls but when they get old, it feels "slippery" but people refuse to throw them out so....

Tony, thank you for your honest answer. Yes, I will use up the provincial blue sponge 39 degree first. Then might try provincial sponge 40 degree next. After that, I doubt I will try the star/pro version. Thanks again!

Thank you for your reply. I have been very happy with provincial 39 degree blue sponge (I still have like 6-7 sheets left). I just got a national 39 degree blue sponge but I cannot put that onto a blade yet until the sponge flattens out a bit after boosting. I suspect that provincial and...

Orange STN is dirt cheap. The top sheet is less tacky than the blue sponge. So if you are prepared for that, then go for it.

Side topic. Tony. Do you feel there is a big difference between provincial hurricane v.s. national hurricane blue sponge? How about the player's rubber (like Ma Long's forehand rubber or WCQ's backhand rubber, etc.)?

I think H3 neo provincial blue sponge is still tacky. All H3 commercial orange sponge is not tacky anymore.

Agree with you 100%. Everyone just has different opinions. For example, I am open to fast OFF- or OFF 5-ply or 7-ply wood, with Rozena at 1.9mm or say Vega Europe at thinner sponge for beginners. But then you have Schlager, a world champion, saying in another video that he would recommend max...

I started playing table tennis around 1992-1993. Deng Yaping was sooooo dominant. Too bad she retired early. When people talk about the greatest players of all time, they debate about ZJK v.s. Ma Long v.s. Waldner v.s. Liu Guoliang. Maybe Zhang Yining could enter the discussion (I would argue...

Yeah none of the adults beginner players in my club come any where CLOSE to how much you train. Glad you made the transition pretty easily. I think I get what Heming Hu is saying. For Heming Hu, 5-ply wood with Sriver or Mark V on both sides are trash. It is like us saying that those...

Agree with all the above. Maybe I am biased because all the adult "beginners" in my club get at most one 1:1 lesson a week but then only shows up to the club 1-2 times a week in total. That is nowhere near the threshold to tame Viscaria with double Tenergy 05 on both sides. But if they get...

Good post. Let me jump in with my opinions: 1) My Chinese coach growing up was exactly like that. I was taught to hit for 6 months to a year. Then when my coach taught me how to loop, that was a big deal. It was like that with all junior players he and his wife coached (I actually had two...

Wow that is soooooo complicated! Thanks for explaining

worse than boosting? :) :)

I think you should stick with Butterfly, so Dignics 09c is a logical choice. Hurricane is an acquired taste. I think you should try Dignics 09c first. Everyone switching equipment has to go through an adjustment period. For the sake of progress you have made so far in your table tennis...

That is why I don't memorize the composition of any blades anymore. My hand will tell me if I like the blade or not.

Very good video. I watched it from the beginning to the end. A few comments. It is funny that he wants to start people on ESN and Butterfly rubber, along with Hurricane (boosted) but yet does not want to start people on Sriver EL (he specifically mentioned that) and say Mark V. His reasoning is...

Sanwei Target National blue sponge is a lot more tackier than Sanwei Target National orange sponge. Same ITTF approval number so the top sheet should be the same. Don't ask me why. That's just the way it is.

I don't think that Sanwei Target National is under $5. Pretty all the Aliexpress sellers tack on shipping and import tax. I think that sheet is probably closer to $12-$13 once you add all the expenses in. That sheet has orange sponge. I did not know. I thought it has blue sponge. Anyway, I...