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I watched the game on WTT site on YouTube. Link below: Olah was, not surprisingly, down 1 point to 6 points before mounting a comeback in the first set. Olah did not play safe. He played a high risk and high reward game. He loopkilled hard on the balls he could. He intentionally kept on...

You are describing Donic Baracuda!!! I tried MX-P before. I did not find it very grippy. MX-S seems to be grippier. I am using C-1 on my backhand. It is soft and light with control. It is hard for me to judge spin because, well, any ESN rubber cannot generate as much spin as my Hurricane on...

Serious feedback. Why don't you use your current blade and just stick Dignics 05 on both sides? If you find it not fast enough, then just get the FZD normal ALC since it is a bit cheaper. It is never good to change both your blades and your rubbers at the same time. It makes it very hard to adjust.

I practice slow, spinny topspin loops with my long pip partner at the club. I can do 10-15 strokes easily on my forehand side (my backhand side is another story). It is fun to try to keep the loops on the table and at the same location so my partner would not run out of breath moving. I also...

Lol, when I watch a match (like table tennis) or a game (like basketball), my mind is shut off. I just want to see good interesting rally. I really do not care much about tactics. When I play a match, yes, I am constantly thinking about testing out the opponent's forehand, backhand and the...

I agree. But let us not be too harsh on them either. I play at a club where most players are adult players who are not classically trained (i.e. trained by a coach growing up). They are having a hard time figuring out how to play inverted. To add long pips and anti to the mix, they are easily...

I think 2.0mm is just fine. G-1 in 2.0mm was the thickest option for a few years. They just came out with max sponge in recent years for G-1. G-1 on the forehand and C-1 on the backhand, you cannot go wrong with that combo. Since forehand strokes and backhand strokes are different, forehand...

Agree. Here is what I would do. I play 5 days a week. Two days a week I would seek out a hardbat and/or long pip player to play with. My quality of loop and the way I brush the ball are much better after such practices/playing matches. Then the other 3 days a week, I avoid them because playing...

I enjoy practicing with long pips. There are a few drills I would practice with another long pip player: 1) push and then flip lightly, then push and then flip lightly. 2) practicing slow, high arcing top spins and pin them down on the long pips side. I would avoid pushing any ball in this...

Agree. With long pips, you maybe push once, then you full out attack and put them on the heels. I use hurricane on the forehand side so my forehand loop is very very spinny. Most long pips will block the ball out (because the ball would come off their racket on the long pips side as either back...

I truly heartedly agree with everything you have said. I grew up playing Jpen with 38mm celluloid ball. I also use Friendship 729 so I could spin the hell out of the ball. I came back to the sport again 6-7 years ago and now everyone is flipping and counter looping. I don't know that's good or...

I played with Stratus Power Wood with G1 and C1 at some point on the BH side. You will like the set up. It is very nice!

I use spinny serves sometimes. After all, you can only serve so many dead, no spin balls to LP players before they become more aggressive with you. Best serves are no spin, and with heavy back spins. With heavy back spins, the LP player can still push the ball into the net (for an easy point) or...

Lol, maybe we should go out and buy some encyclopedia to put on the rubber! That way, our strategy will be more complicated when we play due to all the knowledge we get from the encyclopedia! :) :)

That is correct. As for tearmender, I have used that method before. It works very well for DHS orange sponge. It does not work well for Rakza 7 soft, Xiom Vega Europe/Asia/Japan and Revolution series rubber such as MX-S, etc. Just save yourself some time and energy. Put a layer of booster on...

You don't remove it. I just put a layer of booster where I take a rubber off. Then apply a layer of glue. After that, I attach the rubber onto a new blade. Moving a rubber to a new blade to try is the only reason I would need to peel the rubber off. Trying to take the glue off is just way...

Butterfly Free Chack Pro II is thick. Revolution 3 normal viscosity is thin and a bit "running." As a result, Butterfly Free Chack Pro II just dries a lot quicker than Revolution 3 normal viscosity if all conditions being equal. I have no problem boosting. I just boost before going to bed and...

My problem is the blades I use are factory sealed and they do too good of a job. The top is often not stuck on properly. I have not sanded my blade. My solution is to take the rubber off and do it again. And that's why I moved away from Revolution 3 regular viscosity and I am now using...

Gambler Blackout carbon and Gambler Vector Speed are fast but not too fast. Gambler Dragon Fast and Gambler GLine X Fast Carbon are faster. I don't know if you like the speed of Blackout carbon/Vector Speed or you like the speed of Dragon Fast/GLine X Fast. You really don't know until you...

If your budget is $100, that's easy. Gambler Blackout carbon (which I personally use) is great. You want slightly faster but the same feel, Gambler Vector Speed. They are $40 each. if you want something faster for sure than either of them, I have played with Gambler Dragon Fast and Gambler...