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I don't see Chinese dominance to be a problem for the sport. After all, golf was A LOT more popular when Tiger Woods was at the top and was sweeping all the majors in golf. Another poster also mentioned about Americans' dominance in basketball. When the Dream Team went to the Barcelona Olympics...

For composite blade, with lots of control, light and under 100 pounds, then I would recommend Tibhar Fortino Performance. The head size is slightly smaller than an usual blade so that in itself will cut down on the weight of the overall blade once you attach two rubberrs to it. The blade is...

Someone on another thread said that his family is starting a table tennis equipment company and the handle comes from his family's brand. Now I don't know if it is true or not. I am too lazy to go back and find out who exactly said what in which thread. Too much work. Also, for many years...

For blade, I do recommend kids' blade. More comfortable. Since the kid is only 8, her hand is most likely much much smaller than an adult's hand. I would recommend Neottec Gamma ALL+ XS. I got my two kids set up with Neottec Gamma ALL+ X and TSP Reflex 50 Award OFF FL-Small Blade. I like the...

I am not sure about the longevity of the hybrid rubbers. I have tried Tibhar K1 and K2 but I have ditched them go to back to H3 neo and Sanwei Target National. My recent pet project is to peel off the old H3 neo's (looks really beat up) off of my Tibhar Stratus Power Wood, boost them and put...

A few things: I love love Tibhar Stratus Power Wood. I own 8 of them so I would vote for that. No need to get ALL + blade. Your motions look good. Stick with OFF- all wood. You can upgrade to OFF later if you want to later. But to upgrade to OFF all wood blade also means that you might end up...

My vote is heavily boosted H3.

No idea. Quality control issue maybe? For me, I have been playing with various 5-ply or 7-ply wood blades just to test them out. I get used to the new blade within about an hour. My usual blade is Tibhar Stratus Power Wood. Ealier today I played with Donic Persson Powerplay with H3 neo on the...

Harimoto has a very compact forehand stroke. Using H3 on his FH will be a disaster. D09c maybe. But D09c is slower than D05. He is doing just fine. He knows what he needs to improve. I think he will always be a backhand dominated player no matter what. His game is also built on speed so D05...

Lol, I bet he bought something NOT on the list. Like Donic Persson PowerPlay.... :) :)

JOOLA AdvancedTraining ABS 3-Star Balls - Orange - Pack of 60, $14.49 ($0.24/ball). That is the price on Megaspin. Our club uses it. I use it at home to feed my kids multi-ball practice. Very very good balls at very very good price. Nittaku J-Top is the gold standard for training ball. But...

Great. Glad that you like the set-up. G-1 is an easy rubber to get used to. Yeah Chinese rubber is not the same as Butterfly rubbers. Carbon blades also in general make a very distinct sound. I hear that all the time when I hit with my Acoustic carbon. Hope you like the set-up more and more...

I am a big fan of Chinese rubber. I grew up playing Friendship 729. There is really nothing wrong with Chinese blade and rubbers (except perhaps on the backhand side). I am not a big fan of ALL or ALL+ blades. Most people would benefit from starting with all wood OFF- blades. Just tone down the...

Got recommended to this thread. Apparently, I own 8 Tibhar Stratus Power Wood. So my first question is, why switch? It is a very good blade. I use Chinese rubber on my forehand side and G-1 on the backhand side. If you want faster set-up, then upgrade to Tenergy. I personally have one SPW with...

When I said I owned six of them (Tibhar Stratus Power Wood), apparently I lied. I just looked. I own 8 of them. One has Tenergy 05 fx and Tenergy 64 fx on the blade; I use it once in a while to remind me how I still cannot control Tenergy and it is ok. My main blade has my Sanwei Target National...

This old thread was resurrected. About these. I have a Samsonov Pro Blue (penhold) and Samsonov Pro Black (shakehand) because I used to play penhold. I agree. Both are good choices. Samsonov Pro Black feels "harder" or "more substantial" than blue. So I agree. Black is stiffer/harder and blue...

Ok, here are a few things: 1) Don't search for USATT ratings. Please go ahead and go on YouTube and follow "pong4life." I don't know who pong4life is and I don't really care. I just know he/she/they uploads hundreds if not thousands of video of players from ICC (I think it is Indian Community...

I agree. Serve long and be ready to see if all the practices you have done will let you win. When you serve long, basically it is all about reflexes and all the hours of practice you have put into your strokes. By then, may the better player win basically. In addition, I agree. At the crucial...

Thanks! So for Gambler rubbers with Oh-Toro sponge, it says it is made in Japan. I wonder where Gambler get their sponge from. I mean the rubbers from Gambler are dirt cheap but even the "Oh-Toro" special sponge, I don't feel that the rubber is better than say Mark V or Sriver. I am just telling...

Lol after you posted, I also ordered from BEO. I got a Yinhe Big Dipper because everyone here raved about it. A couple Mercury 2 because again they are dirt cheap. Loki RXTON 1 black, RXTON 3 pink and blue (just to see if I like the colors) and RXTON 5. I just want to see for myself if 1, 3 and...