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NO ONE WILL TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT AT MY CLUB!!!

You, sir, are my kind of table tennis player!!!!

DF VP was a nice rubber at first, but I tried to change blades with it and the sponge totally cracked. No booster, just light revolution speed glue. I can see it working if you have a fast carbon blade and don't change rubbers often.

Wow, that two face ALC blade really looks asymmetric! Have you found the holy grail for LP players??? I am tempted, even though I avoid balsa blades like the plague.

The hardest part of this thread is the implication that a "hitter" is not a proper style of table tennis. Of course it is different, but it is a traditional and respected (well at least by me) style. The second is the arbitrary separation of hitting from looping. Topspin is on a continuum. A...

The ball is important, that said there are SO MANY other variables (table, opponents equipment, opponents stroke, elevation, humidity, etc) that I am a firm believer in using a variety of balls to get used to variation. IMHO.

I use ASICS gel rocket in wide. Not ANY true table tennis shoe in EE or EEEE (my preference) that I know of.

I assume he is using what he prefers from whoever sponsors him.

Inner carbon. Or faster 7 ply wood. Most importantly, stay with the same blade (you can have a backup) for at least a year. It really doesn't matter much. Really.

Napoleon Dynamite's brother has the best answer, "Like anyone could even know this."

One thing in this long discussion that is overlooked is just how bad one player can make another player look in a match. I have learned this can happen at all levels. Sometimes it is due to style or experience of level, but if you watch enough table tennis you can see a player make a very good...

I have used other Sword blades before and the quality was as good as what I use now (Yasaka Falck W7). I suspect it is a quality blade. Certainly billed as a chopping blade. I am sure it is quality. But is it good for your game? Only one way to find out. What pulls you away from the Victas...

Rakza 7. Nittaku G1 for something faster than R7

I love to counter anger with humor. We have a player who likes to throw his paddle. I love to see how early in the match I can get him to chuck it.

Bad glue job?

I approach this question as a LP player. What equipment do I fear when I play similar rated players at a tournament?? SP hitters are the worst! I don't care what blade you have. If you can hit with antispin or LP I also dread you, but really no one at my lower level can consistently hit with...

I cannot conceive how a blade can be helpful. I do think some rubbers can be helpful.

What is the point of all this discussion on the specific woods for a composite blade? To me its either all wood or composite and if composite is it inner or outer composite? This is a very reasonably priced blade in you want an inner composite. I think the fact that it is composite mitigates the...

I know you say you like the blade, but if you are trying a lot of rubbers and not finding what you like then a blade changes is in order. I find balsa blades to have little flex, be very light and the ball dwell is low. Paradoxically they have little high end speed. I see them as good for short...

I think, getting back to the original question that two factors play a role. One is coaching. If you have a good coach to correct technical issues going to a carbon blade is fine. The second is just as important and that is time on the table. I am a firm believer that if you play 3-5 times a...