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A reminder to the people who think using pips is some kind of voodoo - when you get to practice against them regularly, your advantages tend to show up - they rely upon your instincts being slower/wrong against their balls to do maximum damage.

This is really a matter of framing and judging using standards that do not promote adaptation. I had a coach once tell me to push topspin serves into the net and push backspin serves off the table. He believed doing this would encourage me to understand my ball control and strokes better. It...

Looks like Duesseldorf gave Stumper the experience of leading the team since the result probably doesn't have any meaning on their playoff standing. Stumper lost to both Kanak and Ruiz but the hero was Rassenfosse with his insirped win over Boll. Jha could have made it a surprising 3-0 but...

At 2-1, 10-8, Ioneacu serves into the net and goes on to lose the match to Togami and given how Hugo was playing effectively ended the match right there.

Thanks. The funny thing is that I watched both matches live and my ignorance of German makes me unable to tell the difference between the cup and the league lol.

Both players are using the hardbat in hardbat competitions - short pips no sponge with an all wood bat. The rallies look spinny but relative to inverted, the ball is really dead.

K3 Pro, which is more like Jekyll and Hyde 55. Not really a bad rubber, and given the durability requirements of pros, the boosted effect doesn't affect them as much as amateurs since we don't wear out our rubbers every week or other week.

Then who knocked out Fulda lol?

Who knocked out Duesseldorf?

Aruna used to struggle vs chop and pips. There are even some top 50 players who would struggle if they had to play a chopper. Many of them, including Lebruns and Harimoto, had to put in some work to get good against it. Quadri did as well. It's not just about the material but about the...

Some players prefer their pips to be slippery like the old frictionless pips that are now illegal so they like to have pips a bit worn. Others like their pips to remain grippy for push and chopping variation and for hitting. Definitely, a reversal player is more about the slippery pips, while...

Saviga has very good reversal but it can also be used for mild offense but not on the same level as good hitting pips. It is fairly similar in how I feel playing it like Grass D Tecs even with sponge. It also means your overall level has probably gotten better. You should be able to overload...

Not always reading the spin off the ball. But more often adjusting to the sequences that produced the spin on the ball and adjusting to the ball quality through practice. This is huge step, but since not all pips have the same amount of reversal and not all players quite the same style, the...

Quadri won the match. Table tennis against a good player is never like jogging.

Ask Liam Pitchford! 🤪

Ah okay. I just noticed that any recent post of his on some topics I was in that got posted was gone. Well, it is allowed I guess. But such behavior doesn't breed trust anywhere.

I think a guy who revised a post that was 9 months old because he was ashamed of what he wrote 9 months ago can do anything...

Nah, I don't know whether moderators were involved and if they were, I doubt they would delete a member's accounts without the member's consent.

You may have liked the Hugo SAL as well. He hates carbon so he uses composite blades without it.

Wow.... that bad? Just because you can't admit you changed your mind on the internet? Really sad.