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Felix is making Filus look really bad...

Boll achieved much more sure, but Tiago was easily a top 20 player in his prime (and he definitely is not in his prime now, but he is still incredibly strong) and was top 20 in an era where ratings were measured by playing strength, not performance points, so my main point is that age is not the...

20 years older is an interesting talking point, if this was Boll Quek lost to (Boll who Apolonia beat recently by the way), would you say the same thing? Let's review a list of Tiago's recent wins and losses: after his loss to El-Beiali of Egypt (who was showing special form that tournament...

Quek is going to be a top 20 player, it is easy to forget he is 17 - Tiago is a very strong player, underestimate him at your own peril. He is older so he has his days, but if you track is results in German league matchups, your respect for him will be high.

Sora vs Dina rematch coming up tomorrow and Dima definitely looks sharp.

I agree with this, it is always hard for TJs to admit, but while Vega Pro has the style and arc of a modern rubber like T05, the actual ball quality relative to a rubber like T05 is lower. But this is a balancing act as T05 is more expensive and a bit more spin reactive. Same with using 5 ply...

Yes, I am speaking from my experience and I use hybrid rubbers (I actually just glued Rakza Z EH on a 7ply to review) so it wil ln be interesting what you have noticed that makes my opinion irrelevant. There are no absolute answers in table tennis, it is important to largely understand what...

Bardet was eliminated by Lebrun. This is one of the best and deepest draws in a tournament in a while with non-CNT players. Whoever wins this will have a huge notch in their belt.

Ah okay, this video is older - I think I remember watching it back then. I had concluded similar things to him, but the main thing I realized was that most pros do their grip switch as part of their backswing and once you practice it, you can do all kinds of grip switches instinctively as long...

TTR Hunter usually has insightful videos, I will watch and return with my own lower level opinions later lol.

No, it doesn't, there are strokes where T05 gives more spin than T05H and strokes were T05H gives more spin than T05. The same would be true for T05 vs T05FX, all things being equal, to give another example. Your question paints a misleading picture that for all strokes, T05H generates more...

My answer (and Lazer's as well) was pretty clear. A harder sponge can absorb more energy on powerful strokes even if it is more difficult to get "easy" spin out of it. Obviously, for every player, there is a range where they feel comfortable playing in which a rubber might optimally play in...

How much worse for looping? And what about blocking, flat hitting, pushing, serving and chopping? Or even touching the ball short?

I know pros (2600-2700, so maybe not 2750+) who still use regular 05. But higher level players can get the best out of harder sponge, but there are lower players who prefer them too.

Yes, but I am normalizing, not talking about absolute values. And the top is able to influence manufacturers more directly than the bottom which is relevant.

In other words, having a harder sponge, all things being equal, affects the very variables that our resident know-it-all keeps parroting in response to various inputs and not everyone wants to change their inputs to produce different outputs - some want different outputs in response to their...

I think there is more testing at the expert bottom and the very top than in between or the very bottom. At the very top, the manufacturers can work with them on design and innovation and they can be very specific about what they think will help or not help. At the expert bottom, people...

This is not as big a deal as many people are making out, my spins tend to be high to the net and I doubt most people here could smash them consistently, it takes a certain level of player to smash heavy spin if it is really heavy, even if the ball is high, because being high can sometimes bait...

My coach still uses regular T05 on both sides of a Viscaria. While T05H will be more common for some players, there are still many who have adapted their games to Tenergy and see no point in changing. It is probably those at the very top looking for an edge that might test more stuff.

Without seeing you play, I suspect the issue is that your game speed and spin level are not causing the opponent problems. Just continue to work on increasing the spin you can give the ball - reduce the speed and make the spin as heavy as possible, sometimes by serving heavier backspin to get...