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That is fine - he is clearly a quack to anyone with insight - your opinion is more informed than his. So "Even ERT says" should only be used when you mean "even a guy who fakely claims to be a TT expert says"...

The point is to stop citing ERT as an authority - he isn't a reliable source for good TT insight. This is a completely separate point from whether you think pips should not be allowed or not. Maybe they should to protect your mental health.

I could also argue that tacky rubbers should be banned because the produce weird trajectories. Especially Hurricane. Most people just accept the existence of such things as part of TT.

So in other words, you made it up?

Can you give a source for that? Want to see whether you are just another ERT which is why you like him so much.

Played league today. The first set of matches were round Robin best of 3. I won one 2‐0 and another 2‐1. In the next round, I faced a young guy who took me to deuce in the 5th at the tournament in May. This time he beat me 3‐2. The game got away from me in the 5th as he got more aggressive...

I have lost both when I have and have not taken a timeout. Also have won in both situations, much more often than losing.

If you played Idesawa 10 times, how many matches do you think you would win? The T-League is brutal. Don't confuse someone struggling in the T- league with their playing level. She would easily be top 100. More likely top 30. Maybe you think world class is top 5 or something.

ERT is really stupid for saying this to be honest and it is the kind of thing that makes people realize he is not really an informed fan of the sport. Idesawa is a world class player in every way - how many players ever get to play for their junior national team or in T-:League, talk less of...

It's obviously how TT evolved and the role of spin and the table size, some people think that inverted ruined the sport. In tennis, the racket technology has evolved over time as well, but the role of spin and the ball speed is not the same as in table tennis, so you could give Nadal a...

The score at 10‐7 (and before that 10‐ whatever that led to the timeout) is already a high probability of success score, even without the timeout.

Can you post a link to where you answered the questions? It seems no one can find your answers yet you claim you wrote them. Can you point out where I said that a 1200Hz paddle is 33% faster than a 1500Hz paddle so people can understand where you got that from? I usually don't find it worth...

@brokenball, These questions.

As a lady (junior national team, dual inverted close to the table topspin) told a guy who liked to go all-out forehand and had no backhand so he couldn't play close to the table, "You run around too much, go play tennis!"

I can only speak to tennis but in tennis, this is just false at the tour level. There are different surfaces and different bounces/nuances even within surfaces. And there are also different balls selected for the tournaments depending on the effect that the tournament is looking for based on...

Nah, not really, many of those things are driven by the amount of spin on the ball. Given how you frame the problem though, it becomes barely solvable, and that probably affects your mindset playing those players more than their actual skill level. I usually give myself at least one game to...

Table tennis is really ugly in general when it comes to spin variation causing unforced errors. At that level, the speed of the game close to the table leads to lots of errors as well. If they played you or me using either equipment, they would not miss because the game is slower. The...

It's all relative. Idesawa is struggling to make the national team in Japan, so obviously the pips didn't take her from 2600 to 2800 or 2800 to 3000. The issue is how often you play those opponents and your mental approach. The ratings don't change, the problem is that players who hate pips...

Though whether it is because of the score or because of the timeout, we will never know :unsure:...

When you have played a long point which you feel has broken your rhythm. You need some time to reflect and establish what works or even to recuperate. A variation of the clearer mind. For me the clearer mind and establishing what works is far more important than breaking momentum.