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I feel the same way when people talk about the Boll ALC or the Viscaria. The Yasaka Extra does have a good place IMHO amongst 5 plies, but those ALL+ looping blades in general have limited appeal with the ABS balls, I think the seamed ABS balls becoming standard along the lines of the Nittaku...

It's a much clearer question than you think it is. The question is: "when people usually talk about a blade's frequency, what frequency are they measuring and how are they measuring it?"

I have all the 3 Garaydias just collecting dust for that reason lol!

Let's just say that when you serve like that, there is at least one umpire in the universe who has penalized you for that. Always at least one (I am being conservative, there is definitely more than one). But because others didn't always follow suit, you take your chances. And technically, he...

What you said, some people would take offense lol. Cultural appropriation or BS like that.

I am so happy you don't live in the West! I think this is the closest I have gotten to feeling East-Asian: And another part of Asia (fine, British but influenced):

I struggle with pips, but it is all relative to my level. I don't lose to pips players at my level unless they outplayed me.

There are hardbat championships yes. But in general, being able to hit a ball in table tennis is a technical act, especially when you are not using high spin material. And outside of ITTF rules, tournament organizers can do whatever they want.

Or maybe if everyone used pips or hardbat, his level would have been good because he can hit the ball with those but not with sponge?

Unfortunately, the camera angle was lost during the late stages of the second game and wasn't fixed until the match had pretty much ended.

William clearly knows what he is doing and he has the power of the Cyber!

I tried. I tried to use those dead paddles. But it was rough to do it after using my paddle, so I decided... maybe next year if they go back lol! :ROFLMAO:

Yeah, because you have no analogy or understanding of the limitations. The slice doesn't produce topspin, the slice has to block the ball while letting the spin pass through. Your analogy makes little sense because spin is just not as big a component of tennis. It just isn't other than using it...

That's my signature at mytt, inspired by that video

He lives in this imaginary world where just hitting a ball with pips is all it takes. He doesn't want to learn so he makes pips sound like magic to live in his fantasy world. If I got to play him, I would just use pips so he would give up. In general, pips without friction are harder to hit...

So she is Japanese, she is almost never going to have a chance to get an international ranking in the top 30 unless she has a really strong streak in a domestic tournament. Or she gets the money to sponsor herself and then some. If you consider chopping an equipment fluke (see Ganna Gaponova...

What do you consider an average pro player? Just to be clear here.

Again, you mean that Qian Tianyi has never lost to choppers before, and because of that we should ban chopping with pips? And should we ban chopping with pips as well if a player struggles badly against it? I promise you, you have no chance against a chopper without training against chop. So...

I will be honest, playing with my paddle against my co-workers at the company tournament, I did ask myself this question...

He just lacks the kind of insightfulness you would get from a really good player or high level coach if you have ever spoken to one. He mostly parrots banal things, sometimes out of context. He is usually translating or passing through stuff without any real insight into it. No serious coach...