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He likes to argue from imagination, not from evidence. Not from reality. Bergstrom and Haponova/Gaponova use pips, Gaponova almost beat Wang Manyu. Even when his beloved frictionless pips were in fashion, no high level players used them and defenders were already considered a dying species.

Agreed, and they are a weapon against the overuse of power in the game, bringing back an element of thought and control and strategy that it to some degree seems like that ITTF have been trying to kill IMHO.

I think all the innovations have largely gone towards supporting the looping game, I think the frictionless long pips that are now illegal should have been allowed to stay, and let players adjust to them with practice. But again, that is my view.

1) I assume you meant asymmetric. 2) You claim it is not available only because major manufacturers do not typically make asymmetric blades while acknowledging that custom manufacturers exist, contradicting yourself? 3) Just because something is possible doesn't mean it has to be available...

I didn't say that, I said that in the absence of empirical evidence, they might be making an appropriate amount. How many more asymmetric blades should they be making? I have said that the market is not that large, you have claimed it is larger than zero %, which I agree with, but how much...

Claims are not explanations. And again, when I have said repeatedly that asymmetric blades are one solution for a small niche of players, and that your claims are empirically dubious, it shows an inability to comprehend the rules of logical implication when you continue to argue that just...

Well, Carl has decided not to ban you, so you are a tool for amusement.

Rubber/sponge combinations create sufficient asymmetry for most players and that is the standard. In the case that a more custom solution is required, that can be sought from a specific blade maker. But given the sensitivity of equipment to training and the fact that all equipment has...

No, I am saying that problems need to be quantified to understand their relative impact/seriousness. If there is a significant market for asymmetric blades, major manufacturers will get into making them. The market is largely covered by custom blade makers and given the ability to customize...

Of course you never did, you argued from a property that is likely universal to a conclusion that is empirically dubious. I sometimes have a better backhand than forehand on one day and then a better forehand than backhand the next day. Should I get asymmetric blades for each circumstance or...

Since the post references asymmetric blades as one option amongst many, I am not sure why you think it tries to prove what it clearly contradicts.

It is like saying that shoe manufacturers should make the left shoe slightly bigger than the right shoe if someone has slightly different sized feet, like most human beings actually do. In practice, the problem is small enough to ignore and most people compensate by just finding a size both...

I have admitted that many players swing with stronger forehands than backhands in racket sport. What that means for racket sport depends on many things about the racket sport. What does that mean for symmetry or asymmetry? Just about any conclusion can follow from this. Should the backhand...

Here are a couple of matches against players rated 400 pts below me by their official USATT ratings. I won both matches deuce in the 5th. My shot selection wasn't smart, I tried to end a lot of points early, I think I even lost a 10-3 lead in the 5th in one of them. But in the end, if the...

All I have repeatedly said is that you need to quantify your claims - they are plausible, like many things are plausible when they are not quantified. Of course you aren't stupid enough to claim that everyone should an asymmetric blade. But you are also being facetious when you argue in the...

The biggest things IMHO are 1. control your breathing so you breathe largely like you do when you practice. Don't let the circumstances force you to hyperventilate. 2. grade yourself by how well you try the things that you worked on in practice, not by whether you win or lose matches. This...

Given your estimated playing level, I would encourage you to work on your serving and blocking if you get so exhausted after 3 matches lol. I actually played 21 matches in a tournament in 2011, but I was just an underrated 1000 USATT player then. I won 4 or 5 events back then, I think from...

Stiff outer ply, yes, slow blade, it depends. But you know your game better than I do. You can do a lot of things to improve depending on your level, there is no simple answer. What currently prevents you from spinning more with Big Slam?

I hit with someone's Skyline 2 in the club yesterday. Very interesting rubber. Really tempted to try it.

Don't you mean TG3 Skyline Neo?