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I can play with both, but I find that all wood adds more and more weight to the head to play the way I want it to, because my preferred head size is like the Mazunov/Ovtcharov 158 by 152 and that adds weight with today's heavy rubbers. In the end, whatever a person develops sufficient feeling...

Many pros gave up on all wood (Simon Gauzy, Vladimir Samsonov) as the plastic ball fully came in. Some people try but they aren't at the very top of the game (Kristian Karlsson, Thiago Monteiro) and just about all of them are at least using 7 ply though Korbel is probably still using his blade...

I have 3 Mazunovs, 2 Innerforce T5000s, have had 4 Korbels at one time, had 2 Boll T5000, had two Stiga Carbonados which were like fraternal twins of different sexes, had a Carbonado 145 that played slower than a Carbonado 45 etc. I have often bought blades to have backup setups and realized...

The real issue is that there are no stakes. But if there were stakes, you would be more happy with the format. Money makes you appreciate the way the length takes out the randomness of the result. However you play them is your choice, and I don't think the smash approach is necessarily the...

It actually favors the better player (which was Jeff in this case).

I am not disputing their workmanship, I am disputing all these claims about the blades playing differently when they are just the same blade with slightly different handles (which is important, but not enough to make them play as differently as you all are making out). If you have bought...

The video is older and was on the TTD channel when Dan first played the robot. This is just a shorter version made to get views on Youtube Shorts or such things...

People are really overthinking this. Wood is a living thing but if you tested the blades side by side, most of your preference will be in the handle design and not in the blade per se

I actually support the switch to faster equipment but I think you should start with your rubbers first. Mark V is really old school slow unless you are a flat hitter or you speed glue. And the Yasaka Extra while slow does have a harder outer veneer that will propel the ball if you make good...

Fastarc G1 and Fastarc C1 are pretty similar to MX-P topsheet wise, just not as boosted or fast in their sponge.

BRS played well. That's just a tough opponent. That's my opinion and I am sticking to it.

Oh, the guy definitely shows his true level in game 2.

Watching the first game, I can tell that the guy in blue doesn't think there is a chance in hell he can lose. And watching his strokes, I see a fairly high level which I went to Omnipong to confirm. That said, analysis might illuminate but it can't tell the whole story.

The Spambots are really really annoying.

That makes sense, and everyone's style is different. I have never been really able to understand how someone puts something like FX-S on the forehand. But usually when I see their game, it makes sense. But for my feeling it never does. Even watching Emmanje Lebesson often leaves me puzzled...

So I asked my friend and he said that his old school background from the speed glue days influenced his approach and there is some chemistry involved. He boosts two sheets at the same time using baby oil or seamoon (baby oil lasts longer but seamoon is more effective) and then puts them in a...

First of all, Fastarc C1 is a fine rubber, I used it for a long time. Secondly, I know exactly what you mean when you say that you enjoy putting more power into your strokes and that Fastarc was too fast for you. The main reason I stay away from the Mercurys and Jupiters and Big Dippers of the...

Table tennis is a relatively cheap sport, but with price, the real issue is usually to find more money, but you are 20 years old so it makes sense. Blades are lifetime investments, so one should rarely be thinking about how expensive something you are going to use over a long period is if you...

Changed rubber yesterday (I had already decided on a blade change because of the head size of the Mazunov which made it harder for me to play with newer rubbers) and even for an Anti EJ like myself, the difference in match results was stunning. I just hope I don't get injured using really...

I will discuss with wifey lol. What state is this in again?