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The thing about fast equipment is that it is usually good for general looping. The issue is all the other things that you need to do to be a good player that are not general looping and that occur more and more as you get more advanced - like returning serves with touch to prevent attacks or...

This isn't quite true. I have an idea of the point that you are trying to make but what you used to test it probably wasn't a valid test. You would need to have him hit shots to a player around or above his level and see whether the player has more or less issues with the ball quality and how...

Cheng's coach is SP forehand penholder, so she can also practice against SP more easily than most players.

Since she is playing mixed doubles, her chances are likely lower. What the CNT does will be interesting but they have 4 months to fix the rankings.

Your level will drop but lessons and practice and working out (getting fitter and stronger) all help. And as everyone has said, your level will return with regular practice. Reading spin is always the biggest thing.

On the bright side, Japan is looking amazing for 2024. Giving Korea and China and Taipei food for thought. Germany is in trouble.

Yeah. That didn't look right.

Yukiya Uda might need a reminder that Harimoto needs the points for Olympic seeding more than Uda does...

This is the first tournament maybe ever where the women's semifinals have plotlines that intrigue me as much as the men's semifinals. How will Han Ying's defense do against the Itermimator? And Kasumi and Cheng playing for ranking and Olympic seeding to avoid the Chinese. The latter given the...

That was an impressive match from Harimoto. An impressive pair of matches if you count the one vs Duda as well. The Germans usually have Rosskopf telling them how to play Harimoto but it seems Harimoto's game (vastly more improved footwork and forehand) has sent the back to the drawing board...

I used to doubt Adriana Diaz. No longer. She has legit top 10 talent.

Well Mizutani obviously only cares about mixed doubles so it doesn't matter.

This evaluation of yours is actually in the Butterfly spec chart if you read and interpret it. This is why I have never bought a Freitas despite being a limba lover.

If you look at the Butterfly specs, it is a stiff blade relative to its speed.

What Yoass said. I don't seal my blades. So if sealing is the main issue cool. But they also don't finish their wings well and often have product inconsistency. But some of these things may be better now. Eternity was a great and powerful wood blade but the splintering just made me realize...

Yeah before the Carbonado series, I had written off Stiga blades as junk.

You are young so I get the money part. But the earlier you get exposure to LP if you like table tennis the better. But maybe you just play first and ask questions later.

Then buy LP and play with it and give it to someone to use. Just fight through your match and try your beat, because if you haven't practiced against LP, it is a crapshoot which may go well for you if you don't spin but likely to be bad for you if you do spin but have not practiced against them.

Advocating for the needs of the many without price point playing a part? Nor market share? Sounds like double speak to me

Why cherrypicking? Isn't it possible that people may not see things the way you do? Or that there might be people who loved the very products that you found disappointing? Are there both pros and amateurs using FX? Brands obviously don't have qualities. But yoass has a brand on...