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My coach thinks that you should spin everything. But sometimes these issues are about definitions. The best players seem to topspin against everything except lob and high balls to the short forehand.

No doubt and this is where injuries come into play as well. Only a true fangirl would act like ZJK didn't have serious injuries, regardless of your view on whether that should be seriously considered in ZJK's goat candidacy. The point is simple. If you look at the players at the top of the...

The CNT coaches would make the exact same comments about Zhang Jike with respect to how spin affected their gsmes. No, she was putting her own spin on it. ZJK was more reliant on spin than Ma Long.

So when a professional does it, it is respectful but when an amateur does it, it is disrespectful? It is called Punditry and everyone does it. Like I said, the only direction one can head with your argument is degenerative insults. I can assert that Mattias Falck is not as great TT player as...

Not true. You can have many dominant player if the same.players are consistently getting to the top spots. If you blame the new ITTF seeding system, you would be far more credible.

No doubt. If not, Monica Seles may be the greatest lady tennis player of all times. More seriously, the back injuries that left ZJK looking like a shell of himself were significant. It doesn't require accepting that Ma Long is the GOAT to realize that. There were other things but there is no...

Spoken like a true ML fangirl.

Do you think the plastic ball hurt Ma Long as much as it hurt Zhang Jike? Speak truthfully.

I think no one ever suggested that someone is not the best because he beat everyone or because he didn't beat everyone decisively. There are subtle arguments about the quality of your opposition. They can be weighted as part of the discussion. Maybe zeio thinks they are enough to dispute Ma...

I think it is best to balance out arguments rather than to make them in one-sided fashion. I think it is hard to make a statistical case against Ma Long being the greatest player of all time. Borderline impossible. But when you look at the quality of the competition he face on the way to his...

So let's get this straight - journalists and statisticians have little respect and sportsmanship an I supposedly do because I can say that in my view that the players right now as not as great as prior players? Not sure why you need to personalize this issue but it is your prerogative. The...

I agree with RidTheKid that you can't blame Ma Long for being healthier than his teammates, but I agree that we don't seem to have players of the quality of Zhang Jike and Wang Hao out there right now, other than Ma Long and Fan Zhendong. I still think Fan Zhendong and Harimoto have a lot to...

I am not sure why you find it offensive. One of the discussions that surrounds the greatness of a player is the quality of the competition he faced. Look at tennis for example. The way you know players are great is that they are consistently performing well in multiple events. Federer...

Fan Zhendong is matching up better to be honest. The other CNT teammates lack the right level of experience other than XX, who lacks the balance.

Going strictly by modern numbers, there is no doubt that Ma Long wins. The sticking points are the changes in equipment, especially the change to the plastic ball and the banning of speed glue, and the other changes through the eras. I also never saw Guo Yenhua play ;). But seriously it is not...

To summarise, for optimal control and minimal training, flexy blades with thinner sponge. For max power and maximal training: Stiff blades with thicker sponge.

Since I have enabled EJs to invade the thread, here is an EJ technical must (hat tip to ttmonster): https://butterflyonline.com/ask-the-experts-stefan-feth-no-193/amp/

Take my limiter limited opinion for what it is worth. The biggest benefit of softer sponge for me is the weight savings. For a head heavy blade like Korbel.and since I can use my body consistently, I would be forced to go slower if I didn't have a rubber like C-1. I also think thickness and...

Sure. We all have our views. Recency bias is also a big deal as well as downplaying the issues that were rife in prior times. I agree Ma Long is the greatest player but I defer to the experts who have seen such things more closely as well as broader statistics. And I think Ma Long's choking...

You do realize that Waldner was in his early 30s when those.guys were getting good?