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Winning the WTTC in 2009. That is usually the first singles qualifier for Olympic team in China. It is if for some reason that player can't go that the spot opens up.

Definitely try an older ESN rubber on backhand, they behave more like Hurricane than Tenergy 05.

HAYATA is at least on par with TOP10 players. And she won also LIU Shiwen in Portugal. Unfortunately because WTTC gets players lots of ranking points, its nearly mathematically impossible for her to get in front of ISHIKAWA HIRANO (ITO) before the Olympics. Sorry - had to fix it. Just because...

There was one pre-designated wild card, but there was another wild card as Ito qualified twice in two of the official spots.

Hirano also got a wild card for nothing, people should remember that. The blame is not on Sato or Kato, it is on the coaches for not wanting everyone to play the trials who did not qualify through an official path.

Cheng beats Sato and Hayata beats Hirano Waiting for Hayata to beat Cheng and rekindle the Japanese debate. The possibility that the best female player in Japan is not going to the WTTC. This is why trials generally suck, though it is the coaches' fault for picking the wildcards before the...

It definitely is the case with pros, pros who don't believe their reverse is good enough just don't serve it. Waldner never had a feel for it, for example. Everybody wants to hit at close to the sweet spot for optimal ball quality, hitting not quite there is usually accidental.

I think before the plastic ball, women competing with men was easier and made more sense. Now it can obviously still happen but the physical disparities are now much more pronounced in their effect on the game.

A composite with the same stiffness as Stratus Powerwood is usually thinner.

The gap between players who can't block and 1700 is huge. There aren't any easy solutions here other than to find someone willing to come over to hit. You could train someone too or learn to loop slowly enough to practice your form. That is what I do when I hit with players rated under 1000.

Why not wait until we see him in Qatar and the Asian Cup before prognosticating hyper confidently?

My exact view as well. I think of those issues as the province of meticulous players, but having little to do with actual TT performance. As long as unevenness is not so severe that there are obvious elevations and depressions, I can use it. And obvious usually means a ball of glue is...

I don't hit around for fun and I do exactly what that vik2000 said with few if any complaints. Just saying. I usually just put glue on the blade and leave the glue on the rubber. Not saying your solution isn't better, just saying the other one has merit.

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The first step is to switch to the same rubbers on every blade. Rubbers generally have a bigger influence on how you play than blades, all other things being equal. When you make the rubbers the same, keep what you like and put away the rest. Or they may just play similarly enough that you like...

Did he talk about taking the ball close to your handle? Curious.

I think this was more about the rubbers than the blade. And even then, what is not so important is the equipment per de, but how well it matches your intuitions. If is quite possible that if you play with this new equipment long enough, your brain may adjust and you may not feel as good.

No, it's not unrelated. A lot of zeio's wisdom about Ishikawa is buttressed by it.

My point is that we are all posting for fun here. You write a lot of stuff I don't necessarily enjoy. I don't try to stop you from posting it. I would only if you started making people feel bad and making the community unhospitable.

The stroke is actually easier, it is the mindset and reading the spin that may be harder since you aren't using spin or power for safety. Baraty would probably agree with you, but on the other hand, you use short pips so you are always playing the same stroke in some ways.