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You could say the same for the Olympics so such arguments are really pointless. World Cups are on an average basis tougher to win that ITTF tournaments. Let's not let the whole national team dominance issue warp this. We have Grand tour finals and WTTC champs for that.

There is variation amongst individual blades, but that said, many player think a Boll Spirit is softer than a Boll ALC partly because it doesn't have the surface treatment that the ALC has. In the Butterfly catalog, the playing characteristics of the Spirit, Viscaria, Boll ALC, ZJK ALC and...

Comparing a blade to a Timo Boll Spirit is not that different from comparing the blade to a Viscaria and Dan does that a lot in the review.

A pity Carl didn't read you the riot act but he is probably busy these days. It is worth experiencing and fighting a little with the slower speed of all wood blades until you know how a good offensive stroke should feel. It's hard to learn that feeling with a fast blade because all the strokes...

Can't wait for the competition. I am guessing Dan got 2 pts... This review may be the only time Freitas uses his blade as long as his trust Maze is still operational.

If you like tack that much, there are ways of prolonging it especially by using plastic sheets. The impression I got talking to people who worked with advanced users of tacky rubbers was that you weren't supposed to prolong it excessively but I am fairly sure everyone has their own relative...

Because LGY won the Asian Cup, which is the continental qualifier. Since China already had the World Champion, the only way FZD goes is if Ma Long withdraws. He is the automatic replacement if that happens since he came second in the Asian Cup.

I thought LGY got revenge at the Asian Cup or the last ITTF event already.

He got the ITTF's wildcard. I was probably thinking about the host's selection. But it is interesting that the ITTF went that route - I guess the country limits may have played a factor.

I tried the long 5. The problem is that the head is too big for what I am trying to do and it feels too soft as limba is too dwelly. Of course given I used d welly stuff for a long time, this is silly but I mean it. The bigger head is the real issue - I want something that lets me get more...

So I have switched to ALC blades. What has surprised me is how much more control I have on offensive shots than I Thought I would. In fact, I think that with the plastic ball, I am more convinced that if you have heavy spin shots, convert the spin to power. In any case, so far the choice to...

Kanak Jha won the North American Cup as David Powell won the Oceania Cup as Tsuboi won the Latin American Cup as Aruna won the African Cup. Harimoto did not play the Asian Cup where Mizutani and Niwa played and while he could have gotten a special invite, I suspect the Belgians gave that to...

IF the spin is missing, your hand is too tight and you are not doing any whippy wrist work. But just post video - these things are easy to fix when there is video but are usually a waste of time when there isn't. You might be getting good speed but because you are refusing to change your...

Let's try again. No one is saying that Ding Ning's 3300 and Ma Long's 3300 are the same since the ratings are in different systems. Everyone has said that women are generally weaker than men in sports, but that if the men and women play each other in the same system and get wins and losses in...

You can only stick for years with something that has been available for years. That is the correct way to read your statement. Of course, having the best players in the world use your brands doesn't hurt either. People who try a new rubber when it first comes out are reviewers. It is...

That's the thing - it's one thing to definitely say it and another thing to speculate. We should all say first and foremost that we don't know. But the thing is that off the bounce blocking and good serving can take you a long way in TT. When the NA Teams in Baltimore featured more high level...

I don't understand where this is coming from. There are ways of rating players based on results. Let's stop the hypotheticals and rate the results. I have seen very high level men get shocked by the kinds of balls that women can block off the bounce. I don't doubt that the top men can beat...

LGL is not the only one who understands TT in China and they put the team in the hands of a technical genius (WJP) for now, so I expect everything to be fine.

Timo is just keeping LGY's seat in the top 5 warm as well.

Larry Hodges gave a comprehensive answer on his blog. Pros or people who start young and play actively with intense training tend to peak in the 20s-early 30s. People who pick up the game later can peak whenever they decide to invest the resources and train intensively and some improve...