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Played some classic matches today. Also did battle with an old foe that OSPH will be happy to see. Got my highest rated scalp ever. Also played my longest deuce game ever. Had my first 0-11 game 5 loss ever. Yes it was a good day.

You asked for real video of him playing other peoole...if he provided that on this thread he would be on topic...

He will probably pull out - it is okay.

And yet you wrote somewhere (I think your original post or a response to ttmonster) that your opponents could not have suddenly increased their spin. See the dishonesty at work? Now you are trying to say that the opponent is at a higher level...

We're not letting him "save face", we are just accepting that he is fundamentally dishonest and never going to change. At least, I am speaking for myself.

You said it, Shuki, not me...:p But he didn't want advice... so he has asked the question and made the comment about closing the paddle to... Share brother love? Win a Nobel prize? I feel like looping archo first and asking questions later...

Usually, when you want to just get sympathy, you speak to your girlfriend. When you want problems solved, you talk to your guys. But seriously, there is something insincere about some of your table tennis chit chat - that is how it comes across. When most of us are just having a bad day, we...

Get a girlfriend.

Simply amazing. No wonder FZD thinks PG is the best server in the world.

Someone said it was likely a higher official unhappy that the World Cup was not won by China this year that forced this on the team.

Changing the contact point changes the angle. And spin avoidance makes the extremes much less extreme than they would be without it. Respinning heavy spin relies upon avoidance to a good degree - the ball will be off your paddle before you can even do anything if you take the spin on the equator.

I am imagining all the possible solutions and recommendations I can give in the absence of videotape... So I decided to imagine how Archo would play but I could not, so I decided not to write what I could have written had there been videotape... The one thing I will say is this: closing your...

Vega Pro is a bit hard, but it is a good step down from the Chinese rubber - it was once considered the best T05 substitute in terms of arc when power looping and topsheet grip so it will get the job done, even though the newer rubbers have some different advantages. Rakza X is also good and...

From the video, yes. You are not swinging consistently with the effort that H3 demands, you are not counterlooping close to the table vs heavy spin and most of the players at your level are not serving you short so what are you gaining? If you like hard Euro sponge, try something like MX-P or...

Filimon.

I gave the Hannibal some burn yesterday. I kinda liked the way it played, but the biggest issue was how it felt - it felt hollow compared to IF ALC and I prefer a more solid feel. I will give the Kanaph some burn possibly this weekend.

There is a lot of stuff wrong with your strokes and approach to the game vs dead balls. You may not think you played well, but for your technique, you pretty much did the best you could. You had to play shots all the time using the forehand and backhand technique you showed in the first three...

Will write more after watching the match but it is obvious that both sides are dead and he is using thinner sponge than a true looper would. Just listen to the sound of the forehand during the warm up - that is not a looping rubber sound - more like pips, possibly anti-spin. Anti-spin or a...

https://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/on-tacky-rubbers/ Since I used tacky rubber to work on my technique a few times, I understand this view but in my opinion, it doesn't get to the heart of the matter. The first thing to make clear is that euro rubbers are faster and...

I liked softer rubbers for a while and people kept on telling me they were bad for the forehand. Now I felt my backhand was more powerful than many forehands I played against and I never understood what people were saying but I accepted the conventional wisdom over time. Then I heard this guy...