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I don't have a precise number - the guy who gave it to me claims it is light, but the setup feels heavy to be honest. I would be surprised if it wasn't 88g but I could be wrong. It could definitely be 82g as Karis M+ is no featherweight.

I think this is spot on and pretty much what I would have said. I have similar issues when my very large index finger wraps around some blades. IT might also be in part grip pressure and some people just change their grip if the sanding doesn't make it better. Some people also carve things...

BTW guys, I beat Big M for the first time in over a year with the IF ALC. Those Nexy blades have work to do.

Limba is softer, anigre is harder. It might sound crazy but in some ways, the IF ALC has better feeling than the YE.

You know it is against the rules with a white ball, right?

I don't find them boring when people do things I have not seen before. That's why we need a separate event scored differently.

All of the above is why I believe there should be an exhibition or synchronized TT event at the WTTC and maybe the Olympics.

Kicking me in the only place where it doesn't make my body worse isn't much of a threat, is it? Seriously, was looking for ALC and Hinoki in an OFF-/OFF blade. Carbon is okay but I usually like it with arylate as the vibrations can cause pain over time. If they can beat Innerforce ALC, they...

My first coach was a chopper and unfortunately, he never discouraged me from pushing serves and never worked hard enough with me on reading them. One side effect is that I push too many serves, but the other is that my real push even if it pops up is heavy, and unless you have good technique...

Yasaka Sweden Extra Penhold.

It's hard to read spin visually and via audio even when you are playing the opponent live, unless maybe you have been playing the game since you were 5. But if you play enough at a certain level, you pick up cues to read it. I know you are kinda complimenting my game, but other than my opening...

Likely Hao Shuai, possibly Zhang Chao.

Since I like the control and directness of the Karis (its spin is not shabby either), I think my current blade is too slow to use with it. My current blade was partly a choice to help with my short game while using Tenergy, but since I don't have to deal with the bounciness of Tenergy anymore...

The spin is "obvious", you just have to know what to look for. If the racket is grippy and moving fast, especially the wrist, the contact is silent, and the ball is coming off slowly, then the ball has to be loaded with spin. As you play better and better players and get more used to reading...

My head says 3, my heart says 5... I will stick with my head and say 3.

So you think that I get on archo because of his playing level? You have an interesting way of reading me. I get on archo because he talks about things he has never experienced as if he is a strong authority on them without ever demonstrating relevant expertise. In fact, if archo had always...

Do consider the fact that more chops with heavy backspin will be below net height and need more effort for the looper to arc under said rule changes.

I am calm. That you repeatedly compare what I write to what Archo does is rude but since you don't want to apologize but continue to repeat it, I will just accept that that is what you do. I am not coaching 2400 players on what the changes to table tennis are. I am expressing my own opinions...

Yes, I do not believe that the game needs changes. I am just making the argument the way it is framed so that you can be clearer on what you are are assuming.

Topspin play had always been a part of TT, even with hardbat. Barna was not a chopper. If you look at videos in the 50s, the first guy who used inverted hardly looped to win the WC. When I say looping became more popular, I really mean speed gluing and the Chinese adoption of the dual winged...