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People do this all the time. The differences in feel will be a result of the rubber and the glue job, not the blade. Not sure what club you play at but these are things most fairly experienced players are very familiar with.

I think NOT using the fastest blade and rubber from Donic might help with learning this serve. But that's just me.

One of the most painful match point winners of all time...

Always be relaxed when practicing and playing - it makes your timing better and the timing makes up for what you think is the power you are getting from over-exertion. There is no need to get injured in this sport unless you refuse to listen to your body when it has pain from bad repetitive...

Big Dipper definitely has a glue layer for the tuning. Of course, that's insufficient for many...

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I like to hit with everyone in my club. But you have to be careful - it might not get you ready to play your best, and that is what you need when competing. Example: http://www.tabletenniscoaching.com/node/1276

"Way below your level" is the key thing. And you may not believe it, but these things can ruin your match preparedness in a tournament. Especially if the player is not using inverted.

bobpuls lives in the EU - he is just pretending to know what applies to people outside the EU.

bobpuls, Do you really want to continue to post stupid things without thinking? That is for a person who lives in the EU ordering goods from outside the EU. Have you ever traveled out of your country before? Out of your continent? Why don't you just let the people who live in other...

Why are you acting so annoyingly? Read the first line of the table in the second link you sent. It says clearly that EU selling top Non-EU does not collect VAT. Now wonder so many of your posts in general rub me the wrong way - you keep on talking like you know things you don't know about.

Sigh... We don't have VAT in the USA - does that help? The USA is not in the EU - does that help?

No, you don't. You can try the order process without finishing the checkout to see whether it charges you or not. It will not.

Once you do a couple, you will wonder why you wasted so much time thinking of a bat as a finished product.

"To me, my blade! I shall smote thee with my loops of thunder!"

You're catching on fast. I have told the story a few times now, but when I was 1700 and stagnating for about 5-6 months with up and down results, I had just lost to a guy 0-3, 0-11 in the 3rd and I was mildly depressed going home. I asked my coach and practice partners what I needed to do and...

Table tennis rackets are not tools of extreme precision. To answer your questions directly - 1) I keep it in a racket case for the most part - sometimes, I may cover the topsheet with a plastic, but this is not necessary and I usually do it if the sheet is tacky, 2) I use water, but some...

He is going to be a good player - he just needs someone to show him how to spin the ball properly.

Both strokes are relative weaknesses in terms of consistency and technique but your backspin form and kill is much better than your topspin form and kill from an ideal perspective. I had similar issues. In my experience, looping backspin competently if at all requires you to learn to finish on...

I probably shouldn't piggyback too much on a good post, but one thing that you will realize as you get better is the importance of serve and receive. So what Carl is telling you is not a small thing. What he is telling you has the potential to give you the biggest improvements to your game...