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My tip for cutting rubbers neatly is simple - DON'T. Short cuts with any scissors are more than good enough and most modern rubbers shrink anyway.

Zhang Jike Lost to Liang Jingkun 3-1

Yes, Big Dipper might not be fast to people who use heavily boosted stuff, but for me, when loop driving, I felt good spin. Sponge hardness does make a difference - the 40 deg is not quite as wild as the 38 deg - I prefer the latter. It is hype but it might suit some people. Definitely suited me.

The Wakaba is a low quality premade blade so don't confuse it with an ALL+/OFF- blade. My final advice is that you are going to play for fun - buy what you enjoy playing with. Do know that if you ever want to get good coaching, you may have some trouble learning good strokes with a faster...

May have retired, but more likely encouraged to move on and wanted to do so as well.

Well, all I can say is that your situation does not change the advice we have given you. The only difference is that I can understand your skepticism, but that you need to understand that table tennis is less about equipment and more about skill. If you give a better player bad equipment and a...

Ah, this post helped me understand you much better. I am from a country like that originally. And I see where your posts are coming from in general now.

Not at all - you still have a lot to learn about your 2nd language and table tennis. And you are trying to learn, unfortunately, not as quickly as some would like, but you are doing well.

Oh, I will. And when I come back, English will still be your second language!:cool:

(Reads previous post with puzzled look - are people really this ridiculous...:confused:) (Smiles...:)) (Recognizes a lost cause when he sees one...:D) (Goes off to prepare for tomorrow's tournament drive :cool:)

I have replaced my Tenergy 05 with Yinhe Big Dipper 38 deg sponge and have few complaints. Won't work for everyone but works for me.

Practice and play against Anti and learn to read the ball better. Usually, generating topspin is always your friend as it produces a higher ball for you to attack. But if you don't practice against it, the theory is good, but doesn't help you get better.

OK, TareqPhoto. Let's try again. The blade I use now costs $60 (Tibhar Samsonov Force Pro). The most expensive blade I have ever used cost $160 (Killerspin Titanium Carbon) and it cost me a key match when I was in the 1800s, after which I swore never to use it again. I used a $22 blade to...

Part of the problem is that the poor durability of the balls is not just about the rate at which they crack. They also start to wobble if hit hard enough. That for me is the biggest reason why the Chinese seamed balls (DHS, DFish and their many clones like Joola, TSP) need to just be fixed or...

Exactly. On the women's side for the 2014 team trials, do people remember that Mu Zi almost qualified, but failed to win her way in. Then the juniors who she beat on her way to the finals were selected over her. That's exactly how it will work here as well. It's very unlikely that those guys...

For people who boost and need that kind of speed, I don't know, but Big Dipper in 38 degrees is very similar to unboosted MX-P and is only $20. Give it a shot if you need something that plays very well, especially with the plastic ball. It's already heavily tuned so those who need more tuning...

The answer to this has changed over my short TT career. I would have to say today, it is Tibhar blades and Yinhe rubbers, though Donic, Giant Dragon and Joola helped a lot on the blades side, while Butterfly, Joola and Donic helped a lot on the rubbers side. The Tibhar 5 plies and 7 plies...

That describes me too - currently using the Samsonov Force Pro (7 ply limba ayous). With Big Dipper 38 deg thanks to you, I have left Tenergy and now have a setup under $100 that plays the way I like it to. The one thing I will say is that in 4 years, I have likely spent literally thousands of...

TareqPhoto, A blade is made of wood and composite materials. Trees are different, and therefore, the wood from that tree is different, but the type of wood is the same. Many different brands use the same kinds of woods to make blades. So for example, you may hear of a Butterfly Korbel and a...

Ttping85 says that limbs tends to spin more than koto on the extreme shots but Lori spins more in between.