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For me, there are 2 factors here which are slightly different. China’s dominance of the World Table Tennis scene, and TV viewing. With China, I just don’t see how anything will change whilst Table Tennis is the main sport in the country with the most people, and it’s a secondary sport in the...

I’m jealous! We have nothing like that in the UK! Maybe something in London….. But it’s probably the only one in the country!

As it’s the season of giving…. I’ll re share my own footage. One of the things I’d like to stress (to everyone), is that it really doesn’t matter what standard you are, how you play or anything else. If you are looking for advice, it’ll be 100 times better for you if you can post something...

Spend money on coaching, not equipment.

My point was more about the massive hassle I personally found it! If I had to re-glue my rubbers now, or "boost" them.... It would be such a pain in the ass! I'm very happy I can glue the rubbers on at the start, and then leave them until I need to change the rubber in a few months time!

This reminds me how grateful I am that the speed glue era is dead! Honestly, the hassle of glueing up for each match, peeling off the glue each time (even if it was satisfying at times), and getting high on the fumes…… I’m so happy those days are over for European rubbers. Buy...

The Ovtcharov..... Because after spending £350 on the blade and rubbers, it's the only answer that'll let me sleep at night 😂 In all seriousness, I would have to do a direct comparison of the Ovtcharov with the TB ALC using the same rubbers before deciding. I would rather have the TB ALC over...

Cor, would you class MX-P and T05 in the same ballpark? Maybe I've forgotten how hard/soft MX-P was, but I always thought it was a touch harder than T05 (but that could be my memory playing tricks on me!) Having used Dignics 09c now, T05 feels like the softest rubber in the world 😂

I'm glad to see Carl has taken the time to put into words what I probably should have done earlier! 😂 For anyone who has managed to misinterpret this as some sort of "elitist" thing - It's really not. Personally, I couldn't care if you are good, bad or average. But it's nice to get more...

Not really - If I closed my eyes and hit some shots, I think I'd be hard pushed to tell. If you are incredibly sensitive to balance and weight distribution, then perhaps - But I'd be incredibly surprised if anyone really noticed it. On the handle side..... The RD/ST handle allows for more...

I generally get more control and a better touch with harder rubbers. I also find they are very good for producing spin. Softer rubbers are easier to play with in general, as they require less force to get a good amount of speed and spin on the ball. My recent example can be summed up in my...

It has relatively minimal effect for most people, but in the age of water based glue, I think the “norm” is 2 layers on the rubber and one on the blade (although I could be wrong). There’s a good video of Ovtcharov who describes his glueing technique. He said he uses 2 layers if it’s a small...

The problem with that is each country has a different ranking. Many countries either have a bad ranking system (UK) or non at all! Being the best player in Papua New Guinea might not actually mean you are on the same level as the best player in the US (for example). Chess is different, as...

Fully support all of what you said there. If any of those comments came to fruition it would be good!

2 good points there. I think the first was something I wasn't sure would be popular because then it does create a bit of a "2 tier" system...... But I can see the appeal of it for regular users and I'd support it if it went down that route. I think this sort of thinking actually spawned a...

Thanks! I'm Butterfly's dream customer.... Make a good looking blade and I'm all over it! :D

That's one hell of a trophy! Hard bad is so deceptively difficult if you are used to playing with sponge! LOCK THOSE WRISTS!

I remember that - It was useful to see little tag lines like that (and really, that's all I was thinking about!) On a side note, if anyone from TTD ever visits the UK shores and wants a knock, let me know and we can definitely arrange something! We should have a global TTD meet up one...

Yeah, very much agree with that point (I edited my last post to try and say the same thing before you posted!) I didn't expect to get such strong reactions to be honest - Contrary to what certain people may think, it was merely a suggestion, and not a plot to overthrow TTD as a whole ;)

I was initially going to presume something had got lost in translation, but given the grasp of your English, I can only assume that either you have jumped to a conclusion that isn't there, or you are intentionally trying to put words and meaning into something completely different. But to...