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It's not the answer you want to hear, but no, the Harimoto blade will not be good for you. Nor will any carbon blade. The vast majority of people (especially those starting out), would benefit massively from all wood blades for many, many years. Until you can hit a booming forehand loop, or...

It's one of those scientific reports that feels more science than reality. There's a reason all the pros, the manufacturers and thousands of amateur players have all said they get less spin (in general) with the plastic ball compared with the celluloid ball....... They can't all be wrong just...

My comment wasn’t aimed at you, and it wasn’t supposed to be an “attack” on anyone or anything. It was purely my opinion on the matter, I’m not doubting that yours is different :) Regarding the validity of posts etc, again, we may differ, but I personally do believe there to be a difference...

Hey Simon, my name is Nick - You'll see me post sporadically on the "everything Table Tennis" facebook group. I don't know you personally, I can only go by what I see you post here (and there). If you want to genuinely improve, you need to stop switching equipment - I know it's a running joke...

I'm sure people feel there are, and I'm sure that on occasions there will be (due to the natural process of how it's made). But to say "X is harder than Y" or "Y is spinnier than X", based on the word of an unknown internet forum user, who no one has ever seen play..... is a bit too much of a...

All I can go on is 20 years of experience playing with various rubbers. Outside of the typical Chinese rubbers, I've never noticed a meaningful difference between red and black. It's a question that gets asked a lot, and false information gets thrown around a lot, because all the Pro's seem to...

The whole "black rubber is harder than red rubber" is a myth outside of the Chinese rubbers. From experience of Butterfly and Tibhar, the red and black rubbers perform identical.

It looks like those photos are designed to make the rubbers seem more bright than they actually are. Look at the green next to the purple in the first pic - It's a much darker green than the next picture, which seems to have been positioned to catch the reflection...... I don't like any of the...

The wand choses the wizard....... ;)

It's hard to tell if the OP wants these things so they can use it themselves, or if it's because they want to watch the pro's use this stuff and have longer rallies etc..... If it's so you can use it yourself - You can already buy cheap, medium speed blades and rubbers. If you want the pros to...

1st thought..... Watch Ping Pong. I know you've mentioned it, but it sounds like you want a sport which is absolutely perfect for what YOU want to see. 2nd thought is similar to Lula. The equipment isn't all that different. The forums make such a big deal of different rubbers and blades etc...

There is definitely a "minimum required" to work out just who is the best, but in a perfect world, it would be somewhere in the middle. If a TT player plays 50 games and wins 45 of them, does that make him better than someone who wins 44 out of 44? Probably not....... But I agree, you can't...

Ranking systems are never 100% accurate. When Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon, did that make him the best player in the world? When Leicester won the Premier League, did that make them the best team in the world (slightly different argument, as that was over an entire season rather than 1...

I guess it’ll be hard to know for sure. Just, the fact that my blade is 91g, I’d have thought his would be heavier, considering his rubbers will be much lighter than mine, and his overall set up is only 7grams lighter.

I’d have thought it was much heavier than that. Mine is 91g and 190g with T05H and T05 - Both Max. T05H is already 7 grams heavier than T05, so if he had max sponge, his blade would be around the 91g mark. If he has 1.7mm sponge, I’d guess his blade was 95g at least?

05 Hard is around 7 grams heavier, so that would make sense. Do you know what your blade is on it’s own?

Not sure if this has been said, but the lack of what I’d call “traditional” sportsmanship is severely lacking in the professional ranks. The crap handshakes, the celebrating with coaches before shaking the hand of the other player, it all seems just a little off to me. I thought it was a...

I'd be very surprised if the pros were using shoes that weren't the models you can buy in the shop. Any custom fitting will come from the in soles I imagine. I used to use Butterfly shoes, back when ASICS made the sole - But since that's stopped, and the Butterfly price has increased, I've...

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that Tees Sport have NO idea about the "ratings" - Heck - They gave it a 7.5 for control, despite never having even held it, and all of this, despite giving the Innerforce ALC a control rating of 9! haha. I like Tees Sport, but I find they rate things on...

Harimoto just scrapped the second 14-12 to go 2-0 up. Tough first 2 sets so far!