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If you were most interested in spin, I'd think you'd go 2.1 Personally with the plastic ball, and a couple of more recent rubbers opting for a thinner topsheet so they can really go thicker on the sponge, I don't believe in playing with anything but max thickness one can get in today's game...

No simple solution for you. The biggest problem here is that you have a table outdoors. The setting up & taking down over & over. If there's a slight breeze which could effect the ball. Ugh. No thanks. I'll sell you my return board. :p 5 second set up & take down.... FYI - they're not as...

I feel your pain. I've been there and that was somewhat of an ever constant annoyance for me. So much to where I tried not to hold the blade and high up on the neck opting for a somewhat looser grip further down the blade so my fingers don't protrude so much on the blade face. I think it just...

Yeah it's an interesting shot I use rarely primarily because so many servers on the amateur level here serve long and I simply don't practice it enough. But I've come the conclusion for me it works in these situations. - Anything with some form of backspin, sidespin, or even no-spin, go for it...

Dang google auto translate just isn't there yet. Who knows if it ever will be. Nonetheless, learn what you can. I really like Cazuo's youtube channel here. A good one to subscribe to. In addition to being left handed :) he has one of the nastier TPB flicks I've ever seen. Looks like here...

Hit with a buddy over lunch today. I can't tell you enough how much fun this inverted FH / LPs on the RPB style is. While I can twiddle, I'm largely not instead opting for the same feel on my FH & backhand. Plus I like playing with my fingers more extended on the back side for the FH and if I...

Got the board assembled. The finish came out really nice. The music stand is adjustable and holds nice. The rubbers are glued in a black/red checkerboard style. My hitting around is roughly 20 inches by 20 inches. It works as it should. Here's my impressions. I'm glad I only spend 70ish bucks...

Unbelievable accomplishment by tomo. His skill ceiling is through the roof. While he has reached a WR faster by age than anyone as far as I can see, I still have to wonder if he will be limited physically. I'm assuming he will never be as big or as thick/strong as FZD. It's my guess as to that...

Agreed. It's in those slow mo replays for TV where this type of thing would pay off. I also think this would be much more welcomed change to new people coming to the game who get frustrated by an inability to return a quality player's serve. Sure those people would still struggle vs good...

Well so I ended selecting to build one after all. My setup couldn't be easier thus far. Heavy duty music stand: Ravel Premium Music Stand from Walmart - 30.99 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Ravel-Premium-Music-Stand/41223749 I thought I'd have to build some sort of contraption to extend the face...

+1 I think the OP's post points to a belief that a lot of us have but I'm tellin you, isn't necessarily true. More $$ = Higher quality product. SMH Don't buy into the hype. The pros play with what they like and companies in turn are allowed to charge more for those times because people want...

+1 Yep. Every time this thread keeps getting bumped and I read "Which poly ball should you choose?" My reflex thought is always the same. The DHS D40+ ball. Hands down the champ. Price & performance. My post was more just to poke fun at how ridiculous Nittaku is with the price of their balls...

No it's not legal to hit with a bare wood side. It's my guess she probably has an OX rubber on the BH side. She wouldn't have tried that if there wasn't some kind of rubber on there.

Oh snap. Now that's some interesting news. Now if I, or our club rather, can just get over that it'll probably be $4.50 per ball being Nittaku. :p :p

Had a real good hit a club last night. Played my training partner who I haven't beat since Dec of 2016. Match started out rough. Think the first two games where 11-7, 11-8. Then changed my tactics. Felt like he was getting too much an advantage on serve. So I tried something unorthodox. I...

Same. I can block for days far better with TPB than RPB. But that's not a RPB problem. That's a me problem in that I grew up playing TPB. I think the answer is as simple as, it just takes practice. I have a powerful RPB stroke but not much confidence to land it in. So a few weeks ago I started...

100% know what you're talking about. I won't pretend to have mastered this area but rather what I try to do... Easier said than done. First off, this is why I think it's important to play even people of newer levels to get use to the variation of speed & spin. If you only ever hit with the good...

So the last couple of days I've been practicing playing simple RPB shots slight more off to the right (remember I'm left handed) of my body. I've talked about in the past the need to stand somewhat more middle of the table to cover really wide serves to my FH from right handers serving from...

Always a give & take with LPs. The more grip you get, the easier it is to attack and play aggressive with a weird style close to the table. But then you lose some reversal. Still, I like the concept of being a pinch more in control of the amount of spin based on my strokes, if I have LP with a...