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Had a pretty good hit last night at club. Lost 2-3 twice to my training partner who always beats me but at least I'm getting close. Anyways, while the LP play helped from time to time, it also had its disadvantages. I think i just need to pick what I enjoy the most & got with it. But yeah in...

Always good to hear form you OSP. I like your enthusiasm for the game and I like that we have similar backgrounds in being penholders who use TPB but have dabbled with RPB. Yeah I'm playing for fun but also want to see how good i can get within reason. I say within reason because if I was...

So i owned a penhold PG7 once. it's a pretty good blade. Really affordable. I prefer my Stinga Clipper but that's a little stiff probably for him. I'll tell you this. I'm eyeing these sexy new Gambler Fire Dragon penhold blades. https://www.zeropong.com/products_new They have carbon in them...

Realized a misconception I had about Euro rubbers to Chinese rubbers. I currently with with MXP. My first euro rubber. Previously I had always played with Chinese rubbers. I love the grip you get from those tacky topsheets when they're brand new. Problem is that that tack always wears off...

Had a good hit with my club mate over lunch today. We play once a week and he's gotten significantly better. He's really beginning to push me so it's cool to see how much he has come along the way and it's fun to help people develop. Realized today, and have been thinking about this for a week...

Pros: 20-25. Can still be really great all the way to 30. Amateurs: That's the beauty of this game being skill based. Sure athleticism helps but it's a skill based game. You can be really good into your 70s. SO really not much of an age range. There's a top player in the KC area (in his 70s I...

Cultivating a sense of team among your club. Just curious, do any of you feel like the club where you attend they do a good job of this? Is it important or helpful at all? I have this thought that while our club members practice & compete hard to beat one another during club nights, really...

Hard to see a whole lot. Field of vision isn't too great and I've never been a fan of filming directly behind play. The player's body blocks view of the point & shots. Try a 45 degree angle on your open forehand side. That'd help us a lot. If you're using a phone, not the best choice but you...

I do all the time. Sure cash prizes are nice but not exactly like any of us here make a living off it. I play tournaments because I want to play new people I haven't faced before and I want to test where I'm at.

Nice pics there of XX. Def using a DHS blade. Seems like a lot of pros are going to something with carbon for what I can only assume is the extra speed to counter the plastic ball. So there's a part of me that thinks, maybe i should switch out from my clipper wood to something carbon. But at...

I went 1-2 in matches last night vs a player who is rated higher than me. He's a balanced player who is simply more consistent and what I'd call a controlled player. If the point goes longer, chances are I'm making an error more than him. I play aggressive anyways but if I'm playing an...

FZD - Best BH in the word. But we all knew that. What you might not know is that Xue Fei has the best current RPB in the world. He's amazing. This is Wang Hao level type of BH we're talking here. I rest my case

Had a good hit session over lunch with my club mate today. Was trying a dead, float (almost flick like) variation today vs serve. Not the best success. So maybe scrap that. I did however have success in trying to mix up my light touch the ball (normal push) to jab agressively under the ball...

No it isn't. But I would say it's very hard either. You'll have to excuse me as this is my first entry to a euro style rubber (enjoying it) coming from deadish/firm chinese rubbers which i never liked on the Clipper previously. I don't know. It simply feels a little springier to me. I have MXP...

Some really great points here. I like the one about how the punch is now back compared to 40mm era. That's something I hadn't thought about. Then NL posts that video which does remind me of so many short rallies & errors off of hidden serves back in the 38mm days. I do think we let some of our...

A lot of good replies that are really in depth which I think pretty much cover the bases for the OP so I'll keep this short and be more philosophical at least the way I see it. With the new ball being larger and therefore spinning ever so slightly less, I think generating spin has become even...

Do you have more than one kind of push? Recently I've ran into certain opponents who are content to largely push all day long. While I feel comfortable opening up FH off the table vs backspin, obviously I like easier balls to open up on vs harder ones. I've spent some time focusing on my flip...

Our club bought the D40+ balls early this year and recently within the last two weeks got some more in. I'm not putting them next to a light to compare the seam but from what I've seen, they play the same as before. If a ball breaks at our club it's 95% of the time because someone accidentally...

I am more comfortable with TPB block but use the RPB when i need a power shot. I use both. If you're in that crossover point and you cannot step around? Use TPB. Do not use the RPB. The nice thing about the TPB is you can cheat that really far over on your FH side if in a jam. But as it nears...

Those DHS 40+ seamed plastic balls are the ones our club uses. Yes they are affordable which I won't complain about. They're great. Everybody at our club likes them. I've seen videos of the Japanese national team practicing with them. It's the best ball with performance, price & everything...