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Yogi, is there any chance you got an early example which does not match later production entirely (I'm thinking of tuning, in particular)? There's quite a bit of contradicting information on this one, and I didn't go through the 1485 (!) associated posts on a French forum, but the consensus was...

So I plan on doing this to Liu Guoliang as well, and this morning I had a session with Andro Classic both sides, on a Tibhar IV-L Light (not mine). It's a whole different game, and you have to rethink your stroke patterns from scratch (there's a group of aficionados at the club I train with...

That's another take on the "Allround Classic + Mark V" for these days. Nice.

You're not kidding!

Hi, I've never posted pictures as it's not groundbreaking stuff (this side of a Korbel and two T05, this is as close as you will get to a Stiga Allround Classic with two Mark V for the modern era; "Shut up and play", is what it says on the cover) but I love this thing, so here goes: And...

Thanks! I knew about his blade treatments and signatures, not about him directly. He does it for free! In the missing part he just says the surface has to be perfectly flat or smooth (then goes on to explain the 4mm rubber rule) and yes, the fact that he sometimes receives "rackets" in 10 to...

These backhand flicks were lethal. If you could keep the number of unforced errors under control with time I feel you would play better with the T05H, as it makes you commit more to your shots. You are a better player than almost anyone here, but it is the one point where you maybe don't get...

Yes, two different approaches. Of course, the egalitarian in me prefers the French system but I wonder if it plays a part in us having so many "almost there" players (Gauzy, Flore, Lebesson, Ouaiche, Mattenet, Akkuzu, the Robinot brothers... now Seyfried and Romain Ruiz, and I have omitted a...

Yes, this is a very good post. We should have this kind of threads more often, and compile the results more effectively. Not meaning to take any work off Dan's academy!

Ahah, cheers. Was just worried about those sentences, where three things spring to mind which I end up inserting. But yeah, spending time on forums like this one was an eye-opener for me. I expected differences between countries, but not this much.

Bastion is the word, quite. Which country do you live in?

Yeah, I couldn't find this type of figures for France. As yet another anecdote, this has all the elements of your typical national-team shirt for the last ages. Oh and, the current Wack Sport best-sellers (should have found this earlier): http://wsport.com/liens/10best_vente_ind.php The...

Also, sorry for the long posts and sentences!!

I understand the doubts in the previous posts, and yes I would advise to take what I said about the present situation with a pinch of salt: I don't work in the business. There are two things to know about the French market, however. For one, it is pretty conservative and, as an example...

I agree on the whole but there are other ways to vary. I like to add just the right amount of sidespin to make it awkward for the opponent to judge : wide armed gesture suggests strong sidespin and they get ready for a strong flip, but it's still mostly underspin (low, slow and in for a second...

That is correct and I would actually say it is not even close, Tibhar are everywhere (IV-L, IV-S, Chila, etc.) and Butterfly not all that present at club level. Another specificity is Banco, which is owned by no1 TT reseller Wack Sport and sells a pretty big variety of OEM blades and mostly ESN...

Thanks for the info. I assume they were behind the strong presence at the World Veterans' event in Las Vegas, I wasn't there of course (I'm not even a veteran!) but they had covered the gigantic hall from floor to ceiling, based on all the videos. I'm all in favour of sustained family...

Also, in this post I meant and apparently forgot to type "the same good-natured attitude and love of the game" as Timo Boll, whom he openly admires. I mentioned Pirlo for the sheer longevity and change in style with time (and less for the personality), but everybody knows that it is easier done...

Took him back to nursery. :cool: