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True. At WTTC. But then there was the next time they played. Whether you call it old or new school, FZD sometimes becomes predictable, which doesn't matter against nearly anyone else. ML is the one guy who can deal with that BH onslaught. And he is never predictable. The more closely I...

Well ok. The "old school", then, still works-- apparently. So if he is a further development of WLQ, which I can accept, it still works. (For some reason I was thinking 2008 was 10 years ago). Dumb

I don't buy into the idea that being BH-dominant is more "new-school" than what Ma Long does, but I guess some people might see it that way. He is older than FZD, so yes, he was 18 years old when they banned speed glue. It is also true that a lot of what he does has been seen before (for...

Luck you!!!!! I love Japan.

Nice question from the OP. I am not sure I would consider it old school vs new school. Instead I would say that throughout eras there has been more than one way to be great. Among the great Chinese shake hands players of the last couple decades, consider Kong Linghui, who was a lot more...

I should add that there is a blade lacquer I tried from Revolution, also water soluble in the bottle. It is easy to apply and dries quickly, but the problem I had with it is that it does not really cross-link much with the wood. So I found that it tended to prevent the glue from attaching the...

Many sealants are water soluble in the bottle and then become water insoluble once the components polymerize (as the water dries) and form cross-links with the wood fibers and with each other. That can keep the outer layer from softening in response to water and can tend to resist the water...

If you change rubbers and/or blades a lot you will constantly be worrying about things like "throw angle". Pick something reasonable and stick with it and it becomes much more instinctive. There are so many good rubbers and blades these days that it is not hard to find something reasonable...

Does anybody actually use T25?

I think it appeared as balsa in a Butterfly catalog I saw before there even was a Viscaria Light.

In my view, every 1* ball is so bad you shouldn't even use them for multiball (certainly this applies for seamless and for the DHS ABS balls). Nittaku J Top is the one exception but they are not cheap. The DHS D40+ 3* is so cheap and durable that you can buy a bunch and use them for every...

If your rubber throws too high, just aim lower. Internet trolls are the enemy.

I am sure they will find a way to make the punishment painful at several levels. Probably including money.

If enough time goes by and we don't see those players, it won't be buried! It will cause a storm. But if rain is correct (and he has gotten everhtning right so far) we will see them again relatively soon and this will die down. The real interesting thing then is where LGL and KLH end up, and...

I think if you look at raineverever's other thread on this, you would conclude that it is unlikely they will be suspended completely for more than a couple of months, although it is going to cost them in other ways. We will see soon enough. I am curious what makes the guy on the German website...

I also think you are over-thinking it. Just play with them and the whole thing becomes quite familiar. Actually I think most of us who have played a lot with these balls would say that the short game is actually easier to execute now, assuming what comes on the next ball is the same. Only...

At his age you can expect some inconsistency, a lot of it will depend on how he feels physically on a particular day. Some days he will be less mobile and less elastic. On good days he will be as good as he was on a typical day from ten years ago. As time goes on he will have fewer good days...

I love it. Go Vladi! I hope he plays another five years.

I read somewhere that LSW use a DHS blade at China Open. If true, I wonder how that works with Btfly? Maybe her contract with them is up and DHS will pay more?

If the Timo picture starts talking to you and telling you to kill, kill, kill, please let someone know before actually doing anything.