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I'm not going to comment more about politics. I went too far already. You .may discern that I'm not too happy at the moment. I'll leave it at that. TT is a good escape for me. Will be even if they raise the net a cm, which I hope they don't.

No. It would Not mean that.

Black.

very annoying when it happens. Some people have strong startle response, and unexpected sounds can make you mistime.

Well first, and above all, the premise is nonsense for reasons I explained. Non-individualistic culture etc. etc. (Again, contemplate what would happen through 2+ generations of only children, who grow up with no sisters or brothers, maybe even no cousins, pampered by their parents, as is the...

My favorite Viscaria is an I series. I bought it used from a fellow in Spain and got lucky.

I am not imagining context. It is right there, plain to see, with the term "non-individualistic cultures". Not explicitly racial but implicitly racial (and if you don't get it, read what I wrote again). And it is such utter and complete nonsense that it undermines everything that comes after...

Yes, because people in the west are bad at individual sports like tennis and golf (etc. etc.) and people in Asia are bad at team sports like volleyball and baseball (and rhythmic gymnastics, etc.). Seriously, any time you read something about how some deeply ingrained aspect of "Asian culture"...

Since my True Carbon and may ZJK ALC are essentially identical in playing properties when they have the same rubber, I don't think the thinner outer ply matters much. Not something I would have expected. But the blades are incredibly similar.

Getting back to what the OP asked, I really can't see that "so many" players are defending with short pips. There may be a small handful, but the bast majority of professional level defenders still use LP on BH, for a whole bunch of reasons. If you ever play much with SP you can see why they...

For people who want to know, I always found the I, J and K series of Viscaria to be the best ones they ever made.

I should add that the idea is not crazy, because the geometry of the grain relative to the ball striking angle could conceivably affect mechanical properties of the top ply. But then again we have to ask, if scaly blades are better, better for whom? One thing for sure, different players tend...

It is hard to really know for sure because of three things: 1. Placebo effect. 2. Small blade sample size available to most people. 3. Confirmation bias. Those are three pretty important ideas, and as a junior player it is quite possible you haven't encountered them in school (I didn't...

How to save the village without destroying it?

Refers to appearance of outer ply occasionally seen on Viscaria blades (not all). Legend has it those play better. It might be true. I have owned more Viscarias than most people, and for sure my best one has that look, but it is a small effect if it is real. The picture of that new Donic...

My guess is people who watch TT probably have just enough knowledge to know serves are tricky. Our sport does not have that many missed serves compared to tennis on fast surfaces. Tennisn clay has long rallies. But still to me not so exciting. Tastes.

True, but I still think a laser chop has a lower margin of error than an archy loop which at the end of the day hurts defenders. Loopers are certainly strong enough and fit enough to cope. As you pointed out once on a different thread, fractions of a percentage matter in a sport where the...

Wow. OTC top play already seems pretty thin to me. Neither of mine are scaly.

My counter-argument to this is the popularity of American football in the US (just one example). How many people actually understand all the technical war lingo and Xs and Os of modern professional football? I have watched it all my life, at least some, and I like it pretty much, but I have...

It will depend a lot of weight. I have one that is 92 grams that is about the same speed or even slightly faster than a Viscaria, the other one at around 87 grams is slightly slower. At the end of the day, the play is very similar to Butterfly ALC blades, and the advantage for some people will...