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I know. After all those years! The reason I switched is that I wanted round-ST handle and for some reasonable amount of money, which meant there is no way on earth I would buy an old ST-Viscaria. The True Carbon really plays a lot like a Viscaria and I love the handle. The one I am using...

The truth is nobody really knows what causes minor back pain.

I love Denmark. Would move there in a microsecond if right professional opportunity arose (which isn't going to happen).

I teach physiology to medical students. For the reason I mentioned above, I very much doubt this mask is going to increase VO2max. Unless you wear it all the time, you really aren't going to get an increased in number of red blood cells or hemoglobin content, which is the underlying mechanism...

These days I am playing with Donic Ovtcharov True Carbon. I know for a fact that Dima doesn't use it, but it is still an awesome blade and I am very happy with it. Kind of curious actually why he doesn't.

TTH, Wasn't responding to you at all!!!!!! Sorry if you thought so. Was responding to our "habibi" dude, the loser internet troll who can't smell booster. Since he deleted his post I thought about deleting mine but have decided not to, because on general principles my last sentence (about a...

Yep. Some things to think about. I actually seem to move better in free play than drills. Not sure what that means (well except that I am cheating on the drills maybe, like you say). I am very fit and these days relatively injury free, and I still have the feeling that I should be able to...

Footwork problem I have to fix: realizing I don't have to move as far to the right as I think I do. Or really as far in most directions. If I can do that I will be lighter on feet. Was doing 2 2 drill. Thats 2 to bh, 2 to the forehand. After the bh I kept overreacting to forehand side and...

The thing is once you take the mask off, the stimulus that causes the kidneys to make erythrypoietin vanishes. So no increase in red blood cells or hemoglobin. That is why I am a bit skeptical about that part. But I could easily see how it makes you conscious of breathing while playing Or...

Except Chinese rubber has always been really different from Tenergy or ESN. Maybe with boosting nowadays they aren't so different? Seems hard to believe but I don't have experience wit pro boosted DHS.

I have been working a lot with a coach last couple months. It has definitely helped with some pretty important things, and anyway it is fun to play with him (most of you would know who he is). But today in matches I was thinking so much about technical stuff that I was awful. Mind has to be...

I saw an ad for a mask designed to improve lung capacity by making it harder to breath which is what I guess this is. Not sure the idea makes good physiological sense or not for conditioning. Would need to see an independent well controlled study. (Maybe they exist, I didn't look). But...

It may be a few more events to know if he sticks with it, and if so how it works for him. Right now, not enough data.

This is correct. You can learn this from the Laws of Table Tennis and the Handbook for Match Officials. They ONLY refer to the back line. One could argue for other reasons that PG's serves are on the verge of illegality (like many other pros) but not for the reason given by the OP -- because...

The rule only specifies the back line, not the side line.

He has been talking about that new Karis rubber for awhile, it will be interesting to see what he has come up with. i thought it was interesting that he mentioned that T05 has gotten softer in recent years. I think that is correct, it seemed like it wasn't the same as when I first started...

That is actually a good observation. Andro may also still be in some sort of marketing agreement that requires them to use the trademark, and maybe a similar agreement expired for Tibhar and Donic. It could suggest however, that the technology in Andro Rasant is not the same as in the...

Adding to what fais says, current rule gives potential advantages to players who can afford to buy new factory sheets of rubber frequently over players who can (for example) barely afford one sheet a year, but who can keep their rubber more competitive by periodically re-boosting them.

That could be it, but I am satisfied with Finezip/Free Chack 2 because I like the quality and ease of the attachment the first time, much more than Tearmender, and I don't switch around rubbers and blades except on quite rare occasions. My equipment use tends to be pretty stable over relatively...

The other thing is that I would bet a great deal that whatever they are doing with MX-P entails adding something to the sponge very late in the production process. Bear in mind also that ITTF only regulates topsheets, not sponges, except for the thickness. So, really, their rule against adding...