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Something an excellent coach once told me is that looping on return of serve is a little different from looping in the middle of the point or off the third ball. While the shot is still a loop, the stroke has to be smaller. He used to say that everything has to be just a little bit smaller on...

I kind of think of KLH as more of a precursor to ZJK because of his grip and strokes. KLH was smoothest player ever.

Korbel banana flip.

Klampar for sure. His strength from both sides was unusual for his day. He and the other Hungarians of that time were also the first to use speed glue. Also, his forehand was sort of "Chinese".

I agree with whoever said that it is hard to know what to do depending on club's culture. Also, not everybody is able to be assertive enough to stand up for themselves the way Carl recommends. I also find myself in this dilemma and I really need to force myself to be honest and say "ok, now...

One of the good things about my club. People don't do this. They even avoid being in your field of view. I admire NLs restraint.

Stick with Hexer to start. Only change one thing at a time. Tenergy 05 is great with this blade.

Tenergy 05. Then there is no need to guess or worry. MX-P is pretty good though.

Yes. Old habit for me Index finger wraps around wing or outside of blade instead of on surface). Trying to change it (for decades). Messing with grip is ninth circle of table tennis hell and I enter it every couple of years.

I use a coat of hairspray sometimes. Not really necessary with Finezip, Revolution, or Butterfly Free Chaque glues. I don't seal with anything permanent. At all costs, don't use Donic Blue Thunder glue, it will rip any blade to shreds.

I don't have exact numbers. My experience is that the oldest ones, without serial numbers, are smaller. Than they definitely got fatter, and stayed that way throughout the period of blades I like best, especially around 2006-2009, and possibly got a little smaller after around 2012. That is...

I've noticed that too, and I can hit my BH stronger when I use the grip he does, but I feel like I sort of lose control trying to make the transitions.

I have been playing TT since 1969 and I still struggle sometimes with how much to change my grip on BH.

I should bear in mind Next Level's post about engaging in this kind of nonsense, but I will chime in on this one last time. Then I am done. Since the thread has trended this way, I should mention that I've spent some time in Buenos Aires and Cordoba in Argentina. Not a lot, but enough to get...

Somebody at my club does that even once, I will never play with them again. One guy in particular comes to mind. I hate that. Almost nothing bothers me as much as that. I need to get warm before I play. And if I sit down for awhile, I get cold pretty quickly. Somebody starts blasting...

Perhaps. On the other hand, ST handles are not really larger, and some European players that I know use ST handles do not have big hands (Kreanga, also some of the ST handles shown above belonged to women). Also, pretty much all of the top Chinese use FL handles and some of those guys are...

Yes, this is what imbeciles do. Some of course also become part of the HISTORY as opposed to the present of forums.

The differences are actually not huge and I'm not ever sure I can put them in words. In some cases, part of it is weight, starting around 2012 a lot of Viscarias were being made in the 80-85 g weight. I prefer around 88-92g. Some of it is just something you have to experience by hitting with...

Russell is describing a clone, not a fake. Those Safeway brand cornflakes that taste the same but are cheaper? Think of it as being like a Xiom Stradivarius or a Baum Espirit, or whichever Yinhe blade people think is most like a TBS, or maybe a Double Day ALC, or even a composite 729 blade...

I bought a couple of Viscarias around 2014 (with silver tags) and they felt like bricks comparatively. I glued one of them up a couple of weeks ago and it actually played quite nicely.