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Start with Butterfly Raystorm. Closest SP to inverted in existence. An easier transition.

Any blade between 85 and 95 grams that is not ridiculously fast (or way too slow) that you play with long enough.

I didn't decide for myself. I first began to play in Sweden, using Yasaka rubbers (because that was what people mostly used there back on those days), and have used German and Japanese rubbers ever since. To me, Chinese rubbers feel like they were made for a different sport. Whatever you...

I just loop the ball and I try to be relaxed and time the ball as perfectly as I can. If you have perfect timing and get some degree of weight transfer, your shot will be good. Nothing else matters. I suspect that if you use very hard tacky rubber over a long period of time your stroke will...

Some are quite similar anyway, but there is always some difference in handle shape and weight balance, and this can actually affect the way they play for a lot of people. They are often enough alike that switching from one to another is not that hard. This is especially true for the ALC blades...

Some people will probably like the G40+ from Butterfly. I think they are better than any Chinese seamed ball. I still prefer the Nittaku Premium 40+ from Japan, and also XSF.

I know exactly what you mean. Actually at a certain point, every time I did it, I sustained some sort of injury that shut me down for awhile. So I don't do it anymore. I go play at my club and do some coaching, but I play continuously until I am too tired to keep going and then I go home...

Yes, they can help you until about the second time you wash them.

I have some updated information on this. I have had about five long sessions with the G40+, and I have had lots of my clubmates try them. Until this week I had mainly been using them since I received them because I wanted to get as familiar with them as possible. With time now (about 10...

What the name of his socks ? Bob and Jim, but don't ask me which one is which.

Mainly there is nothing cooler than having a custom made blade from a major maker. It makes me feel......... less insignificant.

Chain saws already mentioned are effective but sometimes upset the wife and kids (or campus authorities) when used to cut rubber while watching TV or drinking beer. Also, preparing the fuel for the two-cycle engines is annoying. So if that is a problem at your house, or dorm, I have never...

You are almost certainly right. But too late. I have already special ordered -- because I am an idiot who likes to spend money on table tennis from time to time, whether I need to or not. I specified 89 grams so should be ok. And if they turn out to be not as good as the ZJK-ALC ST I am using...

Now that you mention it, "----bear-ye" is actually a better approximation to the sound used to pronounce the name of the little commune of Enebyberg near where we lived when I was a kid. I was trying to describe it as between a long and short y in ENglish, but your description is much better...

Good coaching would be nice, especially people who can speak English well enough to express what they need you to do. But it is not just coaching, you need good places to play seven days a week, and not just a handful of large urban areas, but even in medium sized and small cities. You can...

brabhamista, you're the only swede I know and trust :-). Is it true that "Källberg" should be pronounced "Shellberg"? Like Bobrow kept doing during the match? Actually more like Shellbery. The Swedish alphabet has 29 letters, the same 26 as English, plus å, ä, and ö. A "k" can have a hard...

For some reason, the ZJK-ALC is actually heavier, like an older Viscaria. Excellent blade. Of course, they charge $50 more for what is the same blade because........ I have no idea.

Yes, the biggest difference is grip shape and size and that is a matter of what you like. Also, the Viscaria only comes in FL. TBS can be had with all three grip shapes. Other than the grip, the blades have very similar playing properties. Newest Viscaria blades are lighter. Not sure about...

This is a great question. A Viscaria bought in China certainly could be a fake, but perfectly genuine ones can be very light these days. Here is more detail: For the first several generations of Viscaria, a very light one would be about 88 grams, and they could be as much as 96 g, probably...