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Some of those old Mazunovs are like giant Viking battle axes.

One thing to keep in mind. Nittaku sells a 40+ that is made in China. It is a re-labeled DHS ball and it is terrible! It is called Nittaku SHA. Make sure the Nittaku 40+ ball you buy is Made in Japan. Those are very different and those are the good ones.

OK. If you want to use a ball that is as close to the Butterfly 40+ ball that will be used in your country (but which you can't get) then you should use the Double Fish. It is the closest. Neither one is all that good but you will be at least training with something that will be similar to...

I see. If you can't get the Butterfly 40+, my recommendation is to train with Double Fish. Will be almost exactly the same I think.

Go with the Nittaku Japan 40+. Or go with a seamless ball. Any of those can be shipper from various international vendors who don't have the stupid restrictions that Btfly has on sale of their products. Reviews on G40+ are here: http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/equipment/balls/11310-g40...

I have weighed them. They are slightly ligher than XSF but they are harder. They are very slick on the outside, so they fly very straight and fast and retain their spin after they bounce off the table. They are quite unique.

I live in US. But I learned to play in Danderyd (suburban Stockholm).

I am wondering also if anyone in history could do the super-deceptive spin/no spin variations from the exact same motion as well as Ma Lin?

It seems to me that the two wing game developed starting in the mid 80s into something that looks a lot like it's modern form, but remember that the smaller ball in those days had a big effect on how you could hit the ball and still expect it to land on the table. You just couldn't throw your...

Best short game in the history of the planet.

I have always been a big fan of Jorgen Persson. Samsonov too. Also, Kong Linghui and Petr Korbel. Among current players, I really enjoy watching all the top players -- who can not want to watch ML, ZJK, FZD?? -- but among the non-Chinese I especially like to watch Ovtcharov, Freitas, and...

Yep, I'm going to try this. I notice if I really concentrate on staying on my toes, I move better. I don't need to do much else. but it needs to be reinforce constantly.

What I think also.

So helpful! A couple of things I am going to have to work on after watching this. I need to concentrate on holding my racket higher in the ready position. Another thing I noticed is how much the thumb goes up on the BH shots these guys are hitting. These top players are phenomenal in how...

maybe the OP is living in the Matrix and doesn't know it.

I think the ZJK-ALCs I have are noticeably slower than other Butterfly ALC blades that I have used extensively (Viscaria, TB-ALC) but if you put T64 on it and it's still not fast enough for you? I don't know what to say. Very few high level players would ever use something faster than that...

There is good reason to hope that this new DHS ball is going to be an approximate clone of the good Nittaku plastic balls. This is based on their recent announcements. Also, it is based on the member of MyTT known as Zeio. He is very knowledgeable about table tennis products, seems to have an...

Next Level makes a great point. The penhold crossover point is further to the side than for most shakehanders but it absolutely exists! Often it is a bit to the outside of the elbow, around midway between the elbow and the wrist (of the arm holding the blade), and in some cases right at the...

These turn out to be two of the only rubbers that are currently widely used that I still know anything about. They are the two I like best (although there are a ton of ESN rubbers these days I have not tried). You won't need to adjust your game very much to go from Tenergy 05 to MX-P. MX-P is...

The newest ones feel a little faster, but I also think that they always slow down with age, even oddly enough, when they just sit in a drawer for a few years.