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Great touch by Mattenet, especially on balls he had to reach a long way to get. I can't help thinking, though, that some of the other fishing-masters of the last couple of decades -- Maze, Mitzutani and Persson come to mind -- would have been able to take a couple of those smashes down the...

Liu Song was much more of a defender and certainly played a lot further off the table than this guy most of the time. Quite different style I think. I think the Swedish Harry Potter dude (Fabian Akerstrom) is the closest there is. He is unusual because he can twiddle insanely quickly. He is...

Yes, this was an annihilation. Huge difference in level. Karakasevic is hardly making an effort, and it's not like he's got the fitness of Wang Liqin and the speed of Kim Taek Soo himself. I'm not so sure it is extra spin, the different spin and timing of an LP shot simply doesn't affect...

You are right, the double inverted guy drove the ball more than he relied on spin. He may have played this way because he knew that heavy spin arc balls may just come back with more heavy spin or maybe the LP guy would have just hit through it with his BH, since he clearly has high skill...

This is what pushblockers have to be when they are over 2400. They keep the ball low to set up a big forehand. Without that, higher level players just toy with them. I also noticed his effective attacks with the LP on the BH.

The trend of ITTF of creating rules that limit the number of great players that can attend major tournaments (Olympics, World Cup) is bad for the sport. It was not always like that. It is also kind of crazy that WTTC is only every other year, but it has been like that for a long time. What...

Maybe, but I wonder if having a tournament that lacks Timo Boll is ideal even from the Swedish perspective. Also, is the tournament just for the host? I don't have a huge dog in this fight. I think it would be better if they just took the top 16 players in the world. I don't entirely agree...

The ITTF could have taken any number of decisions, irrespective of what they may have done in the past (unwritten rules). Is the tournament better with Anton Kallberg or would it be better with Timo Boll?

Yes, but I suspect that is what they are selling since I think they only made that Blue Dragon one for a short time. It is worth contacting them to find out if any of the ones they have are series L. I don't see them sold in many places.

I see a new one for sale at tabletennisonly.com

Only way for you to know is to hit with one. Different people have different size hands, different grips, change grips different amounts between FH and BH, use different rubbers, are accustomed to different blades before trying a TBS, etc. etc., and it would depend also on whether you are...

Interesting and informative, thanks for posting. Makes perfect sense to me. I think one takeaway is that tacky rubbers can punish you badly if your footwork has problems for whatever reason.

Ryu Seung Min? No, I think that was Ruta Paskauskiene . Gotta go.

You can bet on almost anything in Las Vegas. I am waiting to see the Las Vegas betting line on whether PNacthway will find a way to get banned from a third table tennis forum since exactly the same tendencies eventually made him persona non grata at MyTT and OOAK forums. Any compulsive...

Among table tennis glues there is not a huge difference, but in my experience Donic Blue Contact attaches so hard you have to be REALLY careful removing rubbers glued with it, even from sealed blades.

As to slapping things, references to Plato are of course apt in this case, and capture the situation. For some reason, though, I am reminded of the great Zen koan. "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I think in addition to slapping very high shots, our compulsive poster is slapping...

One thing about rubbers (moving the thread away from world-infamous TT posters): if you use a high-throw rubber you get pretty used to it after awhile and tend to instinctively use a more closed racket angle. At that point low-throw rubbers feel really strange. But switch to a low throws and in...

There was an Iranian guy who used to live in Houston (I think he is LA now) who plays exactly that way, hallucinatingly similar. Even has the same body shape. Also left handed. He slapped the ball with the same stroke, and like this NZ guy, with so much power it pretty much ended the...

The Tenergy 05 is not the blue sponge version, it is actually platinum. It looks red/orange in the photo to maintain appropriate secrecy, I'm sure you understand the reasons why some things can not be discussed openly, there are huge forces at work here, and people are kept in the loop on a...

Then NL, behold, I reveal -- the other side of the blade most evil!! BWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!