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Exactly. It's what I do too, and since I am from that era, I am very good at it, so if that's the way it's going to be then it's on!! :cool: I agree with the other posts too. Call the referee it is is really a problem, but be careful what you ask for if it turns out your serves are even more...

Jukebox Hero? Man, that's going back!

You will laugh, but seriously this works for me. About a half shot of scotch if it is a really important match. About 30 min before hand. Generally you can only do this once in a tournament or you will not be good in the later rounds! ;)

Sadly, the Btfly 40+ is basically the same as Double Fish -- just another terrible seamed Chinese ball with a low bounce.

Carl, in your post I think you wrote seamless several times when you meant to write seamed. And you are right, the only ball with seams that is worth a crap is the Nittaku Premium, which is currently indefinitely backordered everywhere in the world as far as I can tell (in other words, you...

I haven't followed one of these threads in a couple of years. Doesn't seem like there has been anything much new in this category for a couple of years.

Nittaku Japan 40+ and the ITTF approved seamless balls XSF, Nexy, Yinhe, Stag). Avoid ALL chinese made balls with seams, including Butterfly and Nittaku SHA.

My trick is to use a pair of scissors designed for cutting carpet pads (they are called Duckbill napping shears). In the US you can get them at Home Depot. http://www.tools4flooring.com/roberts-10-586-8-duckbill-napping-shears.html?gclid=CMiy2caQwsMCFQmqaQod-GUA8g#.VM7Vhy7qVhY

I ruined a blade with polyurethane. Be very very very careful. It penetrates deep and is very hard when it cures.

Here in the US a couple of my favorite training partners are Iranian. Amazing how many engineers on this thread. It's true at my club too, but I just figured it was where I lived.

It wouldn't surprise me. I once had Butterfly make one especially for me, it just took money (about $300 in 2008, I had them use a different handle, and sadly, I ended up not liking the blade, a very expensive mistake). In his case, it may be that he just specifies a weight range, and they...

I don't claim to know what he uses, but my Viscaria looks exactly like that from that angle.

I have no idea if Professional Tenergy exists or not (I tend to doubt it but what do I know, I too have seen the ad mentioned above, and there was no way I was going to pay that much for a sheet of rubber). I am really happy with the kind of Tenergy 05 that mortals get, so don't much care...

I use T05 both sides, but my Viscaria is a black tag one that is a bit slower than the ones you find now.

I'm a scientist and a professor at a university (physiology and biophysics). I do work on drug discovery. I also sometimes coach table tennis.

The one other thing I would say about Dima compared to Kreanga, and nearly anyone else besides WH is that he tends to hit his BH from closer in to the table, so he ends a lot more points with it outright, even if it's not as much fun to watch (hardly anybody was ever as much fun to watch as...

Current players, ZJK, FZD, Ovtcharov, Wang Hao (well he just retired, but I'll put him here anyway). Previous generation, Persson, KLH. (Kreanga's was insanely spectacular, who doesn't want to watch that, but Persson could hit every conceivable thing you could do with a BH). Well, my two...

I have no idea what the physics is but in actual practice it often comes to this (and I think this goes slightly against conventional wisdom). Advanced offensive oriented players actually will have a greater margin for error on their shots with thicker sponge, which is why the main reason they...

What makes Tenergy good is not its speed or spin. It is the feel that it allows the user while generating that speed and spin. And that is why it is a near universal choice among offensive players whose livelihood depends on it.

A couple of thoughts. Not everybody can coach older players, and while most of the things that make a good shot are the same for everybody, the limitations older players have need to be recognized. Good coaches can find fixes to work around the limitations to some extent, but not every coach...