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My Tibhar Blue Spirit, which I think are the same shoe, are holding up really well.

Coach Huijing Wang here in Houston used to train Timothy Wang that way until he would practically collapse. It is even more jaw dropping seeing someone at that level do it in person. Another Chinese coach here (a defender) told me they would do that with choppers from about age 10 on.

For sure if you don't are about the handle, get the cheaper one.

I thought ZJK Dragon blade was the worst ALC blade Btfly ever made. It had bad weight balance and felt hollow. Kind of like a really really bad Viscaria. The ZJK-ALC I am talking about is the newer one, for some reason much better. Well, anyway, that's what I think. I have owned all of...

The handles have somewhat different shape and the weight distribution is a little different. Also, the newer blades like TB-ALC have treated the top of the wood with something that makes it seem a little harder and shinier -- it could just be UV light or something. The blades are very similar...

I have no idea what would be like. Part of what makes XSF good is durability.

In my opinion the XSF ball, and the others made by them, are actually better than celluloid. (This includes some ITTF approved balls from YinHe, Stag, and Nexy). I know it is a bit heretical, but murmurs of this are slowly being heard, and not just from me. Again, they are better than...

XSF balls are not too bad in price and they are virtually indestructible. The Nittaku Japan 40+ is very expensive if you can even find it (I bought mine from Iruiru) and they are not very durable. These are the only two plastic balls that play decently.

Baal, I'm going to make a forehand series. LL Beary say's it's - Like a Bear! I feel it should be - Like a Boss! Your input would be highly appreciated here and I know you have an interest in the outcome. Do you really want to walk around saying - Like a Bear? I prefer like a boss because I...

Clearly the bear is the boss.

I have an unworn pair of Stiga Instinct EU size 45, UK size 10.5 and US size 11, complete with new packaging and all tags attached. They are 30.8 cm long measure on the outside. I am usually a US size 11 but they are about 1/2 size too small. If they were even a .8 cm longer I would be happy...

It doesn't come up that often. I did win once 11-0 against a guy I had really tough matches with and in the end barely won that match 4-3 and I am quite sure I lost the next game. He was a guy who battled hard and I don't think he would have wanted me to give him the point. One other time...

No, not all plastic balls. All seamed Chinese balls. The XSF balls actually bounce a little higher than celluloid (they are made from what is an obviously different material than seamed polyballs). And the Nittaku Japan 40+ (not the same as the Nittaku SHA 40+) is almost exactly like...

The one minor weakness in Debater's video is his use of maximum range to estimate of consistency (it was mainly an issue with his data on celluloid balls). It would have been better to use variance or interquartile range so as to avoid the possibility that the result was skewed by a single...

In China, it very much depends on what club you go to. There are so many. I know of a club in Beijing where the average player is >2200, and I saw some that were at least 2400 (amateur but formerly trained very heavily), Tony would classify this as an amateur club with high level players...

A couple of comments about the third video above which, I think has a lot of interesting information. I can compare the seamless Chinese ball into this discussion since I have played with it a lot (as well as with Joola 40+). (1) Seamless balls (ITTF-approved XSF) are even rougher on their...

The forum member named Debater at OOAK forum plays at Preston Table Tennis Association in the UK. Outside of the ITTF itself, he has probably done more testing of the new balls than anyone, and he has found very clever ways to do it without spending a ton of money to do it. He is also really...

It does not formally say that there can be NO celluloid in it, but I doubt that is what makers are doing. This is what ITTF Technical Leaflet T3 says: Material Notwithstanding the instability and flammability of celluloid, it has always been the standard material for a table tennis ball...

Yes, I suspect the material is how the patent is being evaded. As for your last point, it is true that the brand can tell to the manufacturer what quality control specs they will accept, but the fact is that there is almost no difference between the playing properties of seamed plastic balls...

Right now, you can't get them anywhere. The Premiums are back-ordered, including Iruiru and japan-tt. If you want these to train for the US Nationals, you would be better off using a good ITTF-approved seamless ball like XSF than a Nittaku SHA because the bounce of the seamless is much more...