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I'm probably no less prone to nostalgia than anybody, but I do have an inkling there's a simple explanation for this. Given limited resources, you need to prioritize in dedicating them. The phrase "former greats" did sting, in the above quite, but it also bares a painful truth in doing so...

53, according to the conversion tables I've seen.

I don't dislike Baracuda and can do a lot of things with it. Flicking not particularly being one of these, that is, the classic flick doesn't work very well for me with it. The banana flick (which is a short little spin rather than a classic flick) sort of works with it. And I don't think it...

Many rubbers have similar speeds to R42. Which is very speedy. "A little more bounce" means, in practice, that you have very little leeway. If you don't contact the ball just so it flies off uncontrollably. Some seem to like that, because when hitting it just so you can get a lot of speed, a...

Will you perchance be carrying a long lens and post wonderful closeups here?

And lower-latency feedback sensors, higher agility and power, near-absolute reproducability etc etc.; it has sensors galore, even on Dans racket to boot. Limit it to with two cameras, too close to each other for easy depth interpolation, one slightly slower and darker than the other; and...

Fair? Humans don’t have electromotors, inexhaustably provided with energy, either. Take two humans, and there will be physical differences. We seem to accept that, if we don’t ignore it altogether, without crying foul or calling for fair. Yet many do when performance enhancers (often mere...

Samsonov. He's a treat, not just because of his fluid, multi-dimentional style, but also for his great sportsmanship. Long may he run, still.

Well, in all fairness, in contrast with their male counterparts the Chinese females have been at the top of the table tennis food chain for a very, very long time now. At the top for an awesome stretch of time.

How many slabs of Dignics for a return board? 12? 21?

When I was 12yo I built my own blade. Using an outer layer of concrete. It was very fast. And a bit heavy, I should add. Playable, but I wouldn't actually recommend it. Then again, skill levels and tastes vary. Beyond inner layer composite is pretty much where insanity starts, speedwise...

Yay. Revamp the original 729. Eggplant FTW!

No. Just no. With an extra topping of "how rude!" on the side.

Persson, Waldner. Waldner, Persson. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Team mate of mine once had such a thing in reverse (a goforth?). Took a first game by 11-2, then imperilously steamrolled the second with 11-0 (note: not even trying to take the 11th, making an insanely low-chance shot). And then lost his mojo briefly, which lead to loss of self-confidence and...

Rozena lasts as long as you don't damage it. Strips will easily break off, and it may even tear, if you brush it against the table. Even if it's just so, very slight and gently. Other than that, it lasts a long time. Not much wear on my Rozenas visually, no deterioration while playing...

I don't think it a very useful excercise to approach rubber selection suitable to your game and tastes this way, but then again, sometimes crowd wisdom does turn up something. If it does, it won't be here, I think. You could have a look at: - Mantra S at revspin...

DHS D40 (Ma Long pictured box) is widely seen as a horrible ball. Many people have shared very positive experiences with the D40+ (Ding Ning pictured box). My experiences are poor, but seem to be an outlier. I won't buy them again (once bitten, twice shy) but many do and are happy with them...

Read a bit over at MyTT that made me chuckle; "Honestly, D05 is simply a xiom vega pro with a $120 price tag." That made me think, might be true, might not be, but the sad thing is that for many things the fact that they are unaffordable to the hoi polloi is exactly what makes them worthwhile...