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Not for me to tell Koki Niwa what to do. However, I don’t get the supposed necessity of having to beat everybody. There’s plenty room and plenty value for top players outside the top 3.

Why do you ask, and why do you ask me? I have some understanding and a lot of compassion for anyone who, like Koki Niwa, has dedicated so much and then somehow gets to be in a place of desolate frustration. I even understand venting that despair. That does not make him weak, or means he’s...

Yes, I think they did, and no, I don’t. I think they went to extremes for a long time, starting at a young age, under a relentless regime. That’s the top for you. They do get nourished, though, and don’t get their hair in a bun stapled to their head.

You seem to think that’s a soft and easy place to be. In real life, though, it’s a place of grueling excercise, hunger, tremendous physical and mental strain, fierce rivalries, with only a very very few making it. If there’s a place that would make LGL’s discipline seem easygoing, it’s this...

Yeah, I read it too, and in my interpretation she's being very clear in distinguishing dwell time and speed. But you're free to your interpretation, and I'm not the owner of absolute truth here.

1. Don't know your skill level. Top players do chiquitas pretty well with T05, but these players can do pretty much anything to anything with anything (animal, vegetable or mineral...). 2. No problem. Don't hit the table if you want to keep your Viscaria intact, but it's no point loss. 3...

She actually really states it's slower. She also mentions the longer dwell, and not being bothered by the (lesser) speed because she feels less pressured to rush to closure because she gets to exert more pressure through spin variations. The one thing that stands out for me is the remark about...

But Zhuān shā shú isn't a nasty thing to say, is it? Isn't it rather complimentary instead?

Played the veterans national championships yesterday, in both singles and doubles. Large venue, 56 tables in constant use for a few hundred participants at several age and rating levels. Great event. Started out doubling, played a very poor first match against a double we really should have...

I know loss can be disheartening, but you're jumping to conclusions here. Even when younger, learning and improvement is not a fast and linear process. Sometimes you make a jump and suddenly unlock a new playing level, sometimes you get in a slump for a while and have to grit your teeth...

One of the top Dutch internationals shared her impressions on using D05 on her blog, at https://britteerland.nl/dignics05/.

Assuming Koki Niwa. As these things go with assumptions, that might be complete nonsense, of course.

I’m with the Vega Pro crowd.

Tajny, the last few videos don't show, "Video unavailableWatch this video on YouTube. Playback on other websites has been disabled by the video owner." The previous ones do. You being the owner...

Well, thanks. As an encouragement to the OP, I didn’t just set out that goal of playing a 100% win, I managed to achieve that ridiculously ambitious goal. Well over 50, and starting out while recovering from injury. Age comes with risks and imposes limits, but at 30-something there’s no reason...

What are your goals? Most people physically peak before 30, and I think the past grand slam winners and world champions rarely ever are much over 30. So if reaching the absolute top is all that matters, then yes, you're getting a bit old, sorry. Outside the absolute top, and even quite near...

Here's a little list of equipment that to me was disappointing: Mark V, Sriver L, Speedy Spin, VariSpin: known friendlies in my youths, not doing it when returning (and playing with 40+ plastics) BTY Tenergy 80, that limited my game to a very lopsided subset of techniques BTY Innerforce...

…for a little while after unwrapping it.

Rozena is a bit brittle. If you clip the table, the surface is a bit more likely to tear than some other rubbers. That being said, as long as you don't graze the table corner with it it seems to hold out well. I glued Rozena on my blade last october, and it's holding up well. I wouldn't say...

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