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Or T05H is especially well-matched to them?

I have a custom built blade like that. Two, actually; I clipped one and the builder repaired it for free, and I ordered a second one. Both have a conical handle, one a bit narrower on top. Both have a kiri core with inner alc, limba subplies and koto outers, one with an anegre outer too. The...

There is a school that propagates using thick sponges. The ball sinks in deeper, and it takes more contact (more energy) to exhaust the sponges' absorbtion (and rebounce) capacity before the blade layers kick in. The people of that school seem to advocate spinning everything and avoiding...

W0000000t?

Danny Heister actually having to fill in… wow.

I guess there’s something to this. Yet when choosing between t05fx and r7s, I’d go with r7s any day.

R7-Soft is a very spinny, fast and bouncy rubber. Not much headroom there, but if you're looking for it at all cost then T05 would fit the bill. As blades go, the TB ALC is a very good blade, but (to me anyway, and think I'm pretty much comparable as level and age goes) very explosively so...

Nice plan! If you happen across a lot of beech planks, go for it. Flooring specialists sometimes offer reused floors, including Gerflor or similar mats. Everything still costs, though, and TT requires a substantial area.

This is a baffling matter. Opponents typically are intimidated somewhat by my FH after warming up or having seen me play a teammate; but while the opponents stubbornly try to prevent me from playing a single FH whatsoever, it's actually the pressure from my BH (consistency, placement, spin and...

Actually, my affinity lies with the 99.9999% that are not the absolute top rather than the happy few sharing prizes and playing for sustenance.

Why not? Over here two competitions exist. One is the womens, the other used to be the mens but is effectively mixed since an odd 30 years or so. I think that started when Vriesekoop broke through the barrier and found worthy opponents in the mens competition only. And it works. I often meet...

It's not so much human imperfection (unless you count not having a variable height and proportions as imperfect). In terms of physics, more than just the ball trajectory matters. The body physics matter too.

Perhaps this is true. If so, I for one especially love the way these truly great players developed their style, adapted to passing their physical prime by finding new depths in other ways. I would be similarly interested to see how a master like Ma Long matures after his physical peak. The...

Noooooooooooooo. That cannot be. If there were, the mourning, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth would be deafening. Or at least it should be. Boll had serious back-related injury, and got through. No doubt the likes of Saive, Waldner, Persson, Schlager, Samsonov have also been under the...

I have both at Janka 930lbf. Are you sure? Of course. And individual samples will vary, wood being wood.

My custom blade is anegre/limba/alc/kiri/alc/limba/koto. I can offer a direct comparative experience of the two, for whatever it’s worth. (I also have played with a Treiber K, of the Viscaria family, and also have a Sweden Extra as a backup/fun blade, and love it well.) Both anegre and koto...

Well-earned for FZD, but it's Xu Xin I'm admiring.

Well, Liu Shiwen in the end did not stop Mima Ito. Could she have, or couldn't she? We'll never know. What we do know is that she did not. Neither did Ding Ning. And I'm fully convinced we should attribute her wins to Mima Ito's strenghts, rather than her opponents' weaknesses. Honours earned.

I recognize the merit in your words, but hey, I was sitting with Mima Ito and her teammates and that impression of minuteness was what stuck. I recall her as small amongst her peers, which is what I tried to convey. Pretty much like when meeting Prince and his escort after concert. Your...

Yes, rekt indeed. Still, even MI showed some nerves closing it.