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Between these three, I'd opt for the Gold Arc 8. :cool:

I'm not aware of any budget Nittaku blades, but I do know there are quite a few affordable Donic blades. The Appelgren Allplay comes to mind.

A friend of mine has been playing it since its introduction. His sheets still play fine and show little wear on the surface, but Rozena is a bit more brittle than most others. He lost a few pieces after slight mishaps that impact other rubbers less, but tore small shreds off his Rozenas. So...

Yes, an adaptive scoring method in which you supply a base ranking for new players, gain points upon wins in proportion to the difference in ranking and conversely lose points upon losses in proportion does make some sense. We actually use such a system. Even in that system, opportunities are...

One might wish so. Yet that to me that is a pipe dream. The accuracy of the seeding, after all, gets (in)validated only by the results — and these results are very much dependent on the seeding. A tainted feedback loop.

I think you have to let go of that notion of fairness. There is no fairness in tournament play. You can take some preconceived notion of ranking to have the higher-ranked play one another later on in the tournament. This is unfair, of course, to the players that for some or other reason have...

I don't necessarily agree. Yet when at a high-level tournament I always tend to think the same thing. And that is: in a pool of strong players, every game played in the main tournament has the characteristics of a final. We still get to see these games being played, and I don't see much...

Some of the things mentioned here bring Vega Pro in mind. Does that make any sense?

That is a loaded question, loaded with assumptions not necessarily true. That being said, a 1.0 vs. thicker slice of the same anti will have an even more drastic decelaration of speed, allow very dead short dropshots. It will probably allow unexpected aggressive hits, especially of backspin...

I think Yogi_Bear reviewed it way back when, as a slightly slower T05 alternative with a slightly lower throw. That kind of fits the Nanoflex FT40 profile. I happen to have two nearly-new cut sheets of these lying around unused, a red and a black 2.1 and will part with them in case you're...

Whether it helps you keep the ball on the table, or has you making odd errors frequently. Whether it creates danger, helps you put pressure on the opponent, or just makes you provide easy kills. Whether it offers a wide or a narrow spectrum of techniques well, direct and spin-oriented...

Oh, how I wish I could leave work and family for a week or so and go. Note to self: whenever work takes me to Lisbon, make sure there's a day or two at Setúbal in the schedule.

5 out of 5 rating for Nano Flex FT48 My go-to rubber for BH, and on and off for FH too. I've been trying out a few rubbers: Tenergy 05 (FH presently) and —80, Rozena, Rakza 7 and —Soft, Nanoflex FT40, Rasant Grip, Rasanter R42 and —R/V47, Evolution EL-S. My level is intermediate, and as I'm...

Seeing more of the game, I'm still amazed about how much DO is a BH-oriented player. He seems to get away with a lot of it, but every now and then just having the FH flick or push just as an option surely would not hurt to have, would it?

Yes, he did sometimes give off a tiny hint of that special look of a rabbit caught in deer lights while under machine gun crossfire.

Will you do a review after using it for a while?

I'm not saying it's a proper or improper serve, but the condition for that is whether or not it takes place within the bounds set by the rules, not whether or not it is advantageous or not. So what about these bounds? The toss should be +16cm and "nearly vertical", and at no point while...

Rid, you have a sound mind, observe well and deserve your opinion as least as much so as anyone. Yet something in your tone makes me adverse to your message. That may be entirely on my plate, and sit squarely at my half of the conversation, so take these words with the proper number of grains...

Sorry, but these words seem contradictory to me. Sadly I haven’t yet seen the match. I’ll gladly believe it witnesses extraordinary play by Harimoto. I’ll also believe it’s possible that Ovtcharov has games in which he doesn’t meet his usual standard. I have a hard time believing that a match...