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I like big arcs and I cannot lie. However, I also like to get in close and really speed up the pace. Your diagrams on flight paths are instructive, and they reveal common pitfalls, maybe some misunderstandings too. If you get inbound high topspin, it is tempting to hit flat. However, on...

That he did, trying on your kind if a bit extravagant praise for size — and finding it oversized. Nevertheless, thank you for seeing and stretching the positives notes in my quiet little song of defeat.

So, competition night, meeting a team with three players a notch or two above my level. Got demolished by their #2, who just outgunned me; lost in five to the #1 opponent. In both cases I could step away from the table knowing that I had played to my ability. Their #3 was a messy player, took...

That's what I'm thinking too.

That's exactly why I would like a review. I'm playing that version (which is an awesome, albeit widely overlooked and probably grossly underrated rubber) and am wondering how one would improve upon near-perfection.

Is there any reason, Rain, to think there's a political backstory to this? (Ding Ning is hotpotting with Liu Guoliang? Noooooo....)

Yes, that would be lovely!

I have a 30-35 years old sheet of Friendship 729, the original stuff, maroon (eggplant) coloured that kindly disagrees. Needs a few drops of water and a wipe every now and then, after which it will lift a ball for multiple seconds. I even now still like how it plays. A shame that colour isn't...

I'm obviously eager to see this reviewed. ;)

No leaks, no suddenly soft balls or balls cracking while playing?

I checked a few recent champions (after 1970) on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Table_Tennis_Championships_medalists and from that, I get the succinct impression that the average age of world champions is about 25. Some players won more than once, typically 21-23 when winning...

One sheet of Tenergy 05 Nefarious please! (LP Tenergy? Dark Matter tenergy?)

In reverse: yes, very important, and helpful. If you're not sticking together, you're not there for each other, that's not a club at all. People and their needs vary, but feeling supported is important for many players. When playing I enter a special zone and don't particularly notice or care...

If memory serves (it often misleads) I was a pretty decent player at 16. On super days I'm half decent at 50. Not having played much inbetween, I have little experiences and insights to share about the degradation curve. Watched Kreanga's yesterday game. At 45, he has retained quite a bit of...

While would wish twere the case, wishes best reality does not constitute. Even if so, forced retirement is a mixed blessing at best. Also, wither Kong Linghui?

That depends. Are you going to smoke it or are you going to play tabletennis with it?

Also, where is Qin Zhijian, where is Ma Lin?

What you're describing sounds like DHS Neo Hurricane III to me, but it's not on your shortlist. It's not really an obscure rubber, is there a reason why you excluded it? As to your list, I have yet to meet a Xiom Vega rubber I didn't like (and am very fond of Vega Pro, think it should be the...

Put in about 5 hours of practice, first with a few young childeren as a sparring partner in consistency drills. Keeps surprising me how useful these simple things remain. Took me a few decades to learn, but now I think I've really come to terms with the fact that regardless of the level of...

My bunch of XHAGs is quite awful, a very different quality from the XCAGs I previously received. How are yours?