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  1. Nittaku premium ball

    I got me a box of the DHS balls, with Ding Ning on it — https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Ix2yQFXXXXbhXXXXq6xXFXXXp/10-font-b-Balls-b-font-Newest-font-b-DHS-b-font-3-Star-Dingning-D40.jpg -- and I think these are what this is about, right? They are great. I haven't encountered the Nittaku Premium...
  2. Japan Open 2017

    Have a BARREL of fun! If you happen to run into Dan, please say hi from me. :-)
  3. Irkutsk TT club

    I got Karakasevic flashbacks seeing that footage. Awesome!
  4. Hello from jpenmaster

    Welcome!
  5. How to fix backhand?

    Adapting takes time and practice, I think. Make your full stroke, let your body get the feeling. Use a robot for a while; yes, predictable and non-human balls, but for the basic feel and regaining confidence in your basic strokes that works. At least, it does for me. And if it turns out not...
  6. Is Samsonov finished ?

    I like to see him play. And to play is to run the risk of winning — or losing. (Win, loose, that doesn't matter at all. To play is the prize.) So yes, I'd rather see him play (and loose, potentially) than not see him play anymore at all. But that's retarded li'll ol' me jabberin' away.
  7. Why single-ply hinoki not popular in plastic ball era

    The Treiber Z and at least some of the ZLCs have an outer Hinoki layer too, right?
  8. World Table Tennis Championships 2017

    What seven events? I can come up with men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles, making five. Team events? Mixed team events? Randomized doubles?
  9. Looking for KPEN blade

    That does look wonderful, and I'm conveying these options. Thanks!
  10. Looking for KPEN blade

    To me they look the same, but my level of knowledge in this area is extremely low. I think the handle would be something like the following:
  11. Butterfly Rozena Rubber Review

    You sure about that? Rozena isn't the only pink sponge rubber, there's also that new Gewo Hype KR Pro, see https://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?15215-SUNNYSIX-rubbers-GEWO-Hype-KR-Pro(Yoo-Nam-Kyu)-ITC-with-Ryu-Seung-Min which I would consider more plausible, prima facie.
  12. Looking for KPEN blade

    At my club there's a young player who is eager to experiment. He's very talented, and I admire that willingness to experiment freely. One of the things he's not afraid to try is various penholder styles. He has held a KPEN blade at some tournament and liked it a lot; as he recalls, it was...
  13. Win a "Grand Slam" t-shirt with Ma Long's logo of his true size!

    I must be a sourpuss, luddite or both. But I also am, have been, one of the people developing the core Internet protocols and reference implementations, and can't help but be opined here and there. So sorry, but step (3) is out for me, and strongly so. Facebook considered evil, with reasons...
  14. Recommend me a Rubber

    Will you share your experiences with these?
  15. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    As I'm trying to get back in the game while recovering from my herniated cervical discs, today was a milestone for me. I revisited my coach of the days of yore, that trained me as a youth. Since I'm and old geezer now, he's well in his seventies. But as Harimoto famously stated, age has...
  16. Table tennis movies

    I can't stop being awed by the acomplishments of Stellan Bengtsson. Right there at the cradle of modern table tennis, both as a player and as a trainer/couch. My all-time sports hero. The Erdös of table tennis.
  17. Ma Long the GOAT?

    That would surprise and shock me greatly. Hey Dan, please get Jörgen drunk asap and extract the whole truth. Please?
  18. Ma Long the GOAT?

    Tsk. Waldner was pushed by Appelgren at first, Persson later. Always challenged, never secure. Great friends, sure, but ferocious competitors. Quite like the CNT.
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