Tsk, tsk, tsk! So here is the reason Hirano took so long to secure her WS spot - all the spare time was spent on her side job as a garment designer.
【卓球】平野美宇〝デザイナー〟でも才能発揮 「息抜きみたいな感じ」ながらも上々の評判
https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/309221
LWS is the brand image spokesperson for 729.
As for the sponge, the one on KTL Golden Star looks really well-made by comparison, which was said to be improved on in later models (more flexible combinations of thickness, color, hardness, and pore radius, as well as being more durable when...
Turns out Hirano was worried about her left knee as there were too many matches at WTT CT Ljubljana 2024 and wanted time to prepare for Paris 2024 and so withdrew from WTT SCT Bangkok 2024. And as expected, she and Harimoto have NOT worked on WD at all.
Another thing about Hayata is that for...
Mascot Watanabe: This time, the women's members are the strongest members of Japan currently.
Coach Ito who just won WTT SCT Bangkok 2024: Am I a joke to you?
It's hard to tell when it was stipulated.
The coefficient of friction can be traced back in Technical Leaflet T1 to at least 2004. The standardization of the dynamic coefficient of friction between the table/the racket and the ball was first raised in BGM 1977. Technical Leaflets were first...
The problem is not the coating. It was added to the Technical Leaflet T4 (known as "M4: Racket Coverings" now) at a much later date (see Technical Leaflet T4 from 1/1998) after Tempest, a grippy rubber whose topsheet was composed of 2 layers (see 2nd link in my previous post for those...
Here are the original threads from which the pictures were taken.
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/strange-topsheet-damage_topic75949.html
http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=80846&PID=1003858&title=the-birth-of-modern-table-tennis#1003858
Over the years, all the tacky rubbers from...
The top-ranked JNT player 14 days before final entries for ATTC 2024...
Final entries for ATTC 2023 was 6 weeks or 42 days (7/23) before event start (9/3).
Final entries for ATTC 2021 was 5 weeks and 1 day or 36 days (8/23) before event start (9/28).
Final entries for ATTC 2019 was 4 weeks and...
Most shops in Japan actually sell at a discount of 10% off. If you look hard enough, some sell at 20% off. With the consumption tax at 10% (increased from 8% in 2019), it's essentially tax-free.
For most shops, the price of Dignics is JP¥9240-9405 w/ tax (~US$57-58 as of 2024/7/9). The price...
Man, sandpaper with modern strokes (and styles) and the point is still so short (and boring - no short game at all). Just another proof that messing with equipment rules is a total waste of time and money.
Table tennis simply follows the Olympic motto. Take it or leave it.
From her recent updates (after 1-3 Chien Tung-Chuan at WTT CT Mendoza 2024), Winter would be fit enough for Paris 2024. But like Ito put it, "the reserve spot should be left to players who will shoulder the future to experience."
https://www.instagram.com/sabine.winter.92/reel/C9IKvYWt7y6/...
Winter was the P-Altenate player for London 2012 and Rio 2016 (Amelie Solja for Beijing 2008 and Mittelham for Tokyo 2020). Solja was the WS player for Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
The choice of Kaufmann and Wan Yuan is actually a good one. I would've turned down the offer if I were Winter (she...
As expected, SXN replaces HY in WS, Kaufmann substitutes HY in WT with Wan Yuan as reserve now.
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/paris-2024-7-27-8-10.34358/post-465736
MS F
LGY 0-4 Harimoto (-3, -8, -6, -9)
G3 06, 36 TO for Harimoto, 66, 68, 611
G4 42, 44 TO for LGY, 45, 55, 56, 76, 77, 87, 810, 911
Harimoto covered his middle really well this time. He still has something up his sleeve.
Back-to-back Triple Crown...