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I've played in the US. The amateur level was not as bad as I thought, but the market is just so small. Well, 3rd world country small. :p Which is a shame, seeing the US was once the World Champion in the hardbat era. I could understand why Berndt and company reminisce about the by-gone days...

Basically, the philosophy in training, gameplay, style...etc. Think of table tennis from a macro perspective.

Perhaps the Lord and the Lumberjack will feel better after watching this. Watch it in full if possible, as it gives a genuine view of why lives are so hard now for people in the US and Canada from the perspective of a Caucasian living in China. On new year's eve, a long-time member started a...

ITTF didn't authorize the sponge first right after the glue ban. People used that as an excuse to justify that they were boosting only the sponge and the ITTF couldn't enforce the rule as the LARC applied to the topsheet only. ITTF said no. Sharara's stance was that chemical treatment applied...

Basically, all ITTF events follow the ITTF regulations. Refer to section "3 REGULATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS" of the handbook for more details. Domestic tournaments held by your association usually follow the ITTF rules, unless otherwise stated. They'd state what rules they don't...

Interview with Stiga's Director Carina. Who knows about Stiga better than her?

Mika Baba said she was not on form. If you've followed the news, Hirano is suffering a PTSD after losing so many times to CNT. I think she is on to a record here. Ishikawa took like over 3 years to break the losing streak. That's not good for your mental health. It's a vicious cycle.

That. It's my experience that the CNT rarely talks about equipment on TV or in interviews. They mostly talk about the hours they put in as the deciding factor between China and Europe. Here is an example from late 2012. http://sports.sohu.com/20121211/n360070299.shtml LGL thinks that DO has...

1. ITTF won't and can't, when DHS is one of the biggest sponsors, if not the biggest. The Technical Leaflet T4 and LARC are there to regulate the rubbers used in ITTF events, nothing else. Sharara has said that the ITTF doesn't care about amateur table tennis. Use whatever you feel like...

Wow, I've never seen Baal used such strong language in his posts before. The Lord is enraged!

Poor me got bashed for saying that.

NextLevel more or less answered the question. I'd just add that, even if they can't get the "real" real deal, the least they could do is try out the provincial H3, to see for themselves how it plays and why the Chinese play that way. To address NextLevel's concern over my claim, it actually...

Is the one you have in the picture below? http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=59587&title=stiga-offensive-wood-plies

To get this thread back on track. Just as Berndt is hardbat-ridden, or as Jiang Jialiang is pips-ridden, European players in general are burdened by the '90s way of thinking. Even if they start using H3 on their forehand today, it still won't change a thing unless they overhaul their approach...

Told ya. Oh, not to forget the death count, 1001st.

Hmm, how many pros in the world who have not had a Chinese coach at some point in time? Maze, Boll, Ovtcharov, the entire Austrian team, the entire Portugal team, Drinkhall...too many to list.

Is Stiga out of ideas? I feel bad for them. They used to be the trendsetter. Nostalgic 7 looks like a clone of Hadraw SR. Same Wenge top-ply? http://www.sundns.org/discuz/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=388532&extra=page%3D1...

If given another chance, what would you have done differently in the match against Wang Tao in the team final at the WTTC 1997?

Old fart rulz! How many still remember Boll's crying about the wild card not going to him for World Cup 2015?

Some people may have seen this, but I'm sure many more would love to. Adam Bobrow's interview during his stay in Taiwan in 2017.