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I don't know. Even pros of either gender like DO and Ishikawa have trouble adapting from celluloid to ABS. And constantly switching between the two? May as well play tennis instead.

I'm all for it.

Getting the US on the bandwagon doesn't necessarily mean a sport will be popular. American football, baseball, ice hockey and golf are the biggest sports in the US by coverage on national television, but they are considered fringe sports elsewhere. Interest in table tennis around the world was...

Seeing the OP is still active, I will have a stab at this. There is nothing wrong with the OP using those terms. Grip and spin, in particular, are related but not identical. Grip is largely determined by coefficient of friction(COF), which is different for static and dynamic actions. Spin...

That piece was written by Simon Daish. I guess he didn't proofread it. Anyway, the 8 in 15648 could be a typo from typing on the numpad, where the key for number 8 sits just above that for 5. In case anyone wants to follow or bash him on his twitter, or on SD Sport site, for which he is the...

370 players in total, 210 men, 160 women from ITTF Media Kit. 368 entries from the database, including those on WL, but not those who canceled. 331 entries counting only those approved, still over by 41.

The rules of table tennis dictate that whoever is 1st to 11 points takes the game, and 1st to 3 or 4 games wins the match. Personally, I don't see the point of taking the games and points into account. A scenario where the winner scored less total points than the loser has no bearing on the...

Here is the problem. Once you incorporate the games scored in the evaluation of ratings, you need to answer the question why not the points scored as well? Is the latter any less important, given the former is the direct consequence of the latter? Consider the 3 semifinal encounters between...

He has already. He explained in an old article(4. Using scores) why he chose not to take the scores(games and points) into account for RC.

Peach trees.

Did I give myself away? Well. Here, meet my fructus industriales. As a farmer, I'm not the least bit affected. My crops are in good hands. Nor am I affected as a human being. It's not like my life or humanity is in any danger as suggested by ERT's warning that "using this ranking system...

Take Mizutani and Ovtcharov for example. They formed a rivalry between 2014 and 2016 on the World Tour. ITTF could have built on the marketing value if they had the accumulative rating system. The drama, the gossip, the whatnot. Table tennis experienced a resurgence in China after Rio...

It was not the intention of my post to address the question on points system. Now, you're comparing valencia and navel. Both are oranges, yet slightly different. The former for juice and the latter for pulp. ATP has tweaked their points system multiple times. Started out with a lower...

Here is rating system 101. There're three common types of rating system - subjective, accumulative and adjustive. Examples for subjective rating system are combat sports like mixed martial arts and wrestling where experts judge the athletes. Accumulative and adjustive rating systems are...

It must be stressed that this new ranking system is the result of the ITTF listening to the request of players.

Hmm, my time at the table will be further deprived.

As for the ITTF making a last-minute change without any advance notice, in the minutes of EC meeting(which I copied before they were taken down) when the new WR system was approved, it is stated potential adjustments were to be expected, and that the Executive Committee reserves the right for...

That's an aspect that has been bothering WCT and Liu Guodong acknowledged in an interview in 2016, when WCT cracked the top 10 for the 1st time. LGD stressed that WCT needed to improve his consistency if he was to stay in the top 10. The next goal was to surpass the likes of Ovtcharov, Boll...

Thanks for the likes, folks! Keep'em coming! Since the outside temperature has been below freezing the past week, I thought why not make a parody video to lighten the mood? It took me roughly 2 days to come up with a draft of the script, then I spent a day or so editing it to match the...