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Well, you can ask, but there is no point saying something is tested when the equipment for testing is not specified easily and no one has been faulted for infractions.

As crazy as it sounds I just bought an HAL and a Wavy (CS) from tt11. Xiom stopped being stupid and grabbed the easy money.

Looking more closely at the video, I know the umpire from his (and my) playing days, he used to use long pips too lol...

100% agree. I still use thin brush against some juniors but I also still struggle much more than before because the game is just not as effective so you need power finishing shots and you also need to be ready for countertopspins more than blocks. Even brush now is somewhat athletic to...

I think this take on Harimoto's game doesn't add much, juniors didn't flood the top 10, Harimoto was still a singular prodigy and he played a similar style as a junior when winning titles before the advent of the plastic ball, Yes the plastic ball changed things, but it didn't send Harimoto...

If you mean the athletic offensive component is more dominant now, I agree. I am not sure though whether the plastic ball caused it or the growth of youtube and the exporting of TT knowledge. Though less spin on the plastic ball made it easier for athletic and offensive styles to dominate more...

I actually meant Lin Shidong - sure the draw presents more information. It's an invitation to prognosticate in advance of seeing the draw.

Harimoto beating Wang injected more excitement into this event lol. Now we have a four way race between Lin, Hugo, Harimoto, and Felix. Anyone have a winner chosen already?

So the current agreement is that there is no friction test for pips in table tennis and that just like boosting, using pips baked in the sun or inverted rubbers worn to anti is not tested for and is practically legal?

So how are pips rubbers tested for friction limit in racket control?

No Butterfly alternatives I know of. I heard the Zhou Qihao Hyper ARY-c 90 from Joola is similar, but that's about it.

He said Australia lol. Just not very clearly.

Yoshimura just is more comfortable with pips and is more powerful than Levenko, his drives have tons of spin, it just isn't high spin to slow or moderate speed with arc, it is low arc, fast high spin drives. By the 3rd game, Nie figured out how to avoid more often the obvious placements that...

I think proof that the friction test is being applied widely is the question. We know they are tested for thickness, but how and when for friction is the question. There aren't many players using pips, but the fact that no one has failed a friction test calls into question how widely the test...

A "fiery" world champion ahem ahem....

If he felt that the pips were treated, that at least explains his behavior even if it doesn't justify it.

It's entirely human. And he might still believe he didn't really initiate the contact. Again, not saying he is a great guy or a terrible guy, just saying that this is common in sports, don't let the PR machines make you think that human nature is glossy because not all players show everything...

Players like Levenko, Pistej, Lind, Heming etc. all have their own personalities, table tennis is not played exclusively by angels. There isn't enough money in the sport for professional PR firms to sanitize it, so you will have to bear with these personalities as long as you watch the sport...

Where are the videos with his Cybershape? Really curious. They would have to precede the second half of 2021...

Yeah but what he means is rules related to using boosters and things like rubber friction coefficients. There are rules on these things, but is there a test for them?