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  1. Fan Zhendong using all wood blade at the World Team Cup

    When those dimensions are quoted, they have nothing to do with the handle.and are usually focused on the size of the blade head/face.
  2. Fan Zhendong using all wood blade at the World Team Cup

    I just told you what I think of it.
  3. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    With flick, the most important thing IMO is to remember that the table is small and you don't need to lift you just need to get the ball forward and over the net. Contact point is more important than stroke speed for basic flick.
  4. Fan Zhendong using all wood blade at the World Team Cup

    And you know this how? With a new electron microscope that works remotely that is yet to be invented?
  5. How to get explosive forehand power (with Paul Drinkhall)

    I think Richard Prause once said it very well that adult learners are the ones who want to rush the most but are also the ones you need to take the most time and go slowly with or something like that.
  6. My table tennis doesn't seem to be improving.

    I always find it amusing when people give a lot of good advice to someone who they have never seen play and whose standard they do not know. I find it amusing because I used to be one of those players who used to receive and give advice. The difference was that I was also a player who played...
  7. What Happened to Miu Hirano?

    Thanks. What is the justification? Why him and not Maharu?
  8. What Happened to Miu Hirano?

    Who are the men? Harimoto, Mizutani, Niwa, and ....
  9. USA Olympic selection process change

    People make public policy decisions that can be right or wrong all the time. They want more discretion in selecting US team members that support the USATT goals. ITTF and FIFA did something similar to discourage all teams from fielding immigrant national teams just to win medals. For a...
  10. USA Olympic selection process change

    China chose Zhang Jike despite his having the lower world ranking than Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin. Fan Zhendonf qualified by ranking but they replaced him with Zhang Jike no questions asked. They even took Xu Xin for 3rd spot over Fan who was ranked #2 behind Ma Long and who came second in...
  11. USA Olympic selection process change

    Yes, but it all depends on the basis of the supposed unfairness. In America, we have affirmative action policies as well and that are built into the law as needed. It really comes down to what the law says and how a judge interprets it. She has to show that she is disparately impacted in some...
  12. USA Olympic selection process change

    My point is that her challenging the system does nothing other than to make it clear she is against it. Similar complaints have been lodged in the past about how the national teams for boys and girls have been selected and they didn't get far if I remember correctly.
  13. USA Olympic selection process change

    Well, Kanak Jha didn't. Lily Zhang didn't either. Ariel Hsing did. The whole dynamics is interesting. Consider China. Their inverted players used to beat the pips out players in training matches/trials. Yet they sent their pips out players to compete because they thought it was best for...
  14. USA Olympic selection process change

    She can do what she wants. Maybe she will win maybe she won't.
  15. USA Olympic selection process change

    I actually trust the USATT HPD on this one. I know why the other athletes like Wang Chen are complaining but I think that Jorg Bitzigeio has been good for our sport in the US and that there is little wrong in making sure that spots are used to develop talent and not to satisfy the wishes of...
  16. Why do some defenders chop on the forehand and some don't.

    Chopping on the forehand (with thick inverted rubber) is much harder. Joo Se Hyuk is the notable exception of a defender who had this ability. Usually most defenders who chop on the forehand use something slower and thinner to play on the forehand. Those who play offensive loops off the table...
  17. Good blades with hinoki outer ply and composite material?

    Here are the Hinoki outers with inner ZLC/ALC/C that I have. 1. Garaydia ALC 2. Garaydia ZLC 3. Garaydia T5000 4. Tibhar Inca 5. Rossi Emotion I also have a BBC Hinoki Ghost that doesn't qualify.
  18. Good blades with hinoki outer ply and composite material?

    I struggle to play with the hinoki outer ply blades I have. The plastic ball seems to have affected my feeling and I can't block consistently with them anymore.
  19. Finger pressure

    There are many grips that work. The main thing is that it works for you and you feel comfortable transitioning into the grip when you want to play a backhand. Ma Long does a major grip change to play his backhand as do Timo Boll and Dima Ovtcharov. I don't put my thumb on the rubber but those...
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