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Boll ALC has one of the best dwell of any hard outer ply carbon blade if you have loop driving technique. You may not like how it feels but it rarely has to do with speed.

America has more sprawl than Europe, that is the biggest problem with team leagues. IT's hard to schedule the travel since most of it is driving and over long distances. If that could be fixed, I suspect team leagues would be more popular.

The locality issues are not as serious to me as the dynamics of fielding teams of different strengths when claiming a percentage at a certain level of league. I don't see any reason why a TTR or another ELO-type system won't make such claims more accurate. The USATT as an ELO system as its own...

They were using a modified version of it but it has the problem that people maintain their rankings when there is inactivity. This is what they are trying to move away from. In the old system there was a rating and bonus points. The rating was similar to an ELO system. In tennis they don't...

The rating is more for grouping players below a certain level together so that they do not play opponents who are too good and can be seeded appropriately into groups before the knockout phase. Of course, like any ranking system, it can't account for volatility and rapidly improving players but...

The key to close to the table looping is to be low enough to do it. I am tall and I can do it, so I Guess 95% of people should be able to do it without bending their knees but that is just me. Again, the principles are the same - hit the ball with a turning stroke. In the beginning, you...

I think that is the PG7 vs the Korbel, the Korbel is relatively thick and stiff even for a 5 ply blade and the PG7 is relatively flexy for a 7ply. I never liked the PG7 but I never played with it when I got better as a player, for a plastic ball 5 ply, the Korbel is not a bad choice, though...

We have them in America, it is not as hard as you think. In fact it helps the sport a lot more as the entry fees make the event easier to sponsor. In most American open tournaments, it is the lower rated players entry fees paying for the pros to play.

The lineup shows something was wrong and he was less than his best.

Yes. I bring up those examples to show that even with the dominant trend, outliers still exist and that anything that is even barely viable at the pro level is usually more than viable at the amateur level.

I also forgot about Koki Niwa, who last I heard was using a 7ply TSP Swat. He could have changed again of course.

He may have changed, but at the last European Champs, his blade was identified as a Korbel - it is a popular blade amongst the top Russians. And I am sure you agree with me that the trend of pros changing and testing blades just shows they want to change. Samsonov has gone back and forth...

If you say so. Xu Xin has been world #1 and a World Cup champ. Lebesson, Gauzy and Shibaev (And I forgot to add the Korean with the amazing backhand whose name eludes me for some reason) are all top players on their continent. For someone who posts as arrogantly as you do, it would be a...

Shibaev is not a notable pro? Neither is Lebesson or Gauzy? Xu Xin was virtually forced to use carbon and he used wood until very recently.

IT's a good internet video service. I am a TTEdge member, but the service from TTD is cheaper and I think their location will allow them to build a good strong service with lots of guest lecturers and bonus features. They may even be able to tie in camps and coaching to build more business. I...

To be fair, there are levels of spin. My coach told me that you have to play a counterloop early or late when the ball has heavy spin. Sometimes, even going round the side can be difficult to use to bring the ball down if you take it at the top of the bounce. The big guy who beats me in my...

There is so much I can write in response to this but I don't want to write another epistle. I agree with everything you said. In the end, you just have to know the swing and just practice swinging at the ball. Even the Ma Long and Wang Liqin contact the ball in a similar way, it's just slow...

I don't remember you using an all wood blade when I first met you. And I also remember you using a 1 ply hinoki for a while before a coach forced you to use an All wood 5 ply ALL+ to play (and you have stuck with them ever since). Acquired taste based on success in your most intensive training...

Pros can be wrong, but pros *never* spout BS. When a higher level player over 2500 USATT (I would go as low as 2200 USATT but that is me, and even lower if your goal for improvement is lower) explains to you how he thinks about the game, whether you agree or disagree, you listen and take notes...

Asia is relatively closer to the West coast of the USA so some Japanese players fly in for the US Open every year. The Japanese players are ranked players who play for clubs in Japan usually and are sent over by corporate sponsors. Some of them are up and coming or just long time high level...