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Sure it is. But some players boost and prefer the thinner sponge so they don't go over the limit. In any case your bad experience so far is limited. You can decide to change rubber or decide it was one bad experience and try again. This is life. If your experience was common, many players...

If Ma Long and Fan Zhendong had not protested at China Open and they didn't have to deal with National Games etc., this could very well have happened. But because of that and a few other things, we have the current situation. And by the rules, Dima is #1. And if you look at the top 10, it is...

TTGuru, could you please provide some commentary on why the rating points for the second place vs first place and semi finals vs second place etc, are so much closer together than they are in say, Tennis? It does seem to over reward participation.

People could also miss event because of injury too - wouldn't that be ironic? I can't wait until it rains in Southern California so we can all bask in the irony... Timo Boll played a full schedule for the first time in many years... that is really ironic...

I embolden that part because falling in love with the best aspects of your game at a certain level make it hard to get better. It's better to take risks with your game and be open to the fact that how you play in 6 months time may involve shots that you don't have now and that some of the shots...

But no one said the purpose of ranking is for seeding. It is one purpose of ranking but not the only one. Sometimes, ranking just measures performance in certain events over a period.

No major sport or tour does it this way for the obvious reason that it devalues the tour. When someone can remain inactive for a year and still maintain their seeding/ranking, it has its own issues as well. There is no reason he can't be asked to earn back his ranking. Even in prior years...

Yes, I Was wondering when this would come up. The ITTF tour has to undergo major changes to support this new ranking system and the ranking system may need to be tweaked with time as well.

It should be tied to recent player performance in the ranking system. Djokovic may or may not be a top 10 player but since he has not played, he doesn't deserve the ranking. Ding Ning has not played enough to deserve the ranking.

The people complaining don't want to give the new ranking a chance. I am not complaining - I don't believe ranking should necessarily tie to player strength.

Because using their points for seeding makes the loss of ranking inconsequential.

It's a natural consequence of not getting early training in rotating the shoulders when powering a forehand. Regardless, anyone serious about their table tennis should spend extended time mastering close to the table play as you need it against the pips and deadball players. The problem of...

For what it's worth, serve return was one of the worst aspects of my game and in some ways, it is generally below my overall playing level even now. I tend to only be able to play someone if they have basic serves or their serves are mostly the same spin (and in that case, mostly backspin). I...

In an ELO system, all that matters is your strength is measured by who you play against. So if a 12 year old plays anyone in any event, his strength is measured. In the tennis system, all that matters is how many ranking points you have accumulated. So even if you are playing level wise the...

Gergely is a good looping blade, hinoki outer ply,anything you use on it is fine.

If the rubbers play well, ignore it. If not, reglue.

In practice, spin blocks can be extremely annoying if you need to do drills and warm up rapidly. Credit to Ilia and the penholder is they want to become better practice partners for each other.

Sounds like a $10 increase. London Bridge is falling down, my dear Andy!

Come on Buddy. $31 or $6 more is not the Apocalypse.

Golden Tango is relatively cheap at TTnpp.com. Not sure why pro will be that much more expensive.