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  1. European Championships 2016

    Lovely - the medal podium wasn't designed two handle two bronze medalists in doubles...
  2. European Championships 2016

    Come on - that's only because Gauzy lost easily - did you see some of those points? Lebesson was amazing...
  3. European Championships 2016

    When people read the rules and see Lebesson's serve in the future, they will know exactly what is wrong with table tennis. That said, amazing serve and third ball table tennis from Lebesson. His forehand had no equal this week.
  4. European Championships 2016

    It's illegal and that is the weirdest thing - no one faults him consistently for it.
  5. European Championships 2016

    Dyjas can't return Lebesson's serve. Sad.
  6. Killing spin

    Killing spin is pretty ambiguous to me. It usually means taking a spinny ball and returning a less spinny ball or a knuckle ball. It can be done mostly by adjusting the racket angle to match the incoming spin and playing a flat stroke with possibly a mild component that continues the incoming...
  7. European Championships 2016

    This has to be one of the most amazing displays of backhand power play in the history of table tennis.
  8. European Championships 2016

    This is the favorite ball of most pro players. DHS is even trying to copy it. So I don't understand what you are saying. I really don't.
  9. Dimitrij Ovtcharov using Hurricane rubber at World Cup 2016!

    Dyjas could win the whole thing - maybe that will open everyone's eyes. The Hurricane is not the problem - it has improved Diman's forehand push a lot.
  10. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    https://www.amazon.com/JVCC-Stage-Set-Spike-Tape-Black/dp/B000QDZMAE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1477179205&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=JVCC+Stage-Set+Spike+Tape%3A+black I bought from the first link in Jan 2015. I have been giving out tape ever since and still have too much left. Think of...
  11. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    The best thing Baal ever told me, and since Baal has told me many great things, this had better be good: Go to Amazon.com and get some gaffer tape. I will add the link when I get home. The roll is cheap $10, the amount is huge, the tape protects both blade and rubber and is very sticky and...
  12. Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

    I coached yesterday night. I had watched my temp student (his coach is on vacation) struggle with a pips player and a heavy push and slow spin lefty so I sent him some material on how to play pips and took my pips rackets to the club. I had taken the week off because my elbow was really...
  13. Cleaning rubbers

    Zhang Jike and many top players breathe on and clean their paddle all the time. We've not heard anyone screaming about this behavior. Or maybe people do and I just have't heard about it. I pity the opponent who has to deal with ZJK's germs from his mouth. Or even inspect his racket before...
  14. Dimitrij Ovtcharov using Hurricane rubber at World Cup 2016!

    In other words, you are talking about what you can visibly verify vs. what the intention of the player is. Maybe there is a distinction somewhere in there that lets both of us be reasonably right if you look for it.
  15. Dimitrij Ovtcharov using Hurricane rubber at World Cup 2016!

    No - it's actually pointing out that we can only speculate what Dima is thinking until he tells us what he think. I remember him saying that he was using a paddle optimized to play defenders for a certain match - either that or that the setup was broken so he had to use his regular setup... how...
  16. European Championships 2016

    Dima loses again...
  17. European Championships 2016

    That's quite possible but Khanin is pretty good.
  18. Cleaning rubbers

    I reacted the way I did because of what you wrote and because you have done similar things before. Thanks for letting me know you have a problem with my writing and style in general. It helps so I know where it is coming from next time. Cheers.
  19. Cleaning rubbers

    OK. I have posted the video of someone who uses water and his hands to clean his rubbers. Hopefully, you can tell him how proud you are of getting 9 months out of your spending money on cleaners when he says he gets over a year using water and his hands. And we can see who is pretending to...
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