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This is what I have heard elsewhere and is my point precisely. People make it sound like only the pros can get this batch but everyone can get this rubber and it is not that different from the regular Tenergy and preference may be personal as not even all pros may use it. The problem is that...

This is correct. Also, if the rubber or surface is grippy and elastic (like most inverted rubbers are), going against the spin when it stops the spin retains some of the power/spin from the incoming shot so it is another avenue for building up spin, though the amount built up, all other things...

There is a general rule on which is harder. Going against the spin is generally easier, continuing the spin is generally harder. Easier or harder doesn't mean desirable or perfect or undesirable or imperfect. Easier means requires less effort, harder means requires more effort. This assumes...

People should probably run tests and see what this amounts to. Boll is willing to go on record that his setup is 100% available to anyone looking for it and follows the rules to the tee.

If you read the full interview, this is not true. Others have said that what special Tenergy amounts to is simply the heaviest sheets from production and is not different from what is sold commercially and can be sold commercially in some cases.

It depends on whether you flat block and whether you spin block and whether you use the extra sponge to make your block better. For someone like Dan Seemiller, he argues that thinner sponge and slower blades make his block with T05 better. He plays very close to the table though. My guess is...

Good to see and hear from you, Shuki. Hope all has been well.

Thicker sponge just allows you to get more spin on harder shots. It's really about the bottoming out effect - you have more sponge before you get too deeply into the wood with thicker sponge. But on thinner brush shots, the spin is about the same and the control of the thinner sponge may help...

Yes and no. There is a preference element, yes, but the ease element is true for most levels of players dealing with most levels of spin.

That's a classic article and should be required reading for all players. I read it a few times and it helped me a lot when I finally understood it. It influenced how I think of spin in general in table tennis.

When you push the backspin ball with inverted, you are going against the spin. So yes, it is easier to go against the spin with inverted, which is why so many low level players always push backspin until they develop the ability to loop it. To clarify: When you push/chop the backspin ball...

This is incorrect - when looping backspin, the looper has to go with the spin as well. This is why spinning up balls with backspin creates balls with extremely heavy topspin (they add to the incoming backspin to get heavier topspin). It is if the looper chooses to loop backspin by going...

Yes. Always compete to get a realistic assessment of your strengths and weaknesses.

If you read the full source article, Timo Boll made some very powerful points. I summarize: 1. He can't get the rubbers that the Chinese team uses in commercial stores. 2. He uses rubbers that are 100% commercially available in commercial stores (he has said this before in other contexts but...

I remember playing a lower rated player I train with fairly frequently - maybe 150 pts difference, not an incredible gap. So he is getting closer and closer to getting his first win. And one time, he is up like 2-1, 5-2 or 6-2 and then I change tactics and take spin off my stroke and he...

I use Tenergy 05, BS version - and you all know what BS really stands for...

Kreanga - it won't even be close.

These tools are not new - these things are just becoming more commonly known and put on video tape and shared on youtube. Think about it - isn't this the same general idea as the golf forehand topspin? Or resistance training for tennis?

Wow, Mima Ito is signing T-shirts already. She is now a vet!

You must mean the finals.