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DerEchte, How many adults got as good as you did during your time training in Korea? Just curious.

Spin, especially over and close to the table. is not the issue with these rubbers - it is flat hitting and catapult away from the table. I hope you got a Neo though.

It's a Timo Boll ALL blade. The speed is influencing him - koto outers are not my thing so I don't recommend them, but some people absolutely love them. I think that anyone who uses Flextra is going to play a deadball style for way too long. And that's the challenge - if you really want to...

The build quality is different. If I was OP, I would actually consider ordering a Double Day Winner from Taiwan. I heard that DoubleDay was the OEM for the original black Tag Viscarias and TBS. http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72231&title=double-day-winner-blade-impressions...

To be fair again, the way the question he was responding to was worded, you could consider 1.8mm thick sponge as well, though the answer was clearly one that said that one should go to the promised land as soon as possible so that technique could remain consistent. The juniors in my club use...

To be fair, I do use 2.0mm, but in a hard sponge and largely because of weight concerns. As an alternate point of view, Werner Schlager said that it is better starting promising beginners off with thicker sponges as the fewer changes the learner has to make to his technique, the better. The...

You dug this post up from the grave.... why...

It's a loop drive - you use heavy topspin to drive the ball. Smashes do not arc and dip and aren't hit below net height.

Baracuda is relatively slow, so max is not a problem. Max or 2.0, not that much difference if you play a lot and you are trying to feel things out. The one thing is that he is young and young kids learn to adapt pretty quickly. I personally would start him off with Tenergy if he had the money...

MX-P has a good arc, but it is not as high as Tenergy 05 (virtually nothing is). But MX-P has more linear control. This makes it easier to predict when playing with it vs. Tenergy 05 in the short game and many situations where absolute precision is required. That said, if you play with heavy...

Have you tried what the kids around you use and do you think you can control it? Usually, of you had coaching, I would say to use what they were using. Without coaching, it is a bit more dangerous. Do you loop very well? For a blade, I would recommend Tibhar Stratus Powerwood. It is a...

Have you discussed with your coach? If you are young, you really should move to an offensive setup as soon as possible. If you are older, you may get any classic all wood ALL+ or OFF- blade with good offensive rubbers. Mark V is okay if you still don't know how to topspin. If you can...

Have you spoken to your coach about this? What did he/she recommend?

We only have one full time club in Philly so if he shows up, I will know... will need a car tho.

There are a few others. Thomas Keinath.

Had I known, I might have snuck in given that I had today off and no events yesterday. But the Eagles actually won yesterday so I don't feel that bad.

Hadvi known, I might have snuck in given that I had today off and no events yesterd

Everything in this sport takes time. While loop vs loop play is fun, most of table tennis is really about serve, serve receive, third ball, fourth ball and fifth ball. Your focus should be on having strategies for these first five shots and making loop vs loop play a 50-50 event. If your...

If you're a kid, sure. Seriously, you are right. The real enemy is a lack of coaching. But OFF+ carbon blades are a close second. Everything else is on a case by case basis depending on how you want to play, but too many people use pro level setups or faster than pro level setups with no...

Ross must have a mean backhand. All the pics point to this...