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Did any one notice that the table was vibrating when the players stamped their feet? One of the disadvantages of a suspended wooden floor. Terrific match though. I wish I had been there to see it up close. Update: I just realised that most of the vibration observed was coming from the camera.

The Grand Prix tournaments are Open events with prize money to the winners. They are meant to attract professionals and the best of the amateurs.

Yogi has been a very good forumer over the years. I was very surprised at the language in his posts. I got the feeling that something outside of the forum was bothering him.

Very difficult to put numbers to it. Every match-up has all sorts of influences. However, assume that women were allowed to enter ITTF competition, my expectation is that it would be rare for any to get into the last 16. Put another way, I don't think that most leagues have a specific...

Happens in most sports In most sports, drop below professional level and women become competitive. The reason we don't see it more often is that, by and large, women don't participate in sport in nearly as great a number as men. But it is changing. In TT, a big contributory to top Chinese...

You never stop learning techniques and tactics.

Very difficult to see even at high magnification Details of plies get lost

Any recollection of the brand name?

Honeycomb, that's the word I should have used.

I'm just wondering, and ignoring the rules for blades, how would a blade with a hollow centre feel like? Not those drum-like vellum bats from gossima days. But more a core that's cut like a ring or with a trellis pattern in order to maintain strength?

So that explains why Mantra is so cheap :cool:

OP has to define fastest. If fastest is the time from strike to bounce, then it will be one the pips out rubbers or an inverted in flat smash mode. However, the fastest a ball can travel when hit by a human in a match, is somewhere around 72mph. This can be achieved by any pro using any normal...

True :), the old pros do tend to hold onto their favourite blades.

In my limited experience, old Pros still have a pro's mentality towards equipment. That is, they will play with whatever equipment that someone gives them or pays them to use.

Illegal only at national and > level It's only illegal if the referee, (the person running the tournament as opposed to the umpire), says so. Below national level, not many referees would not allow that bat.

Fairness applied A couple of reasons why players knock with the new ball. 1. If the ball breaks during play, then that ball most likely was weak and the players were used to it. The new ball in this case will play very differently, so it's only reasonable and fair to give the players a chance...

I always felt that ALC blades and it's ilk play very similarly to the old Stiga/banda/ type all+ blades, but with much more leeway for control in tight situations. Plus they have that extra oomph when needed. Most players found it an easy transition to switch to these blades. The Korbel is a...

Speed glue effect rubbers, while accurate, sounds so tired. While 'tensor' has much more boom to it. Like 'Tensor', there are certain adjectives that have that boom effect on people. For instance, sportscar originally referred to cut-down 2-door, roofless cars that were faster than the norm...

I must memorise this quote