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  1. In London for A Week

    Of course. The 100yo Bristol Closed Championship is far more prestigious than Nottingham GP.
  2. Which robot should I buy on a budget

    I've seen them advertised but never saw them in action live. One thing though, robots are good party peices whenever you have guests.
  3. Drugs and table tennis

    Depends on what you call drugs. Like most veterans, I would fail any official drug test for at least 4 banned substances.
  4. Table tennis players with extra kilograms

    I looked at that video for 2 minutes and my brain kept on rejecting what my eyes were trying to convey. Unbelievable. But then after 2.5minutes I realised that it must have been an exhibition rather than a real match....At least I hope so.
  5. great effectivity of fast long line serves at the right moment

    There are not many umpires that would fault any of his serves.
  6. Table tennis players with extra kilograms

    100kg! pah! I don't know why you skinny boyz are complaining.
  7. Kicker or float, what is it?

    Exactly. That's why so many players get caught by it.
  8. Kicker or float, what is it?

    I thought it was a kicker hence the video title, but when I actually looked a few times it looked more like a well placed float. Anyway Craig is on here sometimes, maybe he will explain what he did. BTW, His opponent is Japanese, Ryota Kawai.
  9. Kicker or float, what is it?

    What did Craig Bryant serve to cause the receivor to put the ball long?
  10. Table tennis Kingdom

    Up to a year ago, I bought a fair amount from them with no problems. These days I take no chances and stick to main/authorised dealers.
  11. TTEdge Executing Table Tennis Shots Series!

    Brett, take it from me, there's nothing wrong with your serve that would warrant a fault call.
  12. Butterfly Garaydia Blade Series Review

    That's why I use the Darker Esteem, plus it's extremely light at 75g.
  13. Why are Evolution rubbers still less popular than tenergy?

    Who sells more, ESN or Tenergy? We can look at the OP post a different way. The main competition to tenergy is ESN rubbers as a whole rather than Tibhar Evolution, also an ESN rubber. We don't have the actual sales figures but I wouldn't be surprised if ESN rubbers do outsell or are very close...
  14. The Advanced Response Blade - The Future of Table Tennis Now! - by Anthony.R.Brown

    Show some respect to a great Canadian This man almost single handedly invented internet trollism. He's been trolling TT forums since the days of Usenet in 1990's. He widened his scope to chess only after so many TT moderators chose to heartlessly not appreciate his wonderful wit and great...
  15. Need advise: Broke my blade from my handle

    I would buy a new blade and be done with it. You are in the middle of the TT season, so buy a new one now and do the repair later when you have time. Repair requires good carpenter skills in order for a good result. Most people I know that have tried were not satisfied or said that the blade...
  16. Which poly ball should you choose?

    My opinionhas changed. All plastic balls are craaap I have a mixture of about 50 seamed and seamless balls (no Nittaku) that I use for practice. They have also gone through my robot a few times. Lately I noticed that the bounce was inconsistent. Sometimes they shoot forward and sometimes they...
  17. Best Table tennis books?

    Look for TT books by Larry Hodges and Dan Seemiller.
  18. equivalence USA rating and France rating ?

    The TT culture in England is much different to France caused by several things. In England, Most TT is played during the week in what we call local leagues. That is, each city area usually has a league. But, these matches are not recorded on the rating system. There are about 30,000 players in...
  19. Happy New Year! 2016!

    My TT resolutions for 2016: 1 Umpire less, play more. 2 Buy only one blade in 2016, a Darker Speed 90 shakehand. Anybody has one for sale? 3 More off-table exercise such as walking, cycling. 4 Lose weight, aim for 16.5 stones (105kg). This a loss of 30+ pounds.
  20. equivalence USA rating and France rating ?

    It's difficult because there so many players in France and the spread of talent is very wide. So you may have perhaps 1000 players that are around the 2300 in ability. Example, I know a UK player that's ranked around number 20(+/-)2. He is very comfortable against any player ranked below 60...
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