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My NEO H3 37 commercial measures quite a bit softer than you might expect it to, and it's SUPER flexible in the hand. I think it might actually be a different sponge formulation and not just a softer #20. Probably the easiest BH rubber I've ever played with, and the most dynamic in terms of pace...

There are multiple documented W968 versions.

I don't imagine it would be untrue. He's China's best athlete ever. Why would they not optimize every little tiny detail? The costs are immense so you won't really do it for absolutely everyone. For sure the market W968 are basically rejects from the B-team of the CNT. :P

The blades are produced in an assembly line fashion, with 1 being the first one produced, and 50~ being the last one produced. Now if Ma Long gets some special blades just for himself, I don't know. That's just what DHS sponsored pros claim.

What is the material like? Stretchy and light or more outdoorsy?

Why would the first blade that gets cut be the best? It makes no sense. They make the whole day's, and probably a lot of other days', from the exact same wood with the exact same machines, workers, processes and QC. Ma Long used 1 because he picked the first one from each day's batch when he...

Shore O is generally very reasonable for TT rubbers and measures in a reasonable way. I would suggest a Shore O durometer and to not try to make any kind of "conversions" between A and O, just measure as-is. It will give you an indicative number for most rubbers. You can usually expect a 50 to...

You'll understand some day probably. I understand exactly what you're writing, seen it a million times.

I think that's where we disagree; if you can't hit it in matches but you think you can hit it in practice, then you DON'T have that skill. You have some skills, but it's not that exact one that you're missing. Maybe you're a killer when it comes to low balls to your wide forehand, but if the...

My first blade after starting playing again half a year ago was a Powerwood. I never measured it but it didn't feel heavy at all. In fact it felt much too handle-weighted maybe due to the huge wings.

I can't say for TT because I don't have the experience, but FWIW in performance driving coaching, I have never met any beginner or intermediate amateur who has a primary mindset problem and not a technical issue if their performance doesn't seem to be consistent or high quality enough compared...

The acoustic vibration frequency doesn't have a direct correlation to any performance parameter, but a blade that's stiffer than another otherwise identical blade should also vibrate faster because frequency is a function of mass and spring rate. Note that this DOES mean you can probably have...

You should check if you have a fever. LOL. Had a session today, some drills and practice matches. No video as usual, but I'm pissed I didn't get any. I was really ripping cracking shots today. I don't know why I can't make shots like that against my wednesday partner, but I don't think he is...

Something to mention about Dianchi D: Hardness seems strange. It definitely plays stiffer to the hand than a 40A. It even plays stiffer to the hand than a 41A. Yet the performance is closer to a 35A sponge. I suspect I got a dud sponge, and unless they all consistently measure like this, then...

I dunno about this. I used to believe in stuff like this too, but from coaching (not TT) and analyzing my own play in TT, I've noticed that people who have this problem usually have some key technical blindspot that isn't being paid attention to. Granted if all your sets go to 10-12 then maybe...

Are you a real person?

LLMs are good at writing complete garbage in an authoritative way. They're also not genuine opinions based on any kind of empiricism or theories and are purely word guessing.

During the point? Bizarre. I've only ever seen it *after*.

Why do you need to tell anyone off? You can just let people complain about whatever they like, nod and keep playing the game.

Here's that one match which was requested. Major chicken wing action going on LOL. Against this opponent I feel like I'm gonna hit the table with my elbow and lift it. I don't know why. Maybe a lot of shots are an uncomfortable arc. Gotta work on that. The block and push one will come later...