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Paying 100aud~ for something that lasts a few weeks to a month doesn't sound like a great value proposition to me. At that point I'd rather buy Tenergy or Dignics and get 3 out of them.

There certainly seems to be a lot of theoretical table tennis going on around here. The first drill a coach made me do here when I showed up to a club was backhand flick against backspin serve from the forehand corner. @Haito Like I said, I'm not really interested in a theoretical explanation...

Pushing topspin and nospin with quality by taking it late on the fall. I'm trying to visualize it and having trouble with what it looks like. To me the trajectory feels like it'd make it impossible and you'd have to either give up height or spin. @blahness I've played people with 1400-1600 RC...

Now I really wanna see what exactly you're doing. :P

I played a bit more today with Dianchi D Classic Pro and I gotta say that in most things it's a great alternative to H3, but in the big cracking shots the quality just isn't there to the same severity. I think the sponge is softer in higher deflections than H3 is for the same shore stiffness. I...

I'm only really talking about matches. Maybe a few times in drills I've managed to push a no/top serve reasonably low and short by putting my own sidespin onto it. But that was after a couple hundred of the same serve when I got cheeky. I feel like putting long side-top onto the receive when...

Isn't Infinity super boosted like Evolution was? AFAIK the problem is the sponge changes a ton and can't be brought back to how it was. It's really great if that's not an issue anymore.

Can you do it vs an actual serve?

So in other words if I feed you a short, heavy topspin serve and you stand 100% ready to receive it, you're gonna push it short and low to me every time? There's no recognition and footwork involved after all.

The way I've heard it explained online by the coaches is that when the opponent serves short, heavy topspin, they expect a flick because at a high level that's the high % shot, but that flick can be counterattacked easily. If you can push the topspin serve short and low then the server can't get...

Lol it does go both ways doesn't it. Some people have played so much they don't even remember what their first 10000h was like.

I'm sure someone out there can do it; but I've talked to coaches, top-division amateurs and semi-pros about serving and receiving and the sentiment is the same, and a lot of ex-pro-turned-coach online coaches also claim the same. I think Heming Hu claims that "no club level player can push...

Loki Arthur China 40A 2.10 BLACK Topsheet 48.5 - 50.0 Sponge 48.0 - 49.0 These are with Shore O. Seems really soft to me! Some others for comparison: DHS Hurricane 3 Provincial Blue Sponge 41A 2.15 BLACK Topsheet 29.0 - 30.5 A / 52.5 - 53.0 O Sponge 35.5 - 37.5 A / 55.5 - 56.0 O DHS...

So basic that no club player anywhere in the world can do it. Are we actually talking about the same thing? Next time you guys train, get your partner to serve random nospin/topspin/sidespin to you and try to push it how you claim everyone can. If I understood right it's under 31cm and heavy...

Do you have video of yourself playing? The things you say are not really consistent with what people are actually able to or not able to do. Are you talking about playing at a national level or at a club level?

Lol the % is still pretty low. I remember missing *two* opening loops during the last internal comp, and I was even opening up with BH. It's really annoying and baffling when I miss them against what should be easier balls, but I know it's because the ball I'm hitting is literally different and...

Completely forgot I had more video available and just didn't upload any lol. I don't remember if this is later or earlier. Maybe earlier because I'm struggling with the Mantra's speed, but I dunno. There is a bit more footage but it's mostly the same, so I won't upload it unless someone really...

I don't think I'm under-rated, if anything the Division 6 estimate is optimistic. I'd personally like to start in 7. unless somehow by next season I have improved enough to make it unfair for them. We put one guy in 7. this year and he has a 95%~ winrate, so yeah... This year there was a lot of...

I'm basing my statement based on official statements from Chinese tabletennis media and sponsored foreign players. They claim it's not from the same batch. I don't know if it just means it's selected for a higher grade or is a completely different tree or whatever.

W968 are pro blades only, they're not commercial products. Those are the ones I mean.