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The OP is lucky. If this was the army, his nickname would henceforth be, 'Creeper'.

Violiniste18 makes a good point. I think the OP was referring to table-time training. But really we need to also look at off table training to prevent injuries, increase stamina and strength.

A net dribbler (receiver away from table) or grazed edge are near to impossible to return. But has anyone noticed that returning solid edge or net balls is much easier with the plastic balls?

As I am now over 60, I am pretty much solely into TT these days with a little bit of walking and taking photos mostly film. In the olden times I was into football cricket, photography then rallying, then marshalling then classic cars (mostly Triumphs; TR6, GT6, vitesse and spitfire). That Lexus...

I'm not sure about that. I think T25FX is better than T64 for blocking and short game. I don't know anything about the T80 though.

Standing on the shoulders of giants In support of Carl I repeat this from wikipedia: The best-known use of this phrase was by Isaac Newton in a letter to his rival Robert Hooke, in 1676: "What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the...

Better in matches in today's form of the game, but certainly not GOAT.

Will you be at the Sussex GP? I'll be there.

Look at the number of spectators for what is 5th division TT.

Standing on the shoulders of giants and all that... I think MaLong will go down as one of the greats of the plastic ball era as the present team is now showing all what's possible. But there's always question marks against the modern CNT players as they are all products of the ...CNT. That's...

Andy, I have ordered an OSP Expert carbon. I am not sure when I am going to try it, perhaps at the end of the season. If you want to try it, I can send it to you sometime in January

I learned a lot by watching a couple of these players in action. To me, the secret of Gavin Rumgay's serving is simplicity and bravery to apply those simple serves at crucial times. Craig Bryant, I've only seen close up a couple of times. But twice I watched him make the ball jump over the...

The clue is in your statement "the smaller ball had big differences" TT goes through all styles at different times. Yes the BH emphasis is the big thing at the moment. But many players had BH like that but with the greater speed and spin of the 38mm ball there was no time to play the BH/FH game...

I assume that you never saw Gatien or even Kreanga at their best. They played in the 38mm ball era when speed glue was at its nastiest and fastest.

Agreed. Same for Jiang Jialing, Yue(?) Zhang Zedong, Kong, Guoling etc Wang Liqin for a long time was invincible. Plus his game like Waldner was so uniquely entrancing. I never quite took to the others before his era. MaLong is child of the internet/YouTube/TT-forum age. We have watched and...

No player can ever match the achievements of Barna. No No No No never! There's no TT player that can ever match the achievements of one Victor Barna. There's a very strong argument that he's the one person why we are all playing TT today. He popularised the sport way beyond its roots. He's...

Simple really. What weight do you want your setup not to exceed? Check the weight of each of the 3 components of your setup, blade, fh rubber and bh rubber. Decide which could be lightened through a change. Other things to watch for; Do you boost? Boosting adds weight to your rubber. Glue...

Same rubber both sides everytime Most amateurs good and ordinary that I've seen with Tenergy, have settled on a combination of T05/T05. Many also use T05FX or T64 or T80 on their backhand. But of those that I've spoken to, almost all said that they would change back to T05 on BH when the...

I think you'll surprise yourself at what you can do. I can't make the ball stop and trickle back but I can do a chop block even rarely make it 2 bounce. But I have never attempted it even in a fun match. That's why I think that in the OP case, the lad's subconcious took over for that stroke. Now...

Nice review as always. Ever thought of doing an 'as it happens video'. That is, show us your first time with the setup and your immediate comments. then do a write up a few days later after you've had some time together. It'd be interesting to see if any of your immediate thoughts had changed.