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By and large, the serve rule is respected. At top level, the players do follow the rule as written. At low levels no, but the serve isn't nearly as important at low level. To see what I mean, have someone competent play you a match using hidden serves.

Okay that's covered it. Now let's talk about the future rules. Rubbers, Same model of rubber on both sides of the bat. They may differ in thickness by say, 0.2mm but that's it. The benefit is to cut down on errors due to rubber switch/change. This way we can allow frictionless or whatever but...

Worst change: 38mm ball to 40mm then 40+. Best change was the serve rule Good: Banning of VOC speed glue. Bad: Trying to ban VOC-free boosters. Good: Changing from 21 but it should have been to 15 rather than 11. I just don't like the 11 game. There's little drama and no rhythm in the 11 game as...

I had a similar type grip. It allows for more wrist rotation and a whippy action. But there's far less control. But I do notice that his pointy finger is very flat against the blade face which is good for control. Ben Larcombe spoke about this on one of his recent videos.

On the second video 00:31secs, did anyone notice the Union Jack on that bike? China has changed.

If you play in local league in England, you'll know all about balls behaving very differently in each playing hall.

To me control is about forgiveness. That is, with a boosted Tenergy rubbe on a fast Carbon blade, I have to be much more precise in the way I block than with a Reflectoid on a Stiga All. With the reflectoid, I can almost stop thinking about the incoming spin.

the words or grammar may not be technically correct. Listen towhat is being conveyed. The way we use words in ordinary language can always be dismissed by some geeky show-off.

Tried again today. I got better at it but it sure does give your wrist a workout.

I fully agree

As much as 50%? That's very good for local league. In my estimate, more like 90% of serves in local league are technically not adhering to the serve rule. But very few of those players are serving deliberately illegal to gain an advantage. Put another way, I don't regard it as cheating.

OK, I just spent about 30 mins in my garage practising that serve. It is difficult to get over that beginners stage. I get the ball on the table but the spin rate and control of depth is not nearly good enough. Must try harder

Where's the link to the Brett Clark video? . . Edit: Oops, seen it now. I think it's time to upgrade my laptop.

http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/equipment/blades/8862-jun-mizutani-super-zlc

You have to experiment and see for yourself what sort of overall weight and balance that you like. Complete bats during 1970 - 1990 tended to be pretty light. I have a couple of old Stiga Alser plus MarkV bats that about 156g. Today's heavy rubbers causes bats to come in at about 185-195g on...

Hello, Andy. Have a look at this site http://www.vetts.org.uk/VETTS/index.html I would strongly recommend that you join.

Interesting videos. I've seen them before but good revival.

Dan, is it the same Denis who trained in Bristol?

The pros do not boost their rubbers as it is illegal to do so. Similarly, no one on here has ever driven their car over the speed limit as that too is illegal. Let's move on.

Come on guys, there's no need to act all superior. Give players a little more credit. it's a good article, but it is long and boring for a quick read. I read all sorts of technical stuff in my day job. I read this once, but even I would have to perhaps print this so that I could scan-read in...