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Fair enough. Still, a very surprising strategy.

Andy, how do you know Samsonov used K1 at T2APAC? Did he say so in an interview?

Considering the dearth of Google search results and/or raving reviews of these rubbers as compared to the number of results/reviews of evolution family, I'd claim with a lot of confidence these massive sales remain imaginary. There's no way a pro like samsonov will alternate between rubbers...

I am just trying to understand the logic behind such marketing decisions. There is clearly a very healthy interest in tacky rubbers and tacky/tensor hybrids outside of the Asia market. Just look at the long threads on all major tt forums each time a new hybrid appears. Go to www.tibhar.de - and...

Can anyone shed any light on why these rubbers are not for sale in any European TT web shops?

I try to concentrate on the flight of the ball over the table and to judge the amount of spin on the ball, almost to the point of ignoring everything else. No matter how fast/hidden the point of contact is or whatever pre/post-contact deceptive motions the opponent uses physics takes over once...

Just google "sports equipment certification".

I would argue that the inconsistencies between plastic balls from different vendors stem precisely from the lack of enforcement of quality. Your argument, if taken to the extreme - no ITTF involvement whatsoever, right - would eliminate any incentive for equipment vendors to adhere to any...

All ITTF needs to do is develop the standardized tests, and require equipment vendors to submit test results for any new equipment as part of the certification process. And then perform random tests and ban vendors who lie. Nothing that hasn't been done before in other industries. This is really...

IMHO, having a great variety of equipment choices is good for the players. However, there is one area where the current situation is completely inadequate - complete lack of standardized, objective and independently verifiable data on how rubbers and blades actually perform. The...

Precisely the advice given in the thoughtsontt blog.

You're welcome. Almost forgot about this one - check out the "Carbon|Need for speed" section, I think this is what you're looking for. https://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/introduction-to-table-tennis-blade-design/

I actually think that the elasticity indices used in ttgearlab's analysis are easier to understand. There are also some posts by zeio on mytt on the subject.

https://ttgearlab.com/ http://blog.paddlepalace.com/2011/08/what-are-the-advantagesdisadvantages-to-carbon-blades-versus-all-wood-blades/ http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60725

Just out of curiosity, what makes Hurricane so relatively troubling for you?

One of my tournament opponents used Genesis M on both sides of his bat. He was a controlled looper with an emphasis on spin and placement over speed and had relatively big strokes. After the match we had a chat and he basically repeated what you wrote (my emphasis in bold) above. Almost had me...

Most people who moan about pips or anti simply do not understand how to play against such rubber surfaces and also have no idea just how difficult it is and how much actual skill is required to use pips or anti effectively, especially as you encounter better and better opponents. Hence the...

I've been recording matches for years, and there does not seem to be any correlation between behaviour during a match and being filmed, imho. Most people seem to pretty oblivious to anything else when playing and behave same way regardless.

My opponent uses antispin on BH in this video. Try doing what he does.