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Is FZD performance all that outstanding compared to predecessors Let's start a list of 16-18yo superstar Table tennis - Stellan Bengtsson, won the TT wc at 18yo Tennis - Boris Becker won Wimbledon at age 17yo Football - Pele at age 16yo was a star player on the Brazilian team that won the WC...

Good technique, Tony. Not all coaches get the timing right for each individual player and sometimes feed too fast or slow or too long/short, depending. Back in the nineties coaches used to bounce the ball on the table first for most M-ball sessions with the out of hand technique for more...

Totally agree. But that's typical ITTF obfuscation.

Make the C-ball illegal I was thinking that that would not be a problem as the C-ball would still be around if I need a refresh. But then again, all the ITTF will do is increase the tolerance on the C-ball to min 40mm. As the C-ball is 39.5mm on average, then in a stroke the C-ball becomes...

Matt, did you do a wobble test? That is, spinning the ball on the table to check for any distortion. Also a round the net experiment would be nice to see if the plastic ball can do those 'hollywood' shots.

My first big impression after I played a match, was how tired I felt. That physicality part is very true.

Agreed. AFAIK, winners especially are drug tested at every major tournament.

Thanks for that tidbit

Baal, how much time passed between your Viscaria purchases? And how was Bty QC, did they play/feel very similar to each other?

Also, ZJK does not just use any Viscaria. He most likely chooses from many many samples, or he simply got got lucky with a couple and has kept them all these years despite Butterfly throwing sponsorship cash at him to change.

By your list, Waldner had Primorac, Gatien, Yan Sen, all at the top of their game at the time. Wang Liqin had not yet peaked and Ding Son was a defender. Pure defenders have never breached the very top of TT since the invention of the loop. OK, Schoeler just lost on a net ball. I'd say they both...

FZD is small compared to a 16yo Maradona I can't vouch for FZD but some people are naturally very big in body proportion from waist down. I am like that. It was made worse by me being a wicket-keeper and cyclist as a youngster. I didn't have the size of FZD up top (never used the gym) but I was...

You need the Chair doctor glue Nothing wrong with that blade. But you need to repair it soonest with this product. http://www.axminster.co.uk/veritas-chair-doctor-glue

I did try to lift the ball next day after wiping with some water and the rubber was back to normal or even slightly better in lifting. The rubber was super clean and bouncing the ball on the bat seemed easier to spin. So I suspect that all round performance was improved by this oil treatment...

Gao Ning won 10:6 in the 7th game. The last game really was Gao Ning playing tight and steady drawing the errors out of Pitchford.

Is there any use to a rubber being tacky? Whenever I glue on a rubber, I first give it a thorough clean. This removes the tackiness. If I don't do this pre-action clean, then the bat picks all sorts of muck off the ball causing several missed shots where the ball simply slips off the rubber as...

The 999 series are great rubbers that dominated the Chinese-type market into the 1990s until the marketing power of DHS made the Hurricane series popular in the west.

I tried the poly-ball tonight. I don't know about others but my playing partner immediately noticed the difference. His nice spinny loops could not bring the ball onto the table until he practised really big strokes. The ball also had this floatish wobblish nature on pushes where the ball seems...

Segun Toriola Vs Gao Ning Great point: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonwealth-games/28516781

April/May 2015. That's when the 2014/15 season ends. Most leagues will stipulate the use of the poly-ball only for 2015/16 season.