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I think most manufacturers are now working intensely on new bats and rubbers for the plastic balls. It should be more difficult to get anywhere near the amount of spin we do today with the celluloid balls. So we'll be getting a lot of marketing bull about how the new bat/rubbers get more...

Longer rallies? Yuck! Sounds like those chiselers of old will be making a comeback.

No ifs, buts, or made up expressions such as "deceptively legal". There is no such thing as barely meeting the rules. It's either legal or not. The vast majority of Xu Xin's serves meet the standard of legality required by the ITTF.

Your old Kenny blade is one of the great classics and is as good or better than any of its class made today. It was particularly popular in England perhaps because of its association with Des Douglas. The Grubba that you bought is more or less today's equivalent. Since you like your new bat...

The game has not changed much in those 40 years for us low level players. The most significant change was to the now 40mm ball vs the old 38mm. The bigger ball actually makes the game a bit simpler regarding spin. I would say to simply practise and get onto a league team if possible. Technique...

Learn how to always play at your optimum always in order to be ready for the opportune match where the better player drops his guard. What optimum means is for you to figure out yourself as it means different things to each individual.

What about adding Tom Maynard to this list?

OK, cheers

Interesting. London also has a charity originally set up and originally backed by a group of financiers. It doesn't have an employment aspect but is heavily into Table Tennis. http://www.greenhousecharity.org/ Yes, those financiers love their ping. I don't know how strong it is these days, but...

You're very wise:cool:

I am just seeing this thread. Somehow I thought PPP was much older.;)

He's asking about the strugglers in the top 100-200, not the superstars.So you also need to add sources such as below which can be significant for these guys. 1 Government grants, tax breaks. 2 National sports bodies other than TT specific 3 National TT association 4 Coaching 5 Appearance fees 6...

Congrats to Tom. All that training is beginning to put trophies on the shelf and some cash in the pocket.:D

Good points allround. One fact is that the profit margins on composite blades are far higher than wood. It would be very difficult to sell a wood blade at £100+. But slip in some carbon and get a top player to use it and bingo you can sell the same blade for £150.00. If I was marketing guy for...

Under the leg yet he still has the presence of mind to put side/backspin on the ball.

I concur about the naming of blades. I would buy an Infinity type blade with a photo of FZD just like they did with Alser etc.

@Furry If you are a developing 2 winged looper, maybe it's best to use the same model rubber on both sides of your blade. It keeps things simpler.

The Yasaka Mark V was not designed to be used with speed glue. Applied properly, speed glue will intensify the speed/spin of any inverted rubber so not exactly true to say that MarkV are for speed glue era. It seems to me that you only need new MarkV rubber and more coaching. But human nature...

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Think about it this way as the way players tend to graduate their strokes. 1. Improving players; Legs, waist, shoulders and finally, elbow snap. 2. Good/advanced players; Legs, waist, shoulders, elbow snap and finally, wrist. 3. Elite players; Legs, waist, shoulders, elbow snap, wrist and...