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Carl, can you just follow me around at home and do these sort of explainers to my wife when I inevitably say something that annoys the hell out of her? 😃

Yeah my son was using cheap Chinese rubbers for the first 2 years (interrupted by Covid, so he didn’t have 2 solid years of training, more like….. 8 months). I think I’ve said before, I absolutely recommend the tacky rubbers for beginners, and I 100% agree that it the only type of rubber that...

Again, I pretty much agree with you! I’m not sure why T05 keeps getting used as an example (I’m guilty of that), as it’s definitely a rubber for the advanced player. What I meant, was pretty much….. Any non tacky “Euro” rubber is better for most people (compared with H3) - G1 comes into that...

Hey MK73, I’m genuinely curious as to which of my views you feel are outdated and wrong? I agree with the vast majority of what you have said, although there are certainly some caveats to this. H3 being one of the most sold rubbers worldwide? I have no stats on that (although I wouldn’t...

@PingBirdPong, assume you are the one on the left? Always hard to judge when someone has an injury, because you don’t know how much of their action is affected by the injury or not. On the bigger FH shots, you tend to whip across your body a bit too much. If it was a clock, you are going from...

Firstly, never let an online forum change your dreams. If you have a 0.01% chance of making it, as long as you have a back up plan, you need to do what you want. It doesn’t matter what we think, and it doesn’t matter what age you potentially “make it” as a professional. Sure, a lot of...

Amazingly, I’d have no problems recommending 09C to an intermediate player. You really have to work it, like you would a cheaper Chinese rubber - The rubber doesn’t do much of the work for you, so if you are currently used to being out of position and playing a soft shot that has the catapult...

Great vids - Really thorough! The biggest improvement are those shoes! I love the Mizuno Wave 8’s! Best shoes in the business 😂 In all seriousness, speaking of movement, your movement/anticipation is noticeably improved in the second video. You are getting in better positions, and earlier...

And if you remove China? What does that fall down to? Genuinely interested.

For me, there are 2 factors here which are slightly different. China’s dominance of the World Table Tennis scene, and TV viewing. With China, I just don’t see how anything will change whilst Table Tennis is the main sport in the country with the most people, and it’s a secondary sport in the...

I’m jealous! We have nothing like that in the UK! Maybe something in London….. But it’s probably the only one in the country!

As it’s the season of giving…. I’ll re share my own footage. One of the things I’d like to stress (to everyone), is that it really doesn’t matter what standard you are, how you play or anything else. If you are looking for advice, it’ll be 100 times better for you if you can post something...

Spend money on coaching, not equipment.

My point was more about the massive hassle I personally found it! If I had to re-glue my rubbers now, or "boost" them.... It would be such a pain in the ass! I'm very happy I can glue the rubbers on at the start, and then leave them until I need to change the rubber in a few months time!

This reminds me how grateful I am that the speed glue era is dead! Honestly, the hassle of glueing up for each match, peeling off the glue each time (even if it was satisfying at times), and getting high on the fumes…… I’m so happy those days are over for European rubbers. Buy...

The Ovtcharov..... Because after spending £350 on the blade and rubbers, it's the only answer that'll let me sleep at night 😂 In all seriousness, I would have to do a direct comparison of the Ovtcharov with the TB ALC using the same rubbers before deciding. I would rather have the TB ALC over...

Cor, would you class MX-P and T05 in the same ballpark? Maybe I've forgotten how hard/soft MX-P was, but I always thought it was a touch harder than T05 (but that could be my memory playing tricks on me!) Having used Dignics 09c now, T05 feels like the softest rubber in the world 😂

I'm glad to see Carl has taken the time to put into words what I probably should have done earlier! 😂 For anyone who has managed to misinterpret this as some sort of "elitist" thing - It's really not. Personally, I couldn't care if you are good, bad or average. But it's nice to get more...

Not really - If I closed my eyes and hit some shots, I think I'd be hard pushed to tell. If you are incredibly sensitive to balance and weight distribution, then perhaps - But I'd be incredibly surprised if anyone really noticed it. On the handle side..... The RD/ST handle allows for more...

I generally get more control and a better touch with harder rubbers. I also find they are very good for producing spin. Softer rubbers are easier to play with in general, as they require less force to get a good amount of speed and spin on the ball. My recent example can be summed up in my...