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  1. Rubber for Chopper's Forehand

    You are chopping with Persson PP blade in your sig with the Aurus Soft? I built a cheap DEF setup to goof around with chopping at the end of practice sessions. Currently looking to replace an ancient sheet of Palio Blitz on the FH. The Aurus Soft sounds like a good rubber to try.
  2. Why don't Pro's just do serve that comes back to their side?

    Mima Ito would smash the crap out of a ghost serve. Every pro player has goofed around at the end of practice and done ghost serves and other trick shots.
  3. Best Table for home

    I recommended that our city parks and rec manager to buy Joola Tour 2500 tables for our facility. This is the best bang for the buck for a non ITTF logo table. If I was buying an ITTF logo table for home use, I would buy the BTY Europa, or it's equivalent from Stiga, Conrnilleau, etc. The two...
  4. What are your top annoyances about assembling your own table tennis bats?

    I don't really get annoyed anymore. I accept that when I glue rubber, it will not look perfect. Once I was at the club and a customer wanted to buy a new setup and the owner was giving a lesson so I was asked to glue the rubber on for the customer. Before doing it, I made sure to show the...
  5. Beginner requiring help in selecting between Killerspin Jet 200 vs Killerspin Jet 800

    There are 2 obvious options here: 1) buy a premade buster from colestt.com as already suggested for about $40, email cole if you have any questions, problem solved - get on with enjoying the sport 2) keep this thread going and going...................
  6. Beginner requiring help in selecting between Killerspin Jet 200 vs Killerspin Jet 800

    colestt.com for usa players email Cole and he will work with you to get you a good setup in your price range
  7. Suggested rule change

    In the NBA/NFL, you cannot celebrate by looking directly at an opponent and screaming at them. You will get a taunting technical foul/penalty. 2 techs in the NBA and you get tossed out of the game. The leagues want to prevent freakishly strong, elite level pro athletes from beating the s....t...
  8. Choice between T05fx, rozena and T19

    I have played with many sheets of Rozena, 1.9 and 2.1 on many blades. The difference is minimal. Don't overthink this. If you want to know how Rozena works on FH, flip your paddle over and try it on the FH. btw, the Tenergy closest to Rozena is T80. I have T80/Rozena on one of my paddles and...
  9. Changing from offense to defense: Short or long pimples?

    I have played with Spinfire, but not for chopping. It is a very good all around high spin SP. This chopper says Spinfire chops very well in 1.5mm. He can also step in and attack with it.
  10. Dry boosting -- safe boosting.

    I have a patent pending on driving a car over the rubber to soften it. It works slightly better than this pasta machine, but you can bring the pasta machine into the club to roll your rubber before matches just like the old speed glue days.
  11. Identification of the sponge is due and overdue.

    "Here is a proposal drafted by an international expert group of proficient table tennis umpires and referees." = Igor + the maker of the portable LP friction tester + the person who made the metal ball sponge masher
  12. why wait to dry the glue?

    This is not rocket science. It's water based glue. Wet the sponge with water before applying the glue. If the glue is still too thick and dries too fast, thin it with a little water until it spreads evenly. Use a new piece of sponge for every coat.
  13. Quadri Aruna - multiball with his daughter

    Aruna needs to buy the little boy (his son?) a ball picker upper thing so he doesn't have to crawl under the table to retrieve balls
  14. Long pips

    I have Dawei 388 0.6 on a spare paddle I use for fun at the end of practice to chop or push block. You can get it in on aliexpress for cheap. Any of the cheap chinese LP will do, thin sponge like 0.6 will make it a little more versatile
  15. What table tennis players are mentally strong and what table tennis players are very weak mentally

    mentally weak - any players who complain and make excuses for losing because the other players used LP, bad lightning, humidity, noisy hall, tournament ball wasn't nittaku, etc.
  16. New Equipment for (Modern) Defender with some infos and a twist

    My reasonably priced modern defender paddle that I use for fun: Nittaku Endless DEF blade, 388 LP 0.6 sponge, Palio Blitz - older ESN rubber that chops well on FH
  17. How do you remove the glue from sponge the best?

    Tearmender for everything, posters in Europe say Copydex is about the same as Tearmender - general purpose latex glue made for arts and crafts not marketed as "table tennis" glue, so way cheaper. I have used TM on Tenergy, Rasanter, Stiga DNA, MK, SP/LP and many more. It works just fine.
  18. How do you remove the glue from sponge the best?

    "Table Tennis" glues are just variations of latex glue like Tearmender, that are jacked up in price by 5-10X. To remove old glue from rubber, I do exactly as the video with Tearmender, only I don't bother with a sponge. I spread the glue by finger because it doesn't have to be perfectly even.
  19. DRY BOOSTING. Let the revolution begin.

    "Patent pending" is a meaningless statement. Patent applications get rejected all the time. Even if you are granted a patent, doesn't mean anyone will actually use it. This thing will go into Igor's rotation of posts. We will see this again in a few months after Igor reposts the LP friction...
  20. Oversized blade for chopping and support for attacking with soft feeling?

    I just bought a Nittaku Endless DEF blade for $40 US, it's perfectly fine for modern defense I hit with a friends Defplay Senso, it's also a good choice
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