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I was saddened today to read about the demise of Jacques Secrétin, at 71 years of age. Secrétin was a great player in his own right, winner of many tournaments, a long-time fixture in the world top 10, winner of 61 french championship titles, a personality in TT, and an inspiration in bringing...

The Dutch TT Master 2019 will take place in Leiden, october 26 and 27. The partipants in the men's department are: Cedric Nuytink (BEL) Cedric Meissner (GER) Nikhil Kumar (USA) Nicholas Tio (USA) Rajko Gommers (current national champion) Laurens Tromer (current titleholder) Kazeem Nasiru...

After a few borderline injury issues that I felt had to do with training load, I thought it might be smart to try out different shoes, and maybe alternate between them to lessen the training stress somewhat. I looked over the fence, and stumbled upon badminton shoes that took my fancy visually...

Back in the day I remember playing for a while with a rubber that had a multilayered sponge. Maybe it was from TSP. I think the idea was to have something that felt like a soft rubber in passive strokes that didn't bottom out too easily in more active engagement. I didn't adapt to it well...

At the recent Dutch nationals young player Gabrielius Camara made quite a splash, by nearly eliminating former champion and later finalist Ewout Oostwouder. I've known of him since he trained (when extremely young) at my younger brother's club. Before his tenth birthday he was already solidly...

We've got a a promising young player at the club with a fantastic technique and feel for the ball. He can do anything with anything, and he likes to experiment. One of the things he likes to try is penhold play, and he's held a Jpen blade once. These things are very uncommon over here...

An old pongfriend, who I used to train with 40 years ago, gave me his old blade from way back. He thinks it's a Butterfly blade. It is unmarked, except for a "B-5-7" marking, and I think it's a five-ply all-wood blade. Does anybody recognize this?

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At my club there's a young player who is eager to experiment. He's very talented, and I admire that willingness to experiment freely. One of the things he's not afraid to try is various penholder styles. He has held a KPEN blade at some tournament and liked it a lot; as he recalls, it was...

I was wondering, analyzing a number of games played, where the heart of wins (and defeats) are. Ways to win points are there, and some patterns seem to emerge. - The winning service, the losing service - Conversely, the losing service return, and the winning service return - The big kill...