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I saw that the Harimoto siblings were born in Sendai, Japan, but their parents immigrated from China in the 90's. They adopted the family name Harimoto when they became naturalized Japanese citizens. I wondered how they chose the name 'Harimoto', and here's my theory. I don't speak/read...

Does anybody know where to find video of games played in Santiago 2023? I found a live feed, but not recorded video of past games. The live feed covered Adriana Diaz's game, but not the simultaneous game between Mo Zhang (CAN) vs Amy Wang (USA), which was a 4-0 upset for Zhang...

Is the receiver allowed to move during during the service motion, even if the motion may be distracting to the server? I mean jump up and down, side to side, or forward/back, and maybe make an arm motion.

Some time ago, Butterfly came out with the Revoldia, and Darker came out with a few blades made with cellulose naofibre (Auroveil CNF). The benefit was supposed to be to get a wood feel on close to the table shots, but more power than just wood from a distance. I got a Darker Cegna and loved...

Miu Hirano beat Mima Ito in the quarterfinals, then Hina Hayata in the finals of the 2022 Zen-Noh Cup Top 32 (Paris Olympics selection tournament). Does this mean Hirano is back? Both Ito and Hayata have already qualified for Team Japan, so were they just taking it easy? I don't think so...

Is there a "most effective" service strategy? I can do three types of serve confidently: (i) backhand serve from my backhand corner, varying amount and type of spin between side and underspin, and varying the serve placement; (ii) pendulum serve from my mid-backhand side, varying serve...

As I get older, I can't do some of the moves I used to do. For example, I can't move fast enough anymore to step around and loop an underspin ball with my forehand from my backhand corner. I have found that I need to adjust my playing style and strategies as the years weigh me down. One thing...

Just out of curiosity, I was trying to understand a bit of the business of table tennis equipment - specifically, rubber manufacturing. I know there are a small number of rubber factories that manufacture for different brands, according to different specifications as to pimple geometry, sponge...

I recently had a game against a (much) younger player who would consistently give me long pushes to my BH corner with strong underspin. A few years ago, I would have stepped around and attacked the long push with my FH. My legs have slowed down with age, so I can no longer do the step-around...