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Yeah. Penhold is far more specific than I initially thought. I simply watched WH in the 2012 Olympics and thought, that's what I want to do. I started playing learning rpb, but all the ph'ers I know are TPB. TPB is super cool given its place in TT history. I'm certainly far more inspired by the penholders on this forum than otherwise. We get very specific and enjoy being slightly different. I don't think I would care for the usual equipment ej talk, but the technical talk as lead by osp keeps me coming back.
Deeply honored Sir! But I think the others are way more technical than I will ever be. At least in describing specific things. I'm a simple man really, i pick up a racket, slap on a rubber and hit ... i either like it or not, i see the effects it has on my strokes/game and i cannot get into specifics like 'dwell time', 'pitch', "off", "def", etc.
I'm a dinosaur, but agree with JL that this thread/forum has inspired me to try to learn RPB. Via learning RPB, I went the SH BH route and learnt a little SH. Also, ages ago although I started with Mark V, i gravitated toward tacky rubbers and swore by them. Started playing TT again 2 or 3 yrs ago and now I find I'm ok with tensor rubbers and probably have given up on tacky.
Thank you all on this thread and forum in inspiring an old dog in learning new tricks!
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