@NextLevel, Kou Lei plays for the Ukraine, it is really the case for him?
Actually I was quite surprised that anybody took me seriously. What I thought I was doing was adding additional scorn on the state of US table tennis.
This thread has certainly wandered through a lot of topics. I used to practice with a guy who was a province level player until he was about 16. Came to the US for graduate school. Classic Chinese style. He hated my Tenergy.
I've played in the US. The amateur level was not as bad as I thought, but the market is just so small. Well, 3rd world country small. Which is a shame, seeing the US was once the World Champion in the hardbat era. I could understand why Berndt and company reminisce about the by-gone days so much.Yes, but Zeio probably doesn't know how bad US table tennis really is. And I was insulted.
No, it's actually a good distraction.Zeio, please don't get distracted. I value your insight and hope for your response.
Comment like the one above are a little provocative (sorry to say it) in a way, that they already assume your bad intentions. We had a whole different topic about it already.
So don't worry. Please concentrate on the core discussion - so interesting ; )
I've played in the US. The amateur level was not as bad as I thought, but the market is just so small. Well, 3rd world country small. Which is a shame, seeing the US was once the World Champion in the hardbat era. I could understand why Berndt and company reminisce about the by-gone days so much.
Eugene Wang plays for Canada so what's your real point if any?
No, it's actually a good distraction. [...]
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Vegetable VOC-free booster? I'm not sure about the vegetable part [...]
Are you sure you know what you are talking about?
Perhaps this is a language issue.
Can you describe the process of how to apply booster?
Do you apply booster to your topsheet?
.... or lack thereof. Can anyone explain why not many Euro pros use tacky rubbers? Hell, any non Chinese for that matter. I mean im sure its common at the amateur\semi-pro level. But i've yet to see a top non-Chinese pro use tacky rubbers. Anyone care to explain that to me?
I also noticed that quite a lot non-chinese players are really using h3 in their forehands.
Japanese: Ishikawa, Hayata, Hitomi(chopper)
Korean:Jang Woo Jin, Jeoung young sik, An jae hyun
Japanese may be using h3 from nittaku.
But for Korean, no ideas...