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  1. tibhar evolution mx-p and tenergy with poly balls

    Do tibhar evolution mx-p and tenergy rubbers work well with poly balls?
  2. Restoring warped 40+ plastic balls.

    So I ran into this problem where I left my tt bag in my car out in the texas sun, and my xushaofa 3 star seamless ball warped under pressure. I was able to restore it nearly completely by immersing it in hot hot hot water under a minute or so (not too long). After fishing it out of my hot water...
  3. Why are the Nittaku 3 star premium 40+ poly balls are never in stock?

    Why are the Nittaku 3 star premium(made in japan) 40+ poly balls are never in stock? These have been introduced since last year and supposedly the best polyball out there. And why is Nittaku introducing these new 2 star premium polyballs when there are no 3 star premium to be found. Somebody...
  4. Question about Butterfly balls

    Hello to everyone. I've decided to search for some old celluloid balls and found an announcement about different kind of balls. Among the photos I have found a photo of some Butterfly 3-star balls. What amazed me the most is that the balls had the old Butterfly logo on them. As I started playing...
  5. Celluloid balls make a return!

    ITTF have reversed the decision to bring in plastic balls world wide from June 2015 and celluloid balls will be used once again in competition! What are your thoughts?
  6. Handling high heavy-topspin balls

    Much more info in the form of text, diagrams and videos in the article. Here is a summary 4. A (really simple) summary try to hit the ball off the bounce at net height OR if you are away from the table, take a step back and rip through the ball in the descending phase around the net...
  7. Finally, orange poly balls has been launched!!!

    As we know, DHS is makers of many branded poly balls, so soon many brands will follow suit with orange balls. Not my favourite poly ball (prefer seamless XSF made balls at the moment), but this is an option to those "must be orange ball" environments.
  8. Looping Backspin balls

    Everytime my oppenent does a long backspin push, try to loop it. However, when attempting to loop it, the ball always goes straight to the net. My technique is correct in everything. Currently, i my forehand rubber is Xiom Vega Europe. Could it be that my rubber can not create enough spin to...
  9. Plastic balls cost more than tennis balls now.

    I'm going to re-post this article here. As a relatively new player it annoys me that along with all of the new expenses of trying out blades/rubbers and equipment I now have to deal with what looks like a cash money grab under the veil of false excuses...
  10. Videos on new balls

    The forum member named Debater at OOAK forum plays at Preston Table Tennis Association in the UK. Outside of the ITTF itself, he has probably done more testing of the new balls than anyone, and he has found very clever ways to do it without spending a ton of money to do it. He is also really...
  11. Where to get Nittaku Premium 40+ plastic balls in the US now ?

    Hi Guys, One of my friends is looking to buy these balls now so that he can prepare for the nationals. Any help on where can we get these would be greatly appreciated. Paddle palace it seems has run out of stock ! Thx
  12. New Plastic Balls

    What is the diference between the celluloid balls and the new plastic balls. Are using this plastic balls actually? What are the differences in the game between the balls? Sorry for my bad english, I am argentinian.
  13. Nittaku Premium 40+ balls (Japan)

    Have been using these balls for last several days (I got them from Iruiru in Japan at the relatively high price of 895 yen per box of three balls, which is about $3 (USD) per ball and that does not include shipping. I have also let my clubmates try some. Most of them have been using other 40+...
  14. Defenders/ Receiving backspin balls

    I'm a offensive player and the player i practice often with is a defender. When i am doing topspin brushes on the ball and the defender chops the ball back with a lot of backspin, when receiving, am i to put my bat at an angle and let the ball hit the rubber and it will bounce back to the other...
  15. New plastic balls (40+) and robots

    Hi! I wonder if anybody tried new plastic balls on robots like Amicus from Butterfly or RoboPong? Thanks
  16. Balls in tournaments

    What balls are often used in major tournaments? And are they any different from our 3 star ball? Better quality for example?
  17. Thomas Keinath tests new plastic balls

    Just found this article over at forum.tt-news.de where Thomas Keinath tested the new plastic balls with the German National team. We trained with Tibhar ballls, each ball seemed to have a lot of variation, each ball was different. In each training session around 15-20 balls broke. But in the...
  18. My 40+ Balls and Gears

    Bought some 40+ balls, rubbers and blades I can find from taobao. Just received the 3 star balls yesterday so I have not play with them yet. Doing some bounce test and both seamed DHS and DF balls are similar and stop sooner than C balls. On the other hand both seamless Palio and XSF bounce much...
  19. New poly balls with old table tennis robots

    Since I have a table tennis robot at home, I am wondering if the new poly balls will be compatible or not with the robots suited for the current celluloid balls. Or possibly new robots will be made suited for poly balls? If anyone has any knowledge about this or possibly tried the poly balls in...
  20. 2014 Asian Games will be played with old balls?

    I have just read a article at TableTennisTa In that article Wang Tao said that he heard 2014 Asian Games will be played with old balls. So can anyone confirm this? Ma Long the winner of 2010 Asian Games As far as i now Asian Games is not at ITTF event so they can use any kind of balls. But...
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