Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

[dingyibvs]

Oh yeah this sounds awesome. Do you mind sharing websites of those two clubs? I managed to find Alameda but it says its closed in 2020

Alameda | MMTTA

Train at MMTTA Alameda! Offering table tennis and badminton open play, lessons, group classes, tournaments, and weekly league events. Opened in 2024.

www.mmtta.io

Concord Table Tennis Club

Open Times: (Open to Public, Drop-In / Walk-Ins Welcome) Open Mondays and Wednesdays, 7PM to 10PM (6:45pm for 1st timers) Closed: June 22 & 24, 2026. (Basketball Event) Fees: (Cash, Credit, Zelle, Venmo accepted) Visitors: $15 per playing night (1st time $10, under age 18 always $5) Members: $10

sites.google.com

The Alameda club is a dedicated TT facility, Concord is two nights a week in a basketball gym. If you just want some lessons with him it might be better to just go to Concord as he charges less there (presumably because Concord takes a smaller cut). It's coach Huang BTW.

 

[Novarac23]

Alameda | MMTTA

Train at MMTTA Alameda! Offering table tennis and badminton open play, lessons, group classes, tournaments, and weekly league events. Opened in 2024.

www.mmtta.io

Concord Table Tennis Club

Open Times: (Open to Public, Drop-In / Walk-Ins Welcome) Open Mondays and Wednesdays, 7PM to 10PM (6:45pm for 1st timers) Closed: June 22 & 24, 2026. (Basketball Event) Fees: (Cash, Credit, Zelle, Venmo accepted) Visitors: $15 per playing night (1st time $10, under age 18 always $5) Members: $10

sites.google.com

The Alameda club is a dedicated TT facility, Concord is two nights a week in a basketball gym. If you just want some lessons with him it might be better to just go to Concord as he charges less there (presumably because Concord takes a smaller cut). It's coach Huang BTW.

Oh awesome! I'm maybe visiting west coast at some point this year so we'll see if I can get there Thank you!

 

[jk1980]

had my first training session with a boosted Rxton 9 40,5° and in some categories it felt really great and definitely as dead as i remember it (when i played one a year ago unboosted).
Drills i did were Block & Counter Topspin which the rubber performed great in. Even from distance it was not too slow. In the training match i lost 0-3 to the guy i won 3-1 last week (with different rubbers though), mainly because everything from 30-70% power stroke does not seem very linear. Finding the amount of power and acceleration to loop spinny was too hard inside the match, but thats fine. Touch game was great as well, so only really the gap between 30 to 70% power shots are a mistery (in terms of what i get out of it with given power x) to me and not very linear. For the high power shots i did not even have to engage my full body but a firm acceleration of a little hip and under arm was enough to send the ball flying out, so playing it with a european technique would work (again boosted with 2 layers of yellow seamoon regular)

I will continue to play it but it might even be too fast in the top gears to me. I am looking forward to testing it with spinsight in terms of spin generation compared to Battle 2 Gold in red.

 

[Tyce]

Had another session with Korbel tonight and slowly things are starting to click. Bit by bit I'm playing more fluent shots, and staying in control rather than overhitting. One bad habit is a wild forehand where I make some weird uncoordinated movement dashing my upper body forward, and pulling my playing shoulder back for some kind of huge backswing. I managed to keep that from happening about 75-80% of the time.
Had a couple of coordination brainfarts which usually means I'm actively learning something else
The quicker strokes are giving more reliable rubber engagement and the slower blade is helping a lot to make that happen safely.

It's probably the last night I play this week, we're getting a couple of hot days and it's already turned into a sauna in the building. Plenty of time to keep considering softer rubber and make it just a bit easier.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Nope FTX and Alameda blew up in 2021