1 HR AGO - I've seen dish soap recommended in the past. But these days people think that oil from your fingers is GOOD, soap would remove that oil. (In the old days you avoided touching the rubber at all.. and you wanted to remove any oil that made it onto the rubber... how things change.. )IskandarStatistics: Posted by iskandar taib — 18 Jan 2020, 11:15 Collapse

3 HRS AGO - skilless_slapper wrote:Well, same as with OX LP blocking... it was more effective in bygone eras. Smaller ball, more spin etc. Short pips seem to fall into the same category. Wu Yang, my favorite SP chopper of all time!! vented her frustration previously about might as well swap to being an attacker, since her game was hit so hard by the new ball. If you look at her record before the new ball (around 2015?), I don't think she ever lost a match to anyone outside of the chinese elite in competition. The Great Wall is what they used to call her. China's gatekeeper. SP spectol rubber. Since then... she is still an elite player, of course, but will lose routinely to other top players. Kind of depressing for me to watch her play these days Having said that, she can beat pretty much anyone outside of the top 15 in the world. Whereas before she was rank #4 or #5. If you watch her play now, the style is a bit different, in that she is very aggressive with the FH. Maybe that's just her Collapse

5 HRS AGO - Author: BH-ManSubject: Triangle Club.Posted: 01/17/2020 at 10:33pm Ieyasu wrote:Thanks for your detailed posts... although sad to read, it's all so true. Especially the above.  Cracks me-up.  I've heard complaints that one has to pay, at all. Especially true about the senior market being a potentially huge one. Pickleball is cleaning up there. That sport can use outdoor parks and indoor community centers. Plus, no need for expensive tables that need to be cared for.I don't see how TT can ever be big in this country. So much going against it. The senior community has a huge potential, even if the monthly membership fee is way less... if SITTA could get 100+ seniors there, it could pay. Propblem is, in urban areas, lots of seniors live in senior communities that already have infrastructure and are already organized... at least 2-3x a week for TT right in the neighborhood they live... some nearly every day.That makes it tough for them to drive 5-30 miles just to do a few hrs of Collapse

5 HRS AGO - ootbs wrote:Hello,Some days back, I received a catalogue from a local dealer, who has, recently taken-up distributorship of Andro ... The Andro Fibercomp DEF blade was not listed ... I went over to the official Andro website, and it was not listed there either ...makes me wonder if it's been discontinued.. (???)Andro replaced it by Fibercomp 2 which has kiri core instead balsa. You can purchase it at Tabletennis11.com.Statistics: Posted by redspot — 18 Jan 2020, 07:34 Collapse

5 HRS AGO - 100 % agree regarding the Vertical 55, which I‘ve played today in 1 mm on a JSH.Statistics: Posted by Attacker — 18 Jan 2020, 07:19 Collapse

7 HRS AGO - Author: racquetsforsaleSubject: How many members per table?Posted: 01/17/2020 at 7:58pmRelated to #2: Some clubs operate out of school gyms that they rent for just the weekend on a weekly basis and aroud the school's gym usage schedule. These clubs might rely primarily on scheduled private and group lessons and drop in fees instead of a steady membership base. Collapse

8 HRS AGO - iskandar taib wrote:Why not just get him another Flame Carbon? Ask him what the weight of his blade was, order something close to that weight. Some vendors will actually try to supply a blade of the weight you ask for. IskandarWell he's actually mentioned that he doesn't like it very much, but it gets the job done for him lol. His setup in hand feels very light. Looking at stats Flame Carbon averages 85 grams rated as OFF- and Viscaria averages 90 grams rated as OFF. I also thought of asking for the lightest blade if possible.Statistics: Posted by staticshock10 — 18 Jan 2020, 05:09 Collapse

8 HRS AGO - Author: Dream1700Subject: USATT Biggest Rating Jump Ever?Posted: 01/17/2020 at 7:25pmmaybe the 800 player he lost to was another sandbagger. the great news here is that they system is not totally broken since his rating was adjusted 415 -> 1908 to better calculate his opponent rating changes.Edited by Dream1700 - 3 minutes ago at 7:29pm Collapse

8 HRS AGO - Author: mjamjaSubject: USATT Biggest Rating Jump Ever?Posted: 01/17/2020 at 7:08pmObviously some great coaching to get that kind of improvement in such a short time.Maybe I should try to get lessons from his coach so I can break 2000.Mark Collapse