Go Natural!

October 16, 2010

There is no shortage of sports drinks anywhere. Look at the beverage section isle of any grocery store. Gatorade comes as the favorite sports drink of table tennis players. Then comes Powerade. The instant energy boosting drinks also are favorites of many. Heard of Monster?
The sports drinks come to rescue us in an intensive work [...]

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Blades of weight in the range 78 ~ 84gm

October 10, 2010

Here is a list of blades that have weight in the range 78 ~ 84 gm:
TSP Euro - 78gm
TSP Kotony - 82gm
XIOM Aria Lite - 78gm
XIOM Diva - 82gm
XIOM Acro - 80gm
XIOM V1 - 84gm
They are some good affordable ALL blades from XIOM and TSP.

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XIOM Solo Blade

September 6, 2010

XIOM Solo is an offensive blade with softer feeling.

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Donic Akkadi L2 Vs TTMaster Punto long pips

September 3, 2010

The pips structure of both Akkadi and Punto are different. The highly noticeable difference is the speed. The No sponge version of Punto is half slower than Donic Akkadi L2.
The deception is very high with TTMaster Punto. It’s pips create more variation.
The Akkadi has more cutting power, so cuts well against very high [...]

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Dr.Neubauer Fighter long pips Review

August 16, 2010

In the table tennis world, there are few manufacturers who focuses greatly on the defensive products. The TSP brand is one of them. They have their legendary TSP Curl series and the Reflex system paddles to help the defenders. Next to the TSP, it is Dr.Neubauer who has put a lot of resources into producing [...]

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Entourage, the HBO series try ping pong

August 9, 2010

John Stamos hates ping pong. Did he? No. He did not say that. He said he is not good at it. He took a long 6 week training to support his act of playing ping pong in the entourage HBO series.
Ping Pong is becoming a topic in movies and series recently. Are they serious about [...]

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Right Lighting for table tennis

July 29, 2010

I remember an incident in a tournament a while ago. It was in Europe, and the match was between Ma Lin of China and Jorgen Persson of Sweden. The game was halted for at least 45 minutes before it was resumed. I found out later that the reason was a fluorescent light at a spot [...]

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Xiom Stradivarius with XIOM Omega I

July 25, 2010

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Japanese Penhold blades weight

July 22, 2010

I have seen some very serious Japanese Penhold players who go for blades that have exact weight they want. I have seen their preferred weight as between 100gm and 110gm. I have also seen players ask for lighter Japanese penhold blades. The weight does not matter to them, but they want light.
The XIOM Athena Japanese [...]

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New racket control rules from ITTF

July 15, 2010

The ITTF is on it’s journey to implement more laws. They are not new. They are changes to some tougher racket control rules that ITTF implemented last year. In the past, the players could not test the rackets voluntarily. Now the players can approach the control room at tournaments and request a racket check.
The [...]

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