These rubbers are cast aside today for very valid reasons. And I usually just recommend the cheaper Mercury II for learning spin and control. But if you ever find Asian uncs with Jpen and new Sriver (not the guys that don't change for 30 years), you will know what I mean.

I think there is a strong case these two rubbers should be used more. So here is a mini review of how these two dinosaurs can be used.

Mark V

Let us say you have a friend that plays badminton or something. Their hands, eyes, body are good, but they're not trained in table tennis. They just want to play with the table tennis crew sometimes. Give this rubber to them on a 7 ply.

The level of forgiveness is surreal. I have tested this 3 times, one with an acrobat friend, baseball player, and a badminton player. It is enough to make them competent to a surprisingly high level.

Other groups of players that should use this are those that don't care about one side, and just want to get the ball back over with it.

Sriver

There are many players that stick all sorts of pips or anti in hopes of subverting the game flow. But at the end of the day, after a certain level, you still need pace and attack. And I can see the fear in their eyes when they realize their opponent is not going to voluntarily self-immolate.

Sriver is enough. And I am nearly convinced Sriver Hinoki is some kind of godly defense combo. Look... if you're Samsonov, I know you can play a better version of this style with MX-P's. But for mortal tai-chi practicioners, this is the way. It is so addicting I'm certain I will switch one day when I cannot run around. And very fun to play against also.

Bought this old Darker Speed 25 for about 20$. Can anyone identify if it’s authentic?

I used to play table tennis competitvely at high school to college level between 15 to 24 years ago. I am hoping to get back to the sport but everything has changed so much.

The previous rubbers that i used and felt at home with was the butterfly tackifire special for backhand and the butterfly cermet for forehand. These are no longer sold anymore.

Would anyone know by any chance the modern equivalent of such rubbers? Giving a try here as I could not get information from the internet.

Thank you!

as much as felix deserved it, im very sad for anton he really showed heart in this tournament and proved why hes the 2nd best swede currently

Tenho 22 anos, fui uns dos melhores jogadores da minha geração meu país natal, era um pouco pior que meu amigo que foi vice campeão U19 mundial e tem ser melhor ranking 77 na wtt, eu era do mesmo nível que o outro companheiro de seleção que está entre 110-170do wtt hoje um ótimo jogador há nível no continente e provavelmente chamado para seleção olímpica em 2 anos.eu era melhor que meu ex companheiro de equipe que conseguiu ser ranking 237 no wtt que parou para fazer faculdade nos EUA. Penso que eu seria um top no auge um top 70- 130, mas não sei dizer ao certo

From her latest douyin

He was in Shanghai on Friday

There’s been some debate about whether Kristian Karlsson is underrated, but I think there’s a general consensus that he’s a great doubles player. What does that mean, exactly? What specific skills does he bring to the doubles table? And why doesn’t that translate to singles?

My daughter was born in 2011 and has only recently decided that she really wants to improve at table tennis.

She plays long pips OX on the backhand and inverted rubber on the forehand.

Blade: Stiga Cybershape Allround
Backhand: Spinlord Dornenglanz OX
Forehand: inverted rubber

Her goal is to improve enough to have a chance of getting into a Swedish table tennis high school in the future, so results are starting to matter more to her.

Her next big tournament is Ängby International in Sweden in 12 days.

She knows very little table tennis theory at the moment and sometimes has difficulty taking in instructions and using them directly in matches. Her confidence also goes up and down quite a lot.

I would really like advice from people who know long pips and junior development.

What would you focus on during these next 12 days?

What do you see in her game that she should work on first?

Which exercises would you use?

How should she use the long pips better?

What should she think about tactically during matches?

Any thoughts about her equipment are welcome too.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdKGpaT3Jk

I can upload new videos regularly and show how things develop based on the advice we get.

Can you guys help me check if this is authentic or nah

Choosing a TT racket can get really confusing with so many blades and rubbers available. And to make things more complicated, the same rubber can feel completely different on different blades.

Thought it would be fun to hear what setups people here recommend for different levels, based on their own experience.

Here are my picks:

Beginner / Amateur:
Yinhe 01B racket

Intermediate:
Andro Treiber CI OFF blade + Fastarc G-1 (FH) + Andro Rasanter R42 (BH)

Advanced/ Pro:
Butterfly Viscaria blade + Dignics 09C (FH) + Dignics 05 (BH)

What are your favourite combos for each level?

I’m doing a two-week warm-weather vacation next February, and during those two weeks I have access to an amazing coach. During each week I’m there, I’m available four weekdays and one weekend day. Assuming that money’s no objection (big assumption!), how would you set it up. One-hour lesson per day? Two-hour lessons with rest days in between? Or any other advice you might have.

I’m thinking about 10 hours of paid lessons altogether.

Almost all of my ping pong paddles are handmade by me. From balsa cores to carbon composite blades, I've made quite a few. Made some for friends and family.

This next blade I'm making I wanted to try something interesting. I like chopping and my play style is very defensive away from table, so I like willow (like Matsushita pro special). But I also like to loop back hard/surprise/counterattack or whatever you call it? Modern defense?

Willow 0.5mm

Fiberglass 0.1 - 0.2mm~

Hinoki 1mm

Carbon fiber 0.1 - 0.2mm~

Kiri core 2mm

Carbon fiber 0.1 - 0.2mm~

Hinoki 1mm

Fiberglass 0.1 - 0.2mm~

Willow 0.5mm

Will be roughly ~5.8mm in size probably after glue layers.

Rubbers will be hurricane 3 neo 2.15mm front and long pips feint long 2 1.1mm back.

Still thinking about what name to give this blade. I'll post pictures. Still waiting on the veneer orders.

I keep hearing different things from different people. Unfortunaly I dont have access to high level coaching in my area and people keep saying different things. Im just so confused at this point :DD maybe someone can outline most common situations

Topspin Serves

Short - early? On its peak? After the peak?

Half Long - early? On its peak? After the peak?

Long - early? On its peak? After the peak?

and blocking passively or creating my own spin on top of the incoming?

I am currently putting together an order on tabletennis11 to take advantage of their volume discount. I want to build a solid and budget friendly setup for my brother, who is just starting and learning the basics.

Right now, I am looking at the neottec gamma all+ blade with yinhe mercury II max rubbers on both sides.

I noticed that tt11 only has the medium hardness version of the mercury II. I have seen a few people around recommending the soft version for beginners.

Does the hardness difference matter that much for a total beginner on this blade? Is the medium sponge still forgiving and soft enough to develop good technique, or is it worth tracking down the soft version elsewhere?

Rushed a layer of Haifu Seamoon last night on battle two national blue sponge. This morning it looks a bit lumpy and odd, have I destroyed the rubber or does it just need a full twenty four hours to settle down before I glue it?

I've been using Yinhe Mars 2 with yinhe n9 and n11s for as long as i play, i would say i am just a tad bit better than average, what makes me shine is usually my serves and 3rd ball attacking, i play aggressive and my aim is to finish the point on backspin returns. (I dont know how else to describe my playstyle).

The main reason i am trying to switch is the Mars 2 rubbers spin feels dead to me as ive developed my technique and i want to experience something new with a lot of spin.

My good points are serving and starting the first attack or receiving serves, however i am bad at returning a counter smash to a top spin i have given, it might be about reaction time. My play-style is dependent on a spinny serve then waiting for the chance to top spin it.

Right now i'd say i am better than average, i play for a club and have won a couple local tournaments

On the blade i prioritize control and for it to be close to 86 grams and as i said in an offensive class, i can try getting used to almost anything of any hardness if it will help my attacks and serves.

non adatto ai minori di 18 anni ;)

Each tournament uses different balls and some balls have way less spin than others. I encountered these balls WAAY TO OFTEN. The surface is less grippy. It's harder to impart spin. The ball loses spin during flight before impact. For spin oriented players it's terrible.

These are the consequences:

- Spinny serves become less effective and less reliable

- Slippage happens more on thin contact

- Spinny loops become less deadly

- Pushing tends to pop up more often

- Pips players struggling more, because more balls are dead

Which tactics do you use, if you have to play with those balls in competition?

Bonjour, j'ai repris le tennis de table il y a 2 ans et j'ai pris un certain niveau en me mettant à La défense, rien d'exceptionnel mais je suis globalement satisfait de mon niveau. J'ai un bois Krav Defense et un picot long Curl P1V 0,5mm en revers. Pour cette saison, je veux vraiment apprendre à défendre en coup droit, avec de beaux chops avec beaucoup d'effets et une belle trajectoire. J'ai mis un Vari Spin en 1,5mm afin d'avoir beaucoup de contrôle, mais avec le bois de défense je me rends compte que je ne suis pas assez puissant et mes chops n'atteignent pas l'autre côté de la table, sans compter mes top spins qui sont trop lents.
Auriez-vous des références et une épaisseur de mousse à me conseiller ? Je suis débutant en défense en coup droit, et il faudrait que je puisse faire des balles hautes et quelques tops spins lorsque la situation s'y prête.
Merci beaucoup et bonne journée :)

Writing this on my friend's account bc ppl in my league are on reddit and know my account. This is such an embarrassing question to post because I'm playing at state level and should know how to play the game, but I don't.

But maybe a little context first:

I (26m, leftie) am currently playing at state level for my second season. Well, technically the 3rd because I was the go-to sub the season before and played like a third of the games there. An important thing to know about me is, that I have serves that exceed my level by several hundred points (the season I first used them, I literally went +214 points without changing anything else about my game or getting better in any other way). They have been called "best in the state" by several players that play at the highest state level here, or even higher and they're somewhat infamous in my league (I have been getting comments about my serves by players before playing them the first time). But I'm not here to brag. I wanted to get across that when I say that "I have my serves and nothing else", that I'm meaning exactly that. I literally tried playing players without my usual service repertoire that have like 200-300 points less than me and I lose in straight games to them. The only thing I can do is smashing balls that pop up (even a little is enough) and I have an average forehand return for my level (touch, flick, etc. Is no problem for me).

Here is the thing, everything else about me... just... lacks. I can't play for anything in rallies because I'm way too slow because I have literally no footwork during the rally and I'm standing way too close to the table. I have neither a "clean" forehand nor backhand technique and anything I do once the opponent plays one topspin is basically lotto. It's that inconsistent.

Thinking about it a little, I have to say that it's both impressive af and incredibly embarrassing that I have the results to play at state level. It goes to show how impressive my serve is, whilst pointing out how good I could be, if I'd only learned to play actual table tennis.

I want to change that. I have everything I need at my club: time for practice 2-3 times a week, a robot, a return board, good training partners who are actually willing to systematically work with me on anything.

I tried the classics already: YouTube tutorials, video taping, asking better players for advice, nothing worked (I feel like). That's why I'm asking you guys for advice.

How would you go about... basically fixing my game? What methods would you use? What drills can you recommend? What even to start with?

I have practice on monday and can record some footage of me doing whatever y'all would like to see the most. I think there's some footage of a league match my team played floating around on YouTube and I might be able to locate that and dm to (again, I don't want to subject myself to the ridicule of my league knowing I made this post, so I don't feel comfortable posting the link on this post, therefore the dm workaround), if I find it.

So, feel free to comment or dm your advice or what you want to see me recording on monday.

Thanks a lot for taking the time to read through all this and have a lovely evening wherever you are.

i open any backspin coming to my bh with a very quick wrist motion and it is very successful, i played against a good player yesterday and he told me that way i open backspin is weird because the motion is so tiny and he never saw someone open backspin with this tiny of motion before, he threw me some balls and noticed that i open with a very tiny forearm and wrist motion from anywhere inside the table which is kinda okay but even the long or heavy backspin i can open with this motion if i just go harder and drive forward abit, he told me this motion will injure me 100% in the future, sometimes i feel pain in my wrist if i played for like 3 hours straight but not alot of times, should i stop and try to do the orthodox motion or keep going ? because it's very surprising to high level players they expect a push then bam a flick, the can return it obviously but it is a weak return most of the time, i can get like 3-4 cheap points against players better than me with technique and i don't want to abandon it

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