Super stars of Indian Cinema promote sports

November 10, 2009

Mohanlal and Mammootty, the superstars of South Indian Cinema now promote sports. Mammootty has become the ambassador of Volleyball while Mohanlal to the Kerala Athletic Federation. The film stars in India have raised the interest of sports like Cricket recently, and this move of the stars in South India is to promote unpopular sports.
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Gluing Andro Hexer, Donic Barracuda, Butterfly Tenergy 05

November 4, 2009

The Andro Hexer, Donic Barracusa and Tenergy 05 all have porous sponges beneath the its topsheet. The porous sponges absorb more glue. The pressure layer generated between the rubber and blade can break easily if there is no enough glue to make the bond.

The water based glue does not help to make the bond strong [...]

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Do you have a ‘loop kill’ stroke?

October 31, 2009

In any game or sports, there is always players who attack to get points. The table tennis players smash or hit to get points. That’s what the beginners are taught by the table tennis coaches. Another attack strategy is top spin. Rarely the top spin players realize this attack strategy with top spin. It is [...]

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Weights of TSP and XIOM Blades

October 25, 2009

Chinese Penhold table tennis blades:
XIOM Stradivarius Chinese Penhold - 80 gm
Japanese Penhold table tennis blades:
XIOM Giga Platinum Japanese Penhold - 102 gm
XIOM Athena RSM Platinum Japanese Penhold - 88 gm
XIOM Athena RSM Gold Japanese Penhold - 86 gm
Shakehand table tennis blades:
XIOM Fuga - 88 gm
XIOM Absolute Carbon Control - 90 gm
XIOM Axelo - 86 gm
TSP [...]

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Glue Sheet Comparison TSP Vs XIOM Vs JOOLA

October 23, 2009

The table tennis glue sheet is an unfriendly accessory to many of us. The consensus is that the glue sheet is for pimples or pips rubbers only. This is not true. The table tennis glue sheet can be used on any kind of rubber - both on pips-out and pips-in. My attention turned to glue [...]

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DONIC Barracuda Table Tennis Rubber Review

October 22, 2009

The DONIC Barracuda rubber is in the market for like two months as I write this review. I have received it as soon as it landed in the US market. I had tried it on TSP Yanagi, Butterfly Joo Se Hyuk and Butterfly Kim Taek Soo Japanese penhold blades.
The Barracuda is different from other DONIC [...]

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Chop angle and Forearm Motion with TSP Curl Long Pimples

October 17, 2009

When it comes to the defensive table tennis long pips rubbers, the TSP brand has so much to offer. In North America, the popularity of TSP Curl rubbers is growing from our research. A new comer to the TSP Curl long pips is often greeted with a strange welcome “tsp curl rubbers are hard to [...]

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TTMaster Fireproof, Fireproof II and Punto Long Pips Rubbers comparison

October 17, 2009

I have spent numerous hours in the past one week to test the TTMaster long pips rubbers TTMaster Fireproof, Fireproof II and Punto. These are ITTF approved long pips having behavior very similar to frictionless long pips.

Performance
TTMaster Fireproof
TTMaster Fireproof II
TTMaster Punto

Speed
4/5
2/5
2/5

Friction
medium
less
less

Deception, Spin Immunity & Reversal
7/10
9/10
10/10

Sinking
moderate
medium
high

Hardness of Sponge
medium soft
medium soft
medium soft

Attack Ability
7/10
9/10
9/10

Chop Block
good
best
very good

Long Arm Cut
best
best
good

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TSP Long Pimples, TTMaster Long Pimples Rubber Similarity

October 16, 2009

Style
TSP Long Pimples
TTMaster Long Pimples

Modern Defender (Cut + topspin)
TSP Curl P1R
TTMaster Fireproof, TTMaster Fireproff II

Modern Defender (Cut + Hit)
TSP Curl P3, TSP Curl P3 Alpha R
Punto

Classic Defender
TSP Curl P1R
TTMaster Fireproof, TTMaster Fireproff II

Frictionless Style Defender (Chop Block)
TSP Curl P3, TSP Curl P3 Alpha R
TTMaster Fireproof, TTMaster Fireproff II

Frictionless Style Defender (Allround)
TSP Curl P-H
TTMaster Punto

Classic Defense [...]

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Be Fall in Love with frictionless long pips style game with TTMaster Punto

October 14, 2009

This article is going to save numerous frictionless long pips style players who have stopped playing, or in some way disappointed by ITTF ban of frictionless pips. I hope this article will bring you back into the same game you enjoyed playing with frictionless long pips.

I’m not a fan of frictionless long pips. I have [...]

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