Butterfly Tenergy 25 Table Tennis Rubber Review

August 23, 2009

I like Butterfly Tenergy 25 among the three Butterfly Tenergy series rubbers – Tenergy 05, Tenergy 25 and Tenergy 64. It has more control, less speed in a high speed rally, mid-distance to close to the table game and it’s cut ability. I love power spinning with Butterfly Tenergy 25 which is always my favorite [...]

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Textbook Table Tennis by Brian Pace – review of the training video

August 22, 2009

I had a chance to watch Brian Pace playing against a friend of mine Noel Huermann at the US Nationals in 2008. Brian lost the first game. He struggled adjusting to Noel’s hardbat. The games from second to the fourth were screaming. Brian has done some amazing placements that lead to Noel to lose 1 [...]

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XIOM USA / TableTennisStore.US sponsored player wins Championship

August 17, 2009

Alfred Najem is a XIOM USA / TableTennisStore.US sponsored player. After the speed glue ban in 2007, Alfred turned to XIOM Omega II as his forehand rubber. Recently because of my suggestion, he turned to XIOM Omega III. He recently won two Championships. Read the details in the news section of TableTennisStore.US.
Visit the official XIOM [...]

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XIOM Sigma rubber

August 15, 2009

I have received numerous inquiries about XIOM’s new table tennis rubbers. The latest and popular rubber from XIOM is XIOM Omega III 3 was released in 2008 to the table tennis market. The new addition to this series is XIOM Omega IV 4. This new tensor is expected to come to the market in December [...]

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Haruna Fukuoka’s backhand rubber

August 11, 2009

You are seeing Haruna Fukuoka of Japan in the video. Many have seen her backhand strokes as special and different. This stroke is called power chop block. In effect, her backhand shorts can generate varying underspin and power. Many players have asked me what kind of rubber she uses on her backhand. She uses long [...]

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Is Recession over?

August 9, 2009

Today’s economic news was little encouraging. Many economics predit, officially the recession in the US is almost over.  This recovery will be followed by a worldwide recovery. This is a good news for the table tennis business. The struggling table tennis business can recover as their customers start spending.
Here is a video of such prediction:
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Finding safe zone in the warm up session

August 9, 2009

Are you one of those who hate to warm up, and then jump to matches directly? Sorry, this writing is not for such players.
The first thing I do when I reach the club is warm up. Am I honest about it? Yes. However, I have some restrictions though. Some clubs don’t allow more than 2 [...]

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Worldwide visitors to SpinMantra table tennis blog spikes up

August 6, 2009

The popularity of SpinMantra table tennis blog has surely gone high, especially in the last few days. Unlike this table tennis blog visited by table tennis enthusiasts searching for table tennis techniques and equipment reviews, in the last few days had netizens searching for Spin Mantra specifically.

Something to write about table tennis every morning makes [...]

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Making table tennis / ping pong popular

August 5, 2009

The complaint that we often listen from people is that table tennis not popular in the United States. That’s true to an extend. There are so many reasons we can pin point. I don’t think this should discourage us.
I was contacted by our state transportation department yesterday. They are going to a convention soon, and [...]

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Farting is a common problem;not just Tiger Woods’

August 3, 2009

The news that got a lot of attention today was Tiger Wood’s farting at the Buik Open. Theories and more theories, nothing could satisfy my brain.  The farting has become a worldwide news.

What’s there to alarm if Tiger Wood farts? Isn’t a problem everyone has? I’m not an expert on giving a lecture on farting [...]

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