Nittaku Willtria Table Tennis Blade Review

September 20, 2008

My favorite among Nittaku products is their 3 star ball. An year ago, I bought a Nittaku Haneyoshi defensive table tennis blade. That was not a suitable blade for me.
For a while, I have been looking blades made of willow and came across Nittaku Willtria. My expectation of Willtria was it has less speed than [...]

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Sponge Hardness of XIOM Inverted Table Tennis Rubbers

September 15, 2008

The following are the sponge hardness of various XIOM inverted table tennis rubbers. The weight of the sponge increases with more hardness.
1. Omega III Euro – 45 degree
2. Omega III Asian - 47.5 degree
3. True Innovation Euro – 45 degree
4. True Innovation Asian – 50 degree
5. Omega II Euro – 40 degree
6. Omega II Asian [...]

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Monty Merchant, India’s first table tennis pro, dies in US

September 13, 2008

This is a news came in Times Of India, the Indian News Paper.
MUMBAI: Virendra ‘Monty’ Merchant, the first Indian table tennis player to turn professional, died at the age of 64 on Monday in Washington US where had migrated in the 70s.
He was cremated on Thursday. Monty, who had just retired from his garment designing [...]

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TSP Yanagi Alpha DEF (2008 Version)

September 12, 2008

Ply: 3 Yanagi (Willow), thick center & thinner outer layers
Speed: Slow
Handle : Straight only
Weight: +/- 85g
Head lenght: 165mm
Head width: 160mm
Thickness: 6mm
Handle lenght: 100mm
Handle thickness: 21mm
Introduction
I have felt more confident of playing with TSP Yanagi Alpha blade yesterday. This is a very stable cut blade like XIOM Aigis and Joola Chen Weixing, however it is slower [...]

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JOOLA Chen Weixing Vs TSP BalsaPlus 3.5 Vs XIOM Aigis

September 11, 2008

JOOLA Chen Weixing, TSP BalsaPlus 3.5 and XIOM Aigis are defense + blades. Though XIOM Aigis is categorized as Defense, it is still a Defense + blade. I have been using all these blades for 6 months after I have decided to go away from Dr.Neubauer Combination Effect blade – Dr.Neubauer makes excellent blades but [...]

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Generating spin with Tensor rubbers

September 6, 2008

The table tennis players who have used old generation table tennis rubbers will have great difficulty in migrating to the new generation rubbers made of tensor technology. When I talk about the old generation rubbers, I’m talking about rubbers which have good tackiness on the top.
Some of the rubbers made with that technology are XIOM [...]

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Impact of Tensor rubber on the blade

September 4, 2008

Have you bought a new speed glue built-in rubber recently? And you have put that rubber on the forehand side your favorite blade. Now have a careful analysis of your blade and check its speed and control. You may notice that your backhand side has become faster too and over-all the whole blade has became [...]

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XIOM Omega II Table Tennis Rubber Review

September 4, 2008

I have used both the Asian and European versions of XIOM Omega II. Both these versions are for players who use the looping and hitting techniques effectively. These rubbers are for semi-professionals and professionals. I’m not saying you should not use it if you are a developing player, but to effectively use it, you need [...]

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Impact of Tensor rubber on the blade

September 4, 2008

Have you bought a new speed glue built-in rubber recently? And you have put that rubber on the forehand side your favorite blade. Now have a careful analysis of your blade and check its speed and control. You may notice that your backhand side has become faster too and over-all the whole blade has became [...]

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Butterfly defense II Blade Review

September 4, 2008

The Butterfly Defense II blade is in the hands of many world class players. A simple answer to why many top players use this is simply because of its exceptional control. Among many defensive blades that I have tried before, the Butterfly Defense II has the best control. It may due to its construction of [...]

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