Hallmark friction liquid review

February 21, 2008

Picture: Long Pips rubber after the friction liquid being applied. You are seeing the residue on the tip of the rubber.
The Hallmark friction liquid is for pips rubbers (short, medium and long) only, and that is too having friction. It defeats the purpose applying on a frictionless pips rubber. The friction liquid can be used [...]

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I grabbed silver at the Evanston Wyoming Chinese New Year 2008 Table Tennis Tournament

February 10, 2008

My spirit was not high at all last week. The weather was so depressing in Utah – no sun light and piles of snow – in the last few weeks. The other contributing factor was my lack of discipline. I discipline myself before any tournament – eat less, half’ an hour on the tread mill, [...]

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Is smoking Cigarette okay for Table Tennis players?

February 3, 2008

“Cigarette smoking is bad for health.” -  a warning you will see on every Cigarette packet. Smoking can cause lung cancer, heart disease and the list goes on.
Please don’t get surprised when I say some of the world’s top table tennis players smoke – the players in the world ranking below top 50. I have [...]

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What is a long pips and what it can do?

January 31, 2008

Online Videos by Veoh.com
What you are seeing in the above video may confuse you. Unless you are an advanced long pips player, you may absorb no idea from that demonstration.
The person in the video is testing various long pips rubbers that are available in the market. He targets the rubber which can generate maximum under-spin, [...]

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The equipments table tennis professionals use

January 29, 2008

Any serious table tennis player would be interested to know what his or her favorite world class player use while playing. The manufactures of table tennis products sponsor professionals, and they publish the equipment that their sponsored players use. The last few pages of the butterfly magazine has a list of all the players they [...]

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Who should use Long Pips OX version?

January 17, 2008

I’m a long pips player. Every tournament and any club I go to, there is at least someone who comes to me and asks about what long pips I use, what sponge size I use, and occasionally I hear they would be changing to long pips. There are people who have changed to long pips [...]

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Butterfly Sriver G2 High Tension Rubber review

January 8, 2008

When someone thinks about Butterfly table tennis products, there are two rubbers that come to his or her mind are Bryce and Sriver. They are legendary rubbers that have helped legendary world class players.
I have used a Bryce rubber on a Butterfy Schlager Carbon blade a year ago. I like its hitting capabilities. This is [...]

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Dr. Neubauer Pressure Box Review

January 7, 2008

This article will be interesting to the players who use speed glue. The ITTF has banned all glues containing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) which was a primary ingredient of speed glue also. From September 2008, all players won’t be able to use glues containing VOCs.
The players who need more speed are looking for alternatives. Dr.Neubauer [...]

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Table Tennis Glue Sheet

January 6, 2008

Glue sheet is a plastic sheet with glue on both sides. The glue sheets come from table tennis manufactures such as TIBHAR, Donic and Joola. I bought few sheets recently, and found out that the sheets that Joola sells come from 3COM. The glue on the glue sheet should be ITTF approved.
Why I had to [...]

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2007 US Nationals Table Tennis Tournament

December 28, 2007

Among all the table tennis tournaments that I’ve participated in this year which may be some 6 tournaments, I’m very well satisfied playing in the 2007 US Nationals. The weather at Las Vegas was very good. I was very much impressed by Riviera hotel also. However, I have some satisfactions and dissatisfactions.
Satisfaction:
This was my second [...]

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