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... Side 2 : Anti-Power (medium, Yasaka) LOL it is almost like a dumb racket with almost same rubber both sides If Tenergy 64 is not spein glued ... same with minimum spin contrast. He would be much better off using a smart blade with composite on Tenergy side only and using an OX slim or long ...

... not want a (click link) dumb blade if you will be using a (click link) smart racket . You want to use a (click link) smart blade Also check out this link about (click link) ...

... play table tennis. I corrected myself after 15 years to find the right smart racket for my playing style and play all spins table tennis instead of just top spin only table ...

... to play top spin only table tennis like you are doing using dumb rackets and not learn the techniques to play all spins table tennis usings smart rackets ? 90% of humans have either a different backhand or a weaker backhand in all ...

EDIT: It turned out to be a soft Hurricane 3 NEO. No wonder then why it is playable without a booster. Thanks for update. I thought Neo had soft sponge and that is why you do not need a booster I do not boost but had only used Neo because of this. Does anyone know if Hurricane 9 comes in Neo versio...

EDIT: It turned out to be a soft Hurricane 3 NEO. No wonder then why it is playable without a booster. Thanks for update. I thought Neo had soft sponge and that is why you do not need a booster I do not boost but had only used Neo because of this. Does anyone know if Hurricane 9 comes in Neo versio...

UPDATE: My technique is still imperfect (especially forehand chopblock with pimples), but overall I've gotten used to the racket. Penhold is great. My forehand may still be a weak point of my game, but with each tournament and training it gets stronger and stronger, as does my HPB. ...

For years homogeneous racket using robotNazis have belittled , ridiculed and humiliated smart racket players by calling them junk racket players. They also continue to refer to their homogeneous ...

UPDATE: Tried my penhold racket with Reach C801 and Hurricane 3 in training today. I take back my words on Hurricane 3 now, I just needed to get used to it. I definitely need to relearn how to play with pimples on TPB and forehand, but ...

... good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold) C801 should work fine as a backhand rubber for shakehand But don't see how it will work for a penholder Let us know ...

To start with, you will need smart blade and not a dumb blade used by (click link) robotNazis In this post I will talk only about shakehand players. In the next post in this thread I will talk about penhold & American grip players. ...

If I want to design a smart racket what would be various considerations for diferent playing styles , age etc ?
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You misunderstood me. I played with a racket with inverted rubber on one side and Yinhe Pluto on the other. Not with two wide pimples. When I wrote "MP/SP" I meant that Pluto is almost like typical wide pimples, only a bit bigger, ...

... only an hour to get used to it. Now I think, do I even need long pimples? Or maybe I should play just like Zhou Xintong? If you used and MP / SP rackets I do not think it is very useful. I think it is almost aa bad as a dumb racket with minimum spin contrast. An OX Long pips like C801 or an almost ...

... only an hour to get used to it. Now I think, do I even need long pimples? Or maybe I should play just like Zhou Xintong? If you used and MP / SP rackets I do not think it is very useful. I think it is almost aa bad as a dumb racket with minimum spin contrast. An OX Long pips like C801 or an almost ...

UPDATE 2: Got used to Pluto and played today at my usual level of LP blocker (and all this time I trained only as an LP blocker, I did not have wide pimples) as an MP/SP hitter. Literally with the same score as usual I lost to those who I usually lost to as an LP blocker and also won those who I usu...

... good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold) C801 should work fine as a backhand rubber for shakehand But don't see how it will work for a penholder Let us know ...

Chinese-born Luxembourgish table tennis player Ni Xialian also has similar style.
She was on Chinese NAtional Team (CNT) long before Zhou Xintong

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... good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold) C801 should work fine as a backhand rubber for shakehand But don't see how it will work for a penholder Let us know ...

UPDATE: Neo semi-wide pimples didn't work for me (but objectively they are pretty good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold) C801 should work fine as a backhand rubbe...

UPDATE: Neo semi-wide pimples didn't work for me (but objectively they are pretty good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold) C801 should work fine as a backhand rubbe...

UPDATE: Neo semi-wide pimples didn't work for me (but objectively they are pretty good. I liked the non-linear spin generation due to the bending, but I need the spin contrast and reversal). Ordered two Reach C801 for both my rackets (shakehand and penhold)

Netdge wrote: ↑July 13th, 2025, 1:04 pm Are you using jpen or cpen?
Which blade?

Both cpen and jpen. I change the grip depending on what I need. If I want to attack or block with my pimples and the ball is going to my right - jpen, everything else - cpen with very bent fingers (something like Felix's grip). Stuor CNF CS blade

Are you using jpen or cpen?
Which blade?

... Pluto seems to be popular after all these years as a medium pips rubber for forehand. Let us know how it is working out for you Today I tried the racket and was generally pleased. At first I tried to play pluto on the forehand, but it turned out that with a 1.5 mm sponge the rebound was weak. ...

Yeah Pluto seems to be popular after all these years as a medium pips rubber for forehand. Let us know how it is working out for you

Forehand has always been a weak part of my game, I took quite a long time to train it, but I still continue to hit the ball more than spin it. Even taking this into account, the forehand with penhold grip seemed more stable to me, even considering that I am used to playing with a different type of ...

By the way, a funny moment. The robonazis in my club are strange. They are loyal to long pips, I have no idea what this means because if a person is a (Click on link) robotNazi , then by defintion they cannot be loyal to long pips. They hate long pips or any pips or anti Well, come up with some oth...

wehem wrote: ↑June 28th, 2025, 8:52 pm By the way, a funny moment. The robonazis in my club are strange. They are loyal to long pips,

I have no idea what this means because if a person is a (Click on link) robotNazi , then by defintion they cannot be loyal to long pips. They hate long pips or any pips or anti

wehem wrote: ↑June 28th, 2025, 8:52 pm I adapted to the TPB and RPB game very quickly

TPG + RPG is called HPG (Hybrid Backhand Grip) used by Liu GuoLiang

I guess using TPB instead of TPG or RPB instead of RPG is also OK I am not sure

Forehand has always been a weak part of my game, I took quite a long time to train it, but I still continue to hit the ball more than spin it. Even taking this into account, the forehand with penhold grip seemed more stable to me, even considering that I am used to playing with a different type of ...

Thank you for your reply. Yesterday I tried this racket and it seems I am a natural penholder. I adapted to the TPB and RPB game very quickly and almost immediately I could even not very consistently, but doing RPB topspin and built-in side spin ...

... spin contrast (against your spinny inverted on other side) of such a smart racket is far superior. An amateur player does NOT need sponge under slim (flex) or long (flex) ...

... you can choose. If you are a natural-born penholder then you a smart racket is the ONLY obvious chocie lot mor emor than a shakehand racket. Why ? Because if you ...

I recently built a racket with a penhold blade. For now it's a dumb racket (hurricane 3 on the forehand and ... weapon, rpb or forehand. If the penhold grip suits me, I want to turn it into a smart racket. Are long pimples on the sponge a good option for this?

I heard something about a super smart racket.

Can someone explain that is ?

... him him by explaining this to him & why he needs to switch to a smart racket ? Remember, a greater success in sport is creating (coaching) a player to a better success ...

... , the time to rehabilitate yourselves is NOW. Stop using super dumb rackets , dumb rackets and semi-dumb rackets. You want to use smart rackets that ITTF is terrified of you usng. PLease read the topic below carefully for ...

Are you sure smart blades really helps a player's game that much ? Can players, especially amateur players ... understand the difference in laying styles for forehand & backhand and design the racket properly for this. The blade may not be as significant as the rubber but still one ...

Olympic TableTennis is also known by the names Top Spin Only TableTennis or Dumb Racket TableTennis

Real TableTennis is also known by the names Diversity TableTennis or All Spins TableTennis or Smart Racket TableTennis

Looks like they only make (Click blue links) dumb blades and dumb rackets

Most Euro manufacturers (except Stiga) have at least one or two smart blades

... you do or ever will. So lose your smooth rubber on your BH. So design a smart racket using a smart blade like Dr. Neubauer or Hallmark or some Yinhe blades like T9 etc Start ...

... omposition on both sides of the blade are almost completely useless for smart racket users. Theerfore it definitely would make sense to call symmetric blades as dumb blades ...

... own benefit also during his early playing days. Dr. Neubauer 's many smart blades are the best for any type of defender. However Dr. Neubauer ... love to get a copy of Scholer’s video on how to twiddle the one color racket that had black anti on one side & black spinny inverted on the ...

... (or else) and fear of social rejection by robotNazis if you use a smart racket instead of a dumb racket or at least a semi-dumb racket such as with only wide pips ...

... 02/17/2025 at 2:07 AM Yinhe 05b with Venus rubber on both sides. A racket with identical rubber on both sides (Also know as Sweden 95 special) ... of spins (top spin & back spin and no spin etc.) you need a super smart racket. Don't be brainwashed by the ITTF and its coaches like I wasted ...

The smartest of smart rackest would have spinny inverted rubber on one side (usually forehand ... ITTF social slim pips) And this would be also an asymmetric blade Why ? Because such a racket design provide the player with maximum possible (click link >>) spin contrast (maximum ...

The smartest of smart rackest would have spinny inverted rubber on one side The other side (usually ... ITTF social slim pips) And this would be also an asymmetric blade Why ? Because such a racket design provide the player with maximum possible spin contrast (maximum top spin & ...

A dumb racket would have the same type rubber both sides. The dumbest of dumb rackets would have identical rubbers on both sides of a racket. Of course most of such stupid tackets are double inverted rackets in the hands of amateur ...

... pips with spong on the forehand On the flip side you want to use the smart racket design below if you are a close to the table blocking type player (especially a block ...

... player, wide pips woth sponge and OX long pips is one of the best smart racket designs there is due t maximum spin contrast combined with best control Unfortunately ...

... player, wide pips woth sponge and OX long pips is one of the best smart racket designs there is due t maximum spin contrast combined with best control

... but also twiddled at will at strategic points in a match, as he used a smart racket with wide pips one side , mostly forehand & spinny inverted, mostly on backhand ...

... ? Not exactly. The classification is Based strictly on functionality & mostly applies only to amateur players. Please visit the topic Dumb and Smart rackets and coaching malpractice to fully understand this. Even if this is disrespectful, players, especially robotNazis should learn to accept ...

... is a strange story. While Indian women & girls have pioneered the smart racket revolution worldwide, Indian men seem to be still under the sp ell of ITYF brainwashing ...

... brainwashed by the ITTF & robotNazis into believing that a dumb racket is the normal racket & something is wrong with you if you use a smart racket as a player. In my defense I was naïve & green as a newbie 2. Long pips were ...

... a great blade for two winged loopers but it is pure garbage for smart racket players In summary Butterfly makes zero blades or rubbers for defensive players (whether ...

... I suspect that you are then starting your stidents also using dumb rackets That would be a huge mistake & coaching malpractice I was also ... me I should only use Dumb rackets & it is not normal to want to use smart rackkets Then for next 30 years as a coach *& administartor) I ...

... The sooner you coe oit of denial and stop using a double inverted dumb racket and start using a smart racket to match your backhand playing style (whether blocking or hoppig style) , the ...

Disrespectful No Call racket dumb? Anti was introduced in early 1970s . Long pips were introduced to the sport ... 1998 So ever since then (for about 50 years now) robotNazis have been name calling smart racket users as "junk rubber" players & claining themselves ( robotNazis ...

Easy to remember Dumb Racket = Can produce strong forehand top Spin but weak backhand top spin at best for even maybe 50% pros & almost all amateurs Smart Racket = Can produce both powerful forehand top Spin and powerful backhand back Spin as ...

It makes me want to puke wheneber somone refers to a dumb racket user as a "normal" player or a "regular" player but when robotNazis act like they are entitled to ridicule smart racket users as junk rubber players

... as older players who never learned to loop or can no longer loop , a smart racket with wide pips with sponge on forehand & OX slim (flex) or long (flex) pips on backhand ...

I was reading with interest the topic below Dumb Rackets, Smart racckets and coaching malpractice I would like to add add some sub classificationss A dumber racket woull be a racket using a symmetric blade with different rubbers of same type such as ...

... a new player for 10 years . Everyone kept telling me that using a dumb racket is the only proper way to play TableTennis & smart rackets are for unathletic losers. I did switch to the proper smart racket for my style ...

... because there is no such thing as playing a defensive game with a dumb racket A dumb racket (as applied to amateur levels only not pro level) is ... for, which is to loop like mad using it. So her best choice is to use a smart racket with OX slim (flex) pips on backhand for blocking etc. A smart ...

... as I discuss below standard blades are garbage for blocker style using smart rackets Why you ask. It is because you cannot have a composite layer on the slim (flex) pips ...

... that the backhand is the weaker side for most human being in all racket sports. In table tennis the probability of a human having a loop & ... brain development for children, should they not be starting using smart rackets & not dumb rackets , as most Indian children (& more ...

... backhand based on human physiology, all children should start with a smart racket not a dumb racket . They can always switch to a dumb racket after age 15 if they demonstate ...

... between forehand & backhand from huma physiology perspective in racket sport, 2. significance of faster brain development being one of the ... to start with or are you going to change your mind and recommend smart rackets as starting point for children, as more & more children ...

... to incessant brainwashing by the robotNazis into believing that a dumb racket is THE nornal racket. As you yoursekf admitted here , you call it ... of coaches by the ITTF that a dumb racket is THE normal racket & smart racket users are abnormal & require mental health treatment. I ...

... not only wrong but even a fraud. This model is now known as the Dumb Racket model in TableTennis Anyway without going into details of rationale ... details read the topic in this forum by clicking on the link below :- Smart Rackets, Dumb Rackets and Coaching Malpractice

... biggest problem is not his rubber thickness but it is using the wrong racket. Your huge problem is your using a dumb racket Click highlighted link in blue above to understand what smart rackets & dumb rackest are Quite possibly, short pips both sides is one of ...

... the ITTF. The brainwashing is incessant, calling double inverted dumb racket users as "normal" players, as if smart racket users are not "normal". robotNazis will also belittle, bully, harass ...

BTW , it is worth clarifying that the phrase "dumb rackets" is not limited to a racket with smooth spinny rubber both sides ... If a racket has so called long pips both sides , it is also a dumb racket A smart racket will have different types of rubber on the racket

... he was giving you serves of the same quality when you were using each racket. But one thing we can say is, if with one racket the ball was going ... not be using dumb rackets Click here for more information about Dumb vs Smart rackets and Coaching Malpractice

I believe current credit cards carry both the magnetic strip and the chip if I am not mistaken. Sometimes the contactless method does not work but the card will still work if swiped or inserted Not sure after 2024 because I heard at least MasterCard is going to start phasing out magnetic strips and ...

Be careful if you hold your racket near & dear to your heart.
It might blow your pacemake

Lexie J wrote: ↑May 25th, 2024, 1:43 am Why not just carry your credit cards in an RFID blocking wallet ?

Are you sure these wallets block static magnet fields from magnets ?
RF in RFID is RF(Radio Frequency) meaning it is an electromagentic wave & not a static magnetic field

Why not just carry your credit cards in an RFID blocking wallet ?

Older credit cards with a black magmetic strip on the back may be damaged by a static magnet on your CWT racket because you are exposing the credit card for hours and ossibly days to a steady magnetic field. But it may take weeks or months before your credit card may be damaged. ...

Why would you carry them together ?
They are both expensive items ?
If your bag gets lost or stolen, you lose both items

... :) Ha Ha kindof99 , you are so funny. Are you trying to combine a dumb racket with a smart phone , hoping it will make your dumb racket any less dumber ? ( Of course this is assuming ...

... have enough experience in the sport and / or severely biased against smart rackects & these players have no business giving out advice in a sport like table tennis where racket designs are extremely comlex & very unique to each player and situation

... it here and ideally would be from one of the retailers that glue the racket for you! Oh and I have shakehand grip. THanks! Most of the answers ... in the world of table tennis. Don't be brainwashed. Please start with a smart racket.

Another reason why the dumb racket is promoted in the sport are the manufacturers.

Inverted rubbers cost a bit more compared to pips & anti.
Also inverted rubbers need to be replaced quite often.
Pips / anti rubbers need almost no replacement at amateur levels.

I don*t blame you for getting angry. Your post will make dumb racket users so mad but they should understand because they have abused the smart racket users for more than 30 years & the truth is always painful. Talk about arrogance ...

One can understand ITTF's behavior even after 20 or even 30 years of introduction of smart rackets but the abuse of smart racket users has gone on long enough & this must stop now. In this context the Indian girls led by Indian women are pioneering a revolution in the sport.

There is lot lots of discussion in German forums on this as well, Click on link below

India floods youth tournaments with smart racket players

I thought the dumb racket users consider themselves to be the superior athletes simply by their choosing dumb rackets ?

... easy names to remember going forward for realistic & fraudulent racket designs for TableTennis. This is essential for defining Coaching Malpractice ... than a dumb racket with rubber both sides but this could be the best Smart Racket by simply using an OX long pips rubber instead of the paint ...

... attempt by Swedish Association to limit Table Tennis to ONLY dumb rackets banning all smart rackets that would have mandated that both of the racket must have identical rubbers ...

... who will play in tournaments such as senior games or other events. 4. A racket is made of a blade (the wood part) and usually two rubbers on either ... wrong with that or nothing illegal but as a buyer you should shop smart. I personally make my blades & buy all my rubbers from http://aliexpress.com ...

... (if not the MOST cmplex) there is. This is due to the extremely complex rackets used in the sport and given that this is one of the fastest racket ... one side & either short pips or anti spin on the other side Semi Smart rackets :- These are rackets with pimples listed on ITTF LARC on one ...

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