By Alfred Najem: The difference between winning or losing in a match can often come down to just one or two points. How often have you shaken your opponents hand and thought to yourself “if only I had done this”. This article will help you better prepare for your matches and perhaps help change [...]
A week ago the US Govt. federal agents raided the famous Gibson guitar company. The reason for the raid was the illegal importing of ebony wood from India. The ebony wood is used to make guitars is a distincting wood. The two popular woods, teak and ebony are rarely seen in plantations and forests in [...]
The market has been shocked two days ago by the news of Google acquiring Motorola. I don’t want to get into the details because that is a topic of it’s own. Larry Page of Google and Sanjay jha of Motorola took a break from the negotiation table, and went for some ping pong. The Ping [...]
Over the past few years the sport of table tennis has increased in intensity. The sport is faster and more athletic than ever. World class players are looping and counter-looping balls at a frequency never seen before. Top coaches are instructing their young protégées to contact the ball as it rises instead [...]
I was helping a young tennis player to learn table tennis strokes at the club yesterday. My observations of him made me think he had to understand the table tennis game. He was comparing table tennis to tennis. He had to change his strokes too. Here are some tips I gave to him. 1. In Tennis, [...]
Weight Taipan: 67gm Titan: 65gm Speed Taipan: 8 Titan: 7 Spin Reversal Taipan: 9 Titan: 6 Dead Ball Taipan: 6 Titan: 8 Hit Taipan: 7 Titan: 8 Topspin Taipan: 8 Titan: 7 Push Taipan: 8 Titan: 7 Feeling Taipan: Hard Titan: Soft Face Width Taipan: Large Titan: Semi-large Thickness Taipan: 8.7mm Titan: 8.7mm Speed Control Taipan: Forehand and Backhand same speed Titan: Forehand faster Backhand slower
Spintech Klassic Weight: 84gm Speed Rating: 6 Butterfly BalsaCarbo X5 Weight: 80gm Speed Rating: 7 Dr.Neubauer Firewall Plus Weight: 74gm Speed Rating: 8 Spintech Legend Weight: 76gm Speed Rating: 9
Why I was attracted to this blade was it’s thickness and the balsa core. Compared to the Dr.Neubauer Firewall Plus, the Hallmark Enigma blade is 2mm thinner. The outer layer of Hallmark Enigma is thick. The outer layer is made of high energy absorbing wood. Unlike the Dr.Neubauer Firewall, the ball have more dwell time [...]
The Butterfly Grubba Pro lived in the market for a while unlike other come and go blades. This blade was introduced as a successor to other Grubba blades which came as a result of the player Andrzej Grubba. He was a polish player and a crowd entertainer. The Butterfly Grubba Pro is a little heavy blade [...]
I have recently received many inquiries regarding this new long pip that TSP has brought out to the market. Some has asked me is it a replacement for their TSP Bamboo curl which was a frictionless long pips rubber. Some has asked me whether this is a replacement for the TSP Curl P2 which they [...]