The pips structure of both Akkadi and Punto are different. The highly noticeable difference is the speed. The No sponge version of Punto is half slower than Donic Akkadi L2. The deception is very high with TTMaster Punto. It’s pips create more variation. The Akkadi has more cutting power, so cuts well against very high [...]
In the table tennis world, there are few manufacturers who focuses greatly on the defensive products. The TSP brand is one of them. They have their legendary TSP Curl series and the Reflex system paddles to help the defenders. Next to the TSP, it is Dr.Neubauer who has put a lot of resources into producing [...]
John Stamos hates ping pong. Did he? No. He did not say that. He said he is not good at it. He took a long 6 week training to support his act of playing ping pong in the entourage HBO series. Ping Pong is becoming a topic in movies and series recently. Are they serious about [...]
I remember an incident in a tournament a while ago. It was in Europe, and the match was between Ma Lin of China and Jorgen Persson of Sweden. The game was halted for at least 45 minutes before it was resumed. I found out later that the reason was a fluorescent light at a spot [...]
I have seen some very serious Japanese Penhold players who go for blades that have exact weight they want. I have seen their preferred weight as between 100gm and 110gm. I have also seen players ask for lighter Japanese penhold blades. The weight does not matter to them, but they want light. The XIOM Athena Japanese [...]
The ITTF is on it’s journey to implement more laws. They are not new. They are changes to some tougher racket control rules that ITTF implemented last year. In the past, the players could not test the rackets voluntarily. Now the players can approach the control room at tournaments and request a racket check. The [...]
Here is a list of XIOM Chinese Penhold blades and their weight: Aria - 86gm Fuga - 86gm Ignito - 88gm Amadeus - 90gm Strato - 88 gm Michelangelo - 88gm If you are looking for lighter blades of weight 80gm, you may have to consider blades such as TSP Lightness, TSP Versal, TSP BalsaFiber Plus. They are lightweight blades.
I have not got enough time to test a lot of XIOM blades which were released this year. Today, I took some time to test the XIOM Aigis blade. The XIOM Aigis blade is an all-round blade for defensive style of play. I have written about this blade in Spinmantra.com before. This blade has helped [...]
“You can’t push with long pips rubbers”. This is a statement I hear from players often. Is it right? I would say, it is not. It is right though to say it is difficult to push with long pips. One of the difficult stroke any long pips player struggle is push against underspin ball. If [...]