Armstrong Attack 8 Type M

August 5, 2009

I haven’t seen a lot of Armstrong rubber advertised in the United States, but one of my good friends swears by the Armstrong Attack 8. She’s a chopper type player, called a “cut man” in Japanese, and likes the way this particular rubber handles the ball. She has been out of competitive table tennis for [...]

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Butterfly Tackifire Chop Table Tennis Rubber

August 2, 2009

I bought some new rubber to try and I’m really looking forward to sticking it on my blade and going. The Tackifire Series from Butterfly looks to have a lot of things I look for in rubber, and the Tackifire Chop should fit my game pretty well. I’ll discuss some of the reasons I bought [...]

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Unique Table Tennis Racket Designs

July 3, 2009

Here are some table tennis rackets (bats) designed with different interesting shapes. I’ve never used any of them, but I imagine some of the designs could improve play (or at least not hinder play) once one got used to them. They are pretty interesting looking rackets, though! Take a look! This racket is a part [...]

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The Best Way to Spread Glue on a Table Tennis Racket

June 21, 2009

While checking prices on table tennis rubber and other products in some Japanese online shops, I kept noticing that a lot of the shops were also selling melanine foam, sold as “magic eraser” in the United States. In Japan, the product is sold under several names including “Migaki-kun”. Anyway, apparently some of the things that [...]

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