I'm speaking about people who play seriously but have a full time job/ family etc.

Saw a post detailing the chinese players playing in the next WTT events and FZD is nowhere to be found. I understand he won the olympics and is taking a well deserved break, but it looks like he won't be participating in november tournaments??

I'm not a fan or anything, but I just find his absence curious.

Ma Long forced to withdraw from WTT Frankfurt too

I hate the Chinese decision-makers. Ma Long must retire on his own terms, not forced to go down in rankings! I am sure Ma Long would have played at least until 2025 it it were not for these forced decisions.

Tbh, that's what happens when you live in a dictatorship country.

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not really a player, and i couldn't find any videos online; when i played with my dad, he'd sometimes pull out this serve with a stupid amount of spin that i could never return;

picture looks like shit so i'll describe what he does exactly

he squats facing the side of the net, with his racket positioned looking at the net. after tossing and hitting, the ball serves and hits a U turn on the opposing side. i've never seen anything like it in professional play, and im really curious what it is. i asked my dad and he doesn't know the exact name, cus he played like 30 years ago

I've recently moved in the uk for work and it's been very draining. I was wondering if there are groups online like discords servers or groupchats to see if I could make some friends and have someone to play with. I've been itching so bad and I want to make friends through table tennis and talk about it. I've been looking at local clubs but somehow I haven't got the chance to go. I've only been in one table tennis club my whole life so I'm not used to meeting new people and asking them to play with me. I currently live in Kent. I'll take anyone's suggestion. Thanks 🫂

I am goingto Japan for one month and will be staying in Osaka for one week or so.

Do you guys have any places recommendations where I could play?

A year ago I switched to XIOM Vega Europe and with that I developed a better backhand. I like to flick and play aggressive with my backhand. What would be a a good rubber to upgrade to? I saw rubbers like XIOM Vega Korea and Butterfly Rozena but im not sure.

With Truls' loss Jörgen is officially finished as Sweden's head coach. He's talking with Sweden's TT federation about potentially getting another role under it, but he wants to take it easy and contemplate after an intensive period of a lot of travel and competitions.

Championship medals Sweden won under him:

2019 Worlds, Singles: Mattias Falck, Silver (as assistant coach)

2021 Worlds, Doubles: Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson, Gold

2021 Worlds, Singles: Truls Möregårdh, Silver

2022 Euros, Doubles: Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson, Gold

2022 Euros, Singles: Kristian Karlsson, Bronze

2022 Euros, Singles: Mattias Falck, Bronze

2023 European Games, Team: Truls Möregårdh/Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson/Simon Berglund, Silver

2023 Euros, Team: Truls Möregårdh/Mattias Falck/Kristian Karlsson/Anton Källberg/Jon Persson, Gold

2024 Olympics, Singles: Truls Möregårdh, Silver

2024 Olympics, Team: Truls Möregårdh/Kristian Karlsson/Anton Källberg, Silver

Honestly Truls had such a good chance of winning but he made wayyyyy too many shots that are out. If he could reduce that by half he legit could have won ngl.

Painful loss but it's fine, he's still young

The game begins.

https://preview.redd.it/120e7iq63qsd1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=962928aa9bbfe661d32ef91c5d2f3718f82c8971

i need opinions if i should pips on a carbon blade specifically long pips

This is Lin Gaoyuan and Felix Lebrun - they're not actually a couple but....

Taken from a photoshoot in China

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxvuAip0MQfuWJRP8XXO2ue1WB053gBZ_T?si=mVJvQYOflYDZXleu

https://www.instagram.com/p/DAsMwJiN9as/?igsh=aXRlNmZleGV5c2c1

hey guys, i have a small issue where around 2x3 cm of the rubber by the wing of the blade has become disconnected and was wondering if i could glue it back to the sponge with some DHS15

Lin shi dong completely smoked Anders lmao, but amazing of Anders to qualify into the quarter finals.

I have read all the instructional threads here but am still confused. I found out my style is lots of spin so I know I need a blade that is flexible and a Chinese rubber but I don't know which specific ones to get.

My total budget is 50-100 USD and I am a beginner.

Any recommendations are much appreciated!

No way the official Waldner account posted this 😭 Table tennis fan base in Japan must be so depressed right now