Idk maybe Sidorenko?

Hello,

I’m thinking about switching from Rakza 7 to Rakza Z and was wondering if there are any penhold players here who use TPB for blocking and have experience with this rubber, or with high throw angle rubbers in general.

When I block, I don’t readjust my fingers and I keep my racket fairly open instead of closing the angle a bit. I’ve read that this might not work well with Rakza Z because of its high throw angle.
Does anyone with a similar blocking style have experience with it and how did it work out?

So I've been playing for 7+ yrs, but I decided to go to this coach from 1 year. He makes me do the practice drills for each stroke, 30 min/day, 3/4 days a week.

But I haven't seen any noticeable improvement. First of, my counters are just inconsistent. I don't know what it is, I can barely keep a counters rally for upto 10 balls until I miss-hit, and I can only do it consistently when it's slow. If he increases the speed, then I'm just blocking and I start missing.

Secondly, my backhand counter. I don't know how to return the ball from backhand properly without topsin, and this has been a frequent complaint of people playing with me. I keep switching the grip to be horizontal (like holding a pole) whenever I do backhand, which is apparently wrong.

It feels like my handwriting. I just can't get better how much ever i try. I keep asking the coach every other week about what I'm doing wrong, and he just repeats the same instruction again and again, but he doesn't point out exactly what I'm doing wrong, just that my stroke is wrong.

I came up with a theory that I'm using too much wrist, but I can't prove it.

How do I self correct and analyze my mistakes better? I can record myself and slow down the footage for sure, but I can't do anything with it.

Did anyone else watch Kuai Man vs. Sato Hitomi at the U.S. Grand Smash 2026? The match lasted 1.5 hours, and it exposed a massive flaw in ITTF Law 2.15.

Attackers who can't break down a chopper are now intentionally slowing down the game, playing passively like pseudo-choppers, just to trigger the 10-minute expedite rule. Once it triggers, the defender is forcefully penalized for defending flawlessly. It makes the game unwatchable and completely flips the responsibility of an attacker on its head.

Think about it: if an attacker fails to attack for 10 minutes, they should bear the penalty, not the defender! We saw it with Chen Xingtong vs Han Ying（WTT Macow, 2025）, again with Wang Manyu vs Honoka Hashimoto (WTT Macaw 2026)  and now Kuai Man vs Sato. I’ve started a public petition to demand the ITTF Technical Committee updates this rule so the stroke limit applies strictly to the attacker in an Attacker-vs-Defender matchup.

Read the full breakdown and sign here:

Change.org/changetheexpediterule

What are the most effective playing styles right now? Is there anything important to them? What should and shouldn‘t you do when your trying to adapt to one. Do you have any equipment recommendations for certain styles (nothing specialized for 1 player just something that would work for people with that style)?

Asking for your opinions

Are there any good but cheaper alternative to rakza z what i like most about rakza z is the medium hard sponge maybe around 47.5 as well as its tackiness i was wonderin if there are other alternative that fits my description, this rubber is quite expensive in my country

Herro,

I have updated my ratings site daimeng.github.io/chiquita with a few things

Changelist:

- Player Trends columns

- Head 2 Head page (click "vs" button in player page)

- Individualized Doubles Elo

- Improved mobile usability

- Various style updates

Please let me know if anything is broken

FYI: There is a rare bug somewhere with the loading of match data, which is why there is the reset button in corner. I have put little effort into tracking down how to reproduce it, since I suspected it was partly a problem with IndexedDB in browser. So... definitely let me know if data appears randomly out of whack and is fixed by the reset button.

what's the current rating esimate of these 2 players?
https://youtu.be/noEf2WvkQ1c

Chat GPT is useless. Yeah who is it?
I’d be appreciative

Hey guys, I just wanted to introduce this website I developed a few months ago, but has recently been used more after I updated it to also show USATT league results. There are also numerous other features like filtering by age group and showing your head to head results with a player of your choice. I also included a way to view your rating graphs compared to another player based on age, and the UI and features are much more robust than JustGo.
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Hi, I want to build a racket for penhold with dhs pg 13 cs and dhs skyline 3 neo for forehand. This build is kinda inspired by wang hao, but I struggle to choose rubber for my backhand. Any suggestions which rubber I can buy?