Product Engineer at TransferWise, Table Tennis addict, father of 3
After 1–11 and 4–11 in the first two sets, nobody would have bet 1 cent that I would win my first Rahvapinks that day. Not…
There would be a lot to write about since my last post, like why I went back to inverted rubber on the backhand instead of short pips, how I had some very poor results but also how I won my first tournament in Estonia. Another time maybe, for now I just want to put down some thoughts and feeling from a very good…
I have all these great fancy serves..
.. and in competition my winning percentage on services is low because I fail to capitalize on the third ball.
I practice the sophisticated banana flip..
I recently read an interesting article from Tabletennis11 about advantages and disadvantages of using short pips rubbers. On reading this, I got the feeling that a short pips rubber on my backhand may be well suited to my playing style. So far I never played with such a rubber, so maybe…
Regularly experimenting is an important part of progress in life, in table tennis as well. Trying new serves, playing with tactics, testing new material are all interesting and refreshing. Some work out, some don’t — it’s OK, one always learns something.