OOAK Table Tennis Forum

You're also talking about FORMAL "A Grade" competition. The term could also be used in an informal way - among a group of basement players, for instance, who think they're pretty good, as opposed to the group that shows up at 11, which aren't as good. I was interested in finding out if this was formal (league?) completion, some sort of club ladder, or even if there was a formal club involved. Hardbat players are a fairly rare breed, too.. the really good ones are the ones who CHOOSE to use hardbat over sponge, in general competition (rather than in hardbat only contests), and know its advantages and disadvantages over sponge.

While pretty much all bats react to spin in some degree, reading some of the older posts involving frictionless pips and anti, there are people who claim the rubber they were using (or WERE using before the ban.. ) were totally insensitive to spin, and allowed them to totally ignore incoming spin. I've never played with the things, so I've absolutely no personal experience with them.

Iskandar