Wallywood says :


Jones Baldanado played with several of
us, and coached us on the liha rules...easy serve, easy return...and the 5 point
playoff if the score is 19 all. He thought the Parker Bros. bats were too fast.
This July I gave him a vintage 3-ply Harvard bat with 400 grit wet/dry black
paper I put on it. He liked it a lot. When I asked him what kind of sandpapers
were used in liha table tennis, he said "anything". So room to experiment here.

= good old jones. I know him well even when we are teens – give my regards
whoever see him again , tell him im trying to get in touch with him.

we never discuss racket technicalities about liha papers
thats why jones says: " anything" ahahahah
because there is nothing there to discuss about.
As a matter of fact even if you use plain bare wood nobody cares here
and can be included in our own liha tournament.

Its the techniques , footwork strategies we usually discuss here.
Not "equipment "war. !
Thats whats good with liha.

Hardbat , or sponge. Seems like a room should be prepared just to talk about
these " equipment. "
Oh boy. !We are not use to such discussion, I thiught "equipment " war should
be out or "spin war "is
set aside. and focus on technique.

The " essence "of these – vintage game. Drive and counter drives should be
more appropriate not "spin" war. if spin war is like ,then go to sponge playing.
a good line must be drawn apart.

thats why jones is so vague to answer these things.
Ask any Filipino. They will answer you vaguely and wonder why people ask so much
"questions "
its " simple tools " we use here.

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beside jones look for certain filipino guy that was jsut recently able to get
there
his name is : Dario
good lihador from here.
but perhaps his english is not as good as jones.
dario will be around - youll see.

pete




--- In hardbat@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Turberville" <jay@...> wrote:
>
>
> > Has anyone taken a look at sandpaper? Never played with the stuff myself,
but I
> > can't imagine one could load up too much spin with it.
>
> I just uploaded a PDF file of a 1902 patent, 703,519, on the application of
granular coatings for a table tennis racket. The object being to improve on the
velum or plain wood racket. Here is a brief excerpt, "The results produced by
my improved coating or covering for rackets are obvious. It is apparent that
rackets provided with either will, on account of their rough surfaces, enable
the player to return the ball by a side cut of the racket and cause the ball to
rotate rapidly in its flight, so that when it stikes the table it will rebound
at an unexpected angle, to the confusion of his opponent. .... Furthermore, in
rapid playing with a racket having a rough surface it takes a better "hold" so
to speak, of the ball, and consequently permits greater accuracy in delivering
the ball."
>
> Spin and deception were the name of the game - even back in 1902. :)
>
> Jay Turberville
> www.jayandwanda.com
>