We’re please to announce that we’re launching an online shop called Smash Table Tennis. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, it will serve customers in Canada and the United States.
Author Archives: Arthur Lui
The New Revspin Logo
Revspin has a new logo! We’ve spent the last six weeks working with designers to re-design our logo, which first originated in 2016. In this particular concept, we loved that: it placed a heavy focus on “REV”, representing reviews the comment bubble reinforces that focus the little racket in the “R” ties it back to …
Trying out the TT-Flex
At the US Open this year, I bumped into Samson Dubina and he gave me a prototype of his new TT-Flex training system to try out. Here are my impressions. The Racket The racket feels rather heavy, since it’s stainless steel, 3mm thick. It’s got a nice wooden handle but it’s a bit top-heavy since …
Are you giving me pity points?
I’m at the JOOLA North American Teams Tournament in Washington, and I had a revelation today. I was playing a match against a higher rated player, the top on the opposing team. This is a “teams tournament” where you send out three players to play each of the opposing team’s three players, making nine individual …
Sir Ping Pong T-shirt!
A talented designer, Brad Woodard, e-mailed me today. He’s got a great t-shirt design on Cotton Bureau and in order to get produced, it needs 12 orders. I’ve got mine in. Let’s make this happen! Sir Ping Pong
Designer Paddles from Uberpong
I decided to check out some swanky designer paddles from Uberpong, a custom blade company based out of Austin, Texas. They’ve got some really solid designers behind these creations. I got the Ice Cream Nation and Kawaii paddles. These are going to look great in my condo. My thoughts are beneath the photos. Click for …
Custom-printed Sandpaper Paddles from PaddleYou
I recently picked up two custom paddles from PaddleYou, based in New York. It’s a pretty interesting concept, print your own designs on a sandpaper paddle! I’m not personally a sandpaper player, so these are artwork to me. I picked some interesting photos, have a look! These will make nice decorations for my apartment, and …
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How to Write Helpful Reviews
Seeing as the purpose of the Table Tennis Database is to give people an understanding of the equipment they might buy, I thought I’d share some personal tips on how to write reviews that will be helpful to all readers. Hopefully this will be a useful guide to increase the quality of the reviews. Okay, …
“Overall” rating. Useless?
I’ve always struggled with the “overall” rating that is put on a product. Restaurant review sites use a star system for the overall experience, Amazon has a similar system for books, and we have the overall rating out of 10. How relevant and useful is this rating though?
Rating Quality Updates
UPDATE: Changes #1 and #2 have been rolled back. After hearing reasonable feedback from concerned members of the community, the choice was clear that this wasn’t the best method. The mission of the Table Tennis Database is to provide a platform for giving ratings and reviews that are: Accurate Useful for people’s research There are …