Tibhar New Poly 40+ ball review

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   Since this is the only thread about pballs on the home page and the site's search button doesnt work for me to dig up a XSF/NP40+ thread i wanted to make a small comment about pballs after playing extensively with the XSF ball.
After training with only XSF balls for an upcoming tournament I see why people love this ball. Its great for long rallies. Absolutely easy to loop. My box is from tt11 and the balls are pretty durable. I noticed that they dont become glass-like after use unlike the NP40+, and dont dent easily. If they crack, they break. NP40+ sometimes dent and become uneven.

My question is are there are any pro events/pro leagues that actually use the XSF balls? I wonder what pros think about them.

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DreiZ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Joined: 06/01/2009 Location: New York, US Status: Offline Points: 2576	Post Options Post Reply Quote DreiZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05/15/2016 at 10:09pm
	Since this is the only thread about pballs on the home page and the site's search button doesnt work for me to dig up a XSF/NP40+ thread i wanted to make a small comment about pballs after playing extensively with the XSF ball. After training with only XSF balls for an upcoming tournament I see why people love this ball. Its great for long rallies. Absolutely easy to loop. My box is from tt11 and the balls are pretty durable. I noticed that they dont become glass-like after use unlike the NP40+, and dont dent easily. If they crack, they break. NP40+ sometimes dent and become uneven. My question is are there are any pro events/pro leagues that actually use the XSF balls? I wonder what pros think about them.
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Baal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 01/21/2010 Location: unknown Status: Offline Points: 14336	Post Options Post Reply Quote Baal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05/15/2016 at 10:32pm
	No, unfortunately.

ThePongProfessor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Forum Moderator Joined: 11/17/2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1528	Post Options Post Reply Quote ThePongProfessor Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05/15/2016 at 11:44pm
	XSF (and their clones) = best and most durable 40+ ball....
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Hans Regenkurt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Member Joined: 08/12/2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 826	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hans Regenkurt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05/16/2016 at 5:07am
	As far as I know, pros prefer seamed. I talked to a former national team coach and he said the XSF makes a silly sound like a round marrow. He clearly did not like it. There is a club that coaches very good juniors that I know of, they do not use XSF, not even for multiball training. On the other hand, I friend talked to a renowned multiball trainer at the time when the ball change took effect and it turned out he preferred XSF for multiball drills. My perception is that the XSF guys are the minority around here. Personally, I find that XSF balls take away the subtleties of table tennis.

ttTurkey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Member Joined: 09/07/2010 Status: Offline Points: 516	Post Options Post Reply Quote ttTurkey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05/16/2016 at 7:26am
	Personally I like the XSF ball. The biggest problem that I have with the plastic ball and nearly everyone that I speak to says the same thing, is that there is such a big variation between the way that the different balls play. There were far smaller differences between the various celluloid 40mm 3* balls than the 40+ balls.