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Hello I am a young player and have been playing a Japanese Penholder for a number of months. I play with an xiom 10mm one ply hinoki blade and tibhar aurus prime (a thin topsheet 47.5° bouncy rubber with a high throw). My whole game revolves around my footwork and somewhat consistent and quite...

I have a spare stiga all round classic penhold blade (with unboosted Hurricane 3 neo and tsp ventus spin on it). The unboosted Hurricane requires too much effort to play well and the soft tsp rubber doesn’t gel well with the soft, flexible all round classic blade. Someone has suggested I try...

Can anyone give any advice on good table tennis shoes to use? I am a size 8, if that matters. I am a young player and a penholder, so I want shoes that will give me the ability to move quickly, particularly from side to side, without being uncomfortable or bad for my feet (as I have heard some...

Hello forum Having been watching the tennis a bit recently, I wondered whether it would be possible for table tennis to, like tennis, have three different playing surfaces, all with different characteristics? Consider:- A ‘clay’ style table (highest spin, lowest speed, highest bounce), coloured...

Great, thanks

How well would my Fastarc G1 play if I left it in the packet a few months after buying and then put it on a blade? While I reckon it wouldn’t lose its grip, I have heard that ‘tensor’ rubbers lose their juice and trampoline effect if left in the packet, however I know the fastarc g1 has less of...

Sounds like an excuse to just post that photo of Zhang Jike tbh 🤣

I was wondering, how would a Nittaku Fastarc G1 play if I left in the packet if I bought it and didn’t use it for a few months, then took it out, put it on a blade and played with it? I know that the Nittaku Fastarc G1 is considered a ‘tensor’ and has a limited trampoline effect, but would...

I am considering getting a spare 1 ply hinoki blade, to avoid having to transport my normal bat around all the time. However, it would be nice to get another thick 1 ply hinoki to replicate the feeling of my normal blade. This Sanwei H-10 blade is cheap and looks ok, but a complaint that some...

How many months does Tibhar Aurus Prime (or MXD) last before you change them due to low grippiness or reduced speed (and how often do you play a week)? Is one of them more durable?

Thanks very much for your various helpful answers! The reason I ask is that the soft/stiff vs hard/flexible blade disagreement seems to be represented strongly in the penhold community: Chinese penholders (playing WITH RPB) gravitate traditionally towards hard flexible blades — they choose 5...

Hello forum I am interested in knowing the different playing characteristics between structurally flexible blades with a hard top ply and structurally stiff blades with a soft top ply. Generally, most blades are either flexible blades that are also soft in feeling or stiff blades thay are also...

By that logic, every one would be hitting with tensored short pips no? And ‘brushing’ their way to victory. High arc rubbers are just rubbers that, through their pimple geometry, grip/tack and other factors, are more effective at generating the magnus effect than others. Therefore more useful...

How durable is Rakza Z? As in: a) How long does the tackiness last? b) How long does the grippiness last once the tack has worn off? Comparisons with Neo Hurricane 3 or Fastarc G1 would be helpful.

Ni XiaLian, a ~55 year old female penholder uses short pips on one side and long pips on the other. I think she plays single sided and twiddles though, so I don’t know if you can describe one rubber as ‘forehand’ or ‘backhand’.

Can anyone explain what the ‘Asia/Tour/Euro/Pro’ rubbers and the ‘Omega 4/ Omega 5/Omega 7’ rubbers actually have in common with each other? Do any of the categories have any consistency (eg consistent sponge hardness/pimple geometry/throw angle etc)? The naming system seems to be completely...

Hello forum I am interested in hearing your thoughts on how jpen players should pick their rubbers. Traditionally jpen players used bouncy rubbers like tenergy 05, but considering the wide range of rubbers now available and the lack of jpen pros/players to emulate, I am overwhelmed by the...

Fair enough. I think most of the chinese rubbers I have access to are 40 degrees though unfortunately. How long would you say the R53 keep its characteristics for, as compared to Fastarc G-1? Does it have a similar high arc as well? Also, just out of interest, how would you compare the playing...

Thanks for the advice. I am interested in your suggestion of the Rasanter r53. I am happy with Fastarc G1, but changing to a harder sponge may be practical if I improve and want more power. I remember in another post about jpen, either you or another poster suggested to avoid chinese rubbers...

Isn’t Fastarc G-1 meant to be a sort of non-bouncy tenergy 05 alternative? As in very grippy, same sponge hardness, similar topsheet pimple geometry, high throw angle etc, but less bouncy? The OP could try that, or a hybrid rubber/tacky tensor maybe, I’ve heard they are very spinny but...