information about stiga CC7 blade nct

What is your level? To me, T05 at 2.1 is quite a beast to tame. Without sufficient control there isn't much of a game (not much of a wild gambler, me), and T64 to me did not feel easier to control. T80 did feel more controlled, to me, but even there I felt I could reign in 1.9 but 2.1 less so.

Well, I started a little over a year ago after a temporary (30+ years) retirement from the game so I guess that's not unsimilar.

Ambition and ability turned out to be different things, for me at least. While I too liked the feel of hitting with speedy and spinny stuff, I really did need a few months of intensive training with more tempered stuff. I began by using my old, rather heavy carbon frame (a czech frame, think it came from a store owner's hobby when I last played in the eighties). After a little while I felt that regaining feeling and consistency were key to regaining a more acceptable play level, and I got me a Stiga Allround Classic with Mark V and Friendship 729 - pretty much what I started out with early eighties, or so I thought.

After a few months of focused training consistency returned up to the point that it left room for more power, and when I got tossed a used but still decently fresh sheet of T05 (1.9) I stuck that onto a Stiga Offensive Classic. That upped my game a few levels, but also revealed shorcomings. Serve reception and pushes remained subpar. I chose to keep focusing on consistency and adapt a "baby steps" approach to more powerful material. As in, reproducable counter rallies of 100+ exchanges, near error-free blocks and loops. Even when getting there, I need my feet and legs to forget how old they are before diving into raising speed substantially. In the end, it's feet-first; there's no consistency without position, at least, that's the bit of reality that really bit back to me. When in position, I can hit anything in any conceivable way with a reliability that's pretty OK.

I've never used the Stiga CC7 but have seen advanced players do, and they tell me it's a very, very fast blade that's quite heavy, but well-balanced. Tip o'the hat to you, for you sound confident and bold. For me, that particular path did not prove beneficial to my redevelopment.

Any chance you're trying to get that 38mm ball feeling back? Just wondering, the way you are looking for an extreme setup after such a long break.

CC7 + Tenergy might work for you of course, but if it doesn't, it's something you might want to consider.

Tenergy is awesome, with great spin, tremendous power. It is controllable for high level players. I prefer the harder (non-FX) versions, and my favourite is FH 05 and 80 BH. Still, I don't play with them because I feel that at my skill level I'm not mastering these weapons sufficiently.

Scoring points beautifully is satisfying, but unneccessarily losing games because every masterly point scored comes with three points lost due to failures that might have been avoidable sort of dimishes that bit of fun. I don't know about your level and you're probably way over mine, but still I recommend a bit of caution.

My $0.2 would be that T05 is the bounciest and spinniest, T64 the most explosive one, and T80 the middle ground. Service receives, touch game and pushes are definitely much harder to control on T05 - it's the most sensitive one to incoming spin, but then again, it's the easiest one to open up with on heavy backspin, whether it be with a slow spinny brush loop or a powerful speed monster. It also counterloops well and has power reserves aplenty when away from the table.