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Hi, I need your help.
I am buying a new blade. Am 23 years old and have started playing TT again. I was playing in middle school, during breaks with my friends and went to some recreational meetings. I was always using my father's 20+ year old butterfly with Sriver rubbers on them (never changed). Since blade is damaged I am in need of buying another one.
I have started to take TT more seriously and am playing 3-4 times a week. One day per week I have training with coach, the rest am playing vs amateur or intermediate players on local level (local clubs).
With help of other, I am learning proper technique and am trying to improve. I know that almost any setup will be improvement over my blade and no blade and rubber combination can improve how good I am. I understand that I need to practice a lot, but still want to buy somewhat good setup.
My budget for blade is up to 70 €.
I am playing close - mid-range, with a lot of FH. I heard that CN rubbers are good for learning. I want to try them and put something like Hurricane 3 Neo commercial on my FH and some EU rubber on my BH. I was looking at Nittaku Septear Lead which is not to fast for me, but I have read that hinoki outer ply makes blade more soft and while it weight 80+- g this is not too good for CN rubber. Are there problems with structure of Septear Lead if I want to use it with CN blade.
I was also looking at Stiga Infinity VPS V, but people said it is not the best quality blade. At least some reviews were claiming that.
Note: Please don't recommend Butterfly blades, because I am buying at store that does not have them (this stores gives me cheaper equipment).
Can you please help me with recommendations because I really can't decide or tell what is the best solutions. Thank you much!
I am buying a new blade. Am 23 years old and have started playing TT again. I was playing in middle school, during breaks with my friends and went to some recreational meetings. I was always using my father's 20+ year old butterfly with Sriver rubbers on them (never changed). Since blade is damaged I am in need of buying another one.
I have started to take TT more seriously and am playing 3-4 times a week. One day per week I have training with coach, the rest am playing vs amateur or intermediate players on local level (local clubs).
With help of other, I am learning proper technique and am trying to improve. I know that almost any setup will be improvement over my blade and no blade and rubber combination can improve how good I am. I understand that I need to practice a lot, but still want to buy somewhat good setup.
My budget for blade is up to 70 €.
I am playing close - mid-range, with a lot of FH. I heard that CN rubbers are good for learning. I want to try them and put something like Hurricane 3 Neo commercial on my FH and some EU rubber on my BH. I was looking at Nittaku Septear Lead which is not to fast for me, but I have read that hinoki outer ply makes blade more soft and while it weight 80+- g this is not too good for CN rubber. Are there problems with structure of Septear Lead if I want to use it with CN blade.
I was also looking at Stiga Infinity VPS V, but people said it is not the best quality blade. At least some reviews were claiming that.
Note: Please don't recommend Butterfly blades, because I am buying at store that does not have them (this stores gives me cheaper equipment).
Can you please help me with recommendations because I really can't decide or tell what is the best solutions. Thank you much!
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