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Hi,
I started playing this fall. I use a Stiga Cobra racket with an allround classic blade. I really like the racket, the grip and the blade, but it is old, and I have never changed the rubbers. The racket was bought about 10 years ago when I played table tennis in a club for 5 months before quitting. Since then it has been in its case, not opened until this fall. The racket still has spin in it, believe it or not: I'm able to loop and chop pretty well, but I'm starting to feel that some _more_ spin might help in developing my serves.
For instance, doing a side/top pendulum serve I find it difficult to get more than two bounces on the other side of the table, even when I'm serving really low (I'm using a line when I practice to make sure).
Perhaps I should just try buying new rubbers for the STIGA Cobra. But the prices are high, and I'm not sure I would be able to afford a new racket/rubber for quite some time after that. I feel like an intermediate more than a beginner, and I'm afraid I might be slowing my development by buying a slow racket.
I'm not an expert on the rubbers the pro's use. Do most of them use faster rubbers than STIGA Cobra? I heard somewhere that Ma Long for instance plays with slower rubbers - is this true?
Kind regards,
Björn
I started playing this fall. I use a Stiga Cobra racket with an allround classic blade. I really like the racket, the grip and the blade, but it is old, and I have never changed the rubbers. The racket was bought about 10 years ago when I played table tennis in a club for 5 months before quitting. Since then it has been in its case, not opened until this fall. The racket still has spin in it, believe it or not: I'm able to loop and chop pretty well, but I'm starting to feel that some _more_ spin might help in developing my serves.
For instance, doing a side/top pendulum serve I find it difficult to get more than two bounces on the other side of the table, even when I'm serving really low (I'm using a line when I practice to make sure).
Perhaps I should just try buying new rubbers for the STIGA Cobra. But the prices are high, and I'm not sure I would be able to afford a new racket/rubber for quite some time after that. I feel like an intermediate more than a beginner, and I'm afraid I might be slowing my development by buying a slow racket.
I'm not an expert on the rubbers the pro's use. Do most of them use faster rubbers than STIGA Cobra? I heard somewhere that Ma Long for instance plays with slower rubbers - is this true?
Kind regards,
Björn