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Some advice please for someone embarking on combination play, (pause for derision), using OX long pimples primarily for the backhand but allowing for the potential for 'twiddling' and inverted rubber on the forehand for topspin drives, loops and kills to finish the point.
Even though I have been used to fast inverted rubbers on the forehand presumably, because of the possibility of twiddling, it would be advisable to convert to a slower more controllable inverted rubber to avoid a large difference in speed between the two rubbers while maintaining the ability to loop etc.
I am imagining that on the occasions when caught out and forced to play a shot with the inverted rubber instead of the long pimples, if there was too great a contrast in speed between the two rubbers it would be hard to make the adjustment and control the ball as required.
Even though I have been used to fast inverted rubbers on the forehand presumably, because of the possibility of twiddling, it would be advisable to convert to a slower more controllable inverted rubber to avoid a large difference in speed between the two rubbers while maintaining the ability to loop etc.
I am imagining that on the occasions when caught out and forced to play a shot with the inverted rubber instead of the long pimples, if there was too great a contrast in speed between the two rubbers it would be hard to make the adjustment and control the ball as required.