Advice for intermediate player needed

The Primorac is still a good blade and fast enough. Just wait a little bit until your ball feeling, technique, muscles etc. are back again or get some training lessons to speed that process up.
Butterfly: Rozena is somewhat between Sriver and Tenergy (much closer to Tenergy).
Yasaka: Rakza 7 both sides or maybe the softer Rakza 7 Soft for backhand. If you want to switch blades: Yasaka Sweden Extra.
Other manufacturers: Xiom Vega Pro both sides or Vega Pro forehand and Vega Asia for backhand.

Opinions are like, erm, earlobes. Everybody’s got one or two.

That said, yay for the Sweden Extra, and as the butter flies I’d choose the Korbel over the Primorac by a narrow margin. Xiom’s Offensive S is also a fine blade, a close kin. Vega Pro: excellent.

yoass said:

Opinions are like, erm, earlobes. Everybody’s got one or two.

That said, yay for the Sweden Extra, and as the butter flies I’d choose the Korbel over the Primorac by a narrow margin. Xiom’s Offensive S is also a fine blade a close kin.

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+1 for the blades.

ttarc said:

The Primorac is still a good blade and fast enough. Just wait a little bit until your ball feeling, technique, muscles etc. are back again or get some training lessons to speed that process up.
Butterfly: Rozena is somewhat between Sriver and Tenergy (much closer to Tenergy).
Yasaka: Rakza 7 both sides or maybe the softer Rakza 7 Soft for backhand. If you want to switch blades: Yasaka Sweden Extra.
Other manufacturers: Xiom Vega Pro both sides or Vega Pro forehand and Vega Asia for backhand.

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+1 for Vega Pro both sides, Asia is so flat, it will be good when you knows you BH is more flat hits and blocks. I think the guy will developing this stroke so is better a rubber with more spin potentital.

Yasaka Ma Lin Soft Carbon with Rakza Z forehand and Rakza X backhand both at 2.0mm or you can check Xiom with Offensive S with Omega V Pro 2.0mm forehand and Omega V Europe 2.0mm backhand.

Yasaka Sweden Extra with Rakza 7 on both sides is an excellent choice. That's currently my primary blade and I'm very happy with it. If you want something faster, you could switch the blade to Yasaka Extra Offensive or Yakaka Ma Lin soft carbon. One of my prior setups was Yasaka Extra Offensive with Nittaku G-1 on both sides, but that was too fast for me.

I have Primorqc and Korbel both in black tags. I don’t like the Korbel as much because the feedback to my hands is quite muted. Primorac on the other hand has much more clear feedback and control.

If you have the money I high recommend either OSP Virtuoso OFF- (OFF+ doesn’t feel good) or Nittaku Acoustic. No other blade beat them with feel and control yet they are fast enough for the intermediate level.

I think most of the time a blade is "too slow" for a beginner to intermediate level player it is more of a technique issue than a too slow blade issue.

Hi, I was in exactly the same situation as you a few months ago. I was able to test a lot of woods and rubbers and here are my recommendations:

If your forehand gesture resembles that of the Chinese do not ask yourself any questions and try a DHS Hurricane 3 or a hybrid rubber (Rakza Z, Dignics 09C, Stiga Dragon Grip, etc...). Otherwise I recommend: Fastarc G-1, Rakza 7 or Vega Pro which are indeed very good choices. I preferred the G-1 even though they are all very similar.
On the backhand you can choose the same thing or take a slightly softer rubber like Fastarc C-1, avoid Vega Europe and Rakza 7 Soft which are too soft and sometimes lead to laziness in your movements.

The most decisive will be the blade here from slowest to fastest:
- Yasaka Sweden Extra: An incredible blade with which I progressed 10 times faster than with my others.
- Butterfly Korbel: Please note there are two versions (EU/JP). Excellent wood with a head weight and a (too) thin handle.
- Xiom Offensive S: Also excellent wood, more speed but less control than the Yasaka, also less feeling.
- Tibhar Stratus Power Wood: Faster version of the Xiom, larger dimensions and wider handle.

You can also aim for more expensive woods like the Nittaku Acoustic or even take an interest in composite woods: Xiom HAL, Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon, Timo Boll ZLF, ... but it's hard to recommend them to you without trying since they are for the mostly very expensive.

YSE is a good restartig point to regain control of everything, and when you decide you need to up the speed without losing lots of feel/touch, grab the Falck W7.

peplo said:

Thank you for all the advices! I believe that this topic may give some value for other intermediate players (I see not that many simillar discussions) not everyone likes to make a post but quite a few wish to find quick advice with google I am heading more and more into one of those two directions:
1. Butterfly korbel with Rozena 2mm
2. Yasaka Sweden Extra, Rakza 7 2mm

Do you have any experiences with that kind of set ups?
Which from those two would you choose?
Thanks a lot!

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Two great choices. It won’t matter really, which one of them you choose. The Korbel will be a little bit faster with a smaller handle. The Sweden Extra will be a litttle bit slower with a comfier handle. Both will have great spin possibilities.

Rozena feels great, really easy to do anything, like all rubbers from 42° to 45°.
Rakza 7 is way more demanding, but it's a great rubber in all aspects.
For me, the right path could be the Rozenas and then Rakza on FH at least, but you never know, maybe you feel great playing mid hard rubbers...
Don't overthink about it, just grab the stuff and play, you can always buy and try other equipment because the rubbers wears off quickly.But my advice is to start with 42°/45° rubbers, like Rakza 7 soft both sides or Rozena both sides and then see if you feel the need of change.

Carl05 said:

Rozena feels great, really easy to do anything, like all rubbers from 42° to 45°.
Rakza 7 is way more demanding, but it's a great rubber in all aspects.
For me, the right path could be the Rozenas and then Rakza on FH at least, but you never know, maybe you feel great playing mid hard rubbers...
Don't overthink about it, just grab the stuff and play, you can always buy and try other equipment because the rubbers wears off quickly.But my advice is to start with 42°/45° rubbers, like Rakza 7 soft both sides or Rozena both sides and then see if you feel the need of change.

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Rakza 7 Soft is 40° but yes, Rozena with 45° will be perfect too, same hardness as Fastarc C-1.

easy to go to faster rubbers after rather than the blade. YSE with Rakza both side sounds a great idea - enjoy playing with it. I wouldn't worry about what next just yet, as that may well b just right.