If I were to go with hurricane then I would have to boost it right? I'm not sure that is a process I find enjoyable. I lige the feel of glue rubber on but boosting is another level😂
This is a really nice input, I did not think this far great job. It might be true that I miss a bit of feel due to the hardness of the blade. However I quite like the unforgivingness of my blade makes me strive for excellence instead of winning.
I do record my match for me and my coach to analyze, and it is so frustrating seeing the obvious mistakes that I make😂 however it makes much more aware of what I am doing and what not to do.
It's pretty cool that you are so open about your training👍 what is your rating and how long have you played? And why do you feel stuck? One thing I find in this game is that it sometimes become more of a mental game for many player including myself😂
Boosting Hurricane makes it easier to play with at the higher levels but is not as necessary as some make it out to be. That said, there are many reasonable Hurricane alternatives if one wants to play with Hurricane, including some made by DHS themselves. The main thing as always is to see what is possible and decide for oneself - the main issue that Hurricane (and most sticky rubber) helps with is serve return and spin, especially on close to the table shots, while requiring larger movements than one may want to use. It is the larger movement compromise that has to be decided on quickly. It isn't a trivial decision. That said, there are lots of reasonable sticky rubbers now, so the main issue is whether one likes to play with them or not.
You don't have to boost it. I personally do boost, but I also don't find joy there, and so I don't boost often. I've recently re-boosted my NHP3TB, because I felt it was more dead than initially, it graduated with time. (It reacted beautifully, but that is not important.) I think other player boost more often.
Well for me it's kinda hard to say in the beginning I did spend a little time on hurricane, but didn't want to boost so I ended on with other rubbers instead. I know mx-p has factory but I also think of an alternative.
Yes im quite open to ideas, but people seems to have mixed opinions on that matter. I recently tried with omar assar blade with el-p soft innerfor style and very controllable. That is why I was think that I could step down a notch.
sumtin' more grippy and less catapulty / trampolinish:
I see. As I said in my 1st post, the setup should not hold you back. I'm not saying have a slower setup, because I have a mindset of winning matches or having less errors or whatnot, as dingyibvs (with really all due respect) said. But because I think it will help in learning the strokes and body action properly. That is what matters. Everything else is secondary, and also, will come as a bonus.
If you like the blade, it is still possible, with slower rubbers (as discussed). If you take inner ALC, good too. Honestly if you take any of those 5-ply all-wood with limba,ayous,ayous-core composition (not clipper), I think it is the best for the 1st year, and you can get one such for 25Euro. And all that is less important than training And joy. And peace. N8.
You have a lifetime to consider these things. And they will not be the biggest reason you improve until your game is mature.
There are no easy answers to all this - thanks for this. Fastarc G1 is not even that fast IMHO so going to tacky from there is an interesting choice.
I have to use all available outlets to improve and get feedback. The coach dont have time to watch everything. I am also an adult learner, so I dont get the same resources in clubs as younger players. I have to do most of the work myself. Why would you not show video of yourself and why this incessant interest in rating? My guess is that, if you have managed to develop the correct technique from the start, then you wont hit a plateau in the same way as those people that win games in the start with a smashing confidence.
Well wasn't meant to be rude I was just curious, if you don't feel comfortable it's just fine👍😊. Personally I'm not sure that I'm ready for the world to see my videos, I'm a private and "proud" person in general even though it might not look like that, I'm still learning and green so there is definitely imperfections, maybe later in my journey I'll share.
I just want to see someone playing at a high level that has played for so little time as you have. I may need to reconsider my project if you have reached a level like that because I play a lot and maybe table tennis is not for me. My goal so far has been to not lose against people that have played less time than me, and I have never met anyone yet that has played less time than me that has beaten me. To me, rating means nothing. My coach has been a national level coach in Sweden and when he was in talks with one of the best Norwegian tennis players, Casper Ruud, he agreed that rating has absolutely no say. So I prefer looking at someone play and to see the timing and the balance. I lose a lot of games because of the effort that I have put into the game brings me to a really bad mood when I cant perform in ranked games. Its about mental rigidity in many ways. My hands feel like jello just typing about it now.
Hmm I see, training and matches can be separated to some degree. The goal in my opinion is to use what you learn in practice many people get too comfortable with what gets the ball on the table. One thing is to be very good at lift underpin in practice but when the ball comes irregular in match situations and you just push the ball back. Not that I'm not guilty to play securely sometimes. But I strive to push my limits and ofc some days is better than others. Tbh I don't care about rating but it is somewhat a measurement because it also show some stability about the game play. I mean 2000 is better than 1400. Time is also part of the equation but at the current moment it's not at part of that system. However if you are really good in practice, then you have to push limit in ranked matches to get past that point. This is also based on my other sports I've done in my life.
Ranking is like a career, it is the accumulation of trust in yourself and the trust given to you by others. If you dont have trust in yourself to begin with, you will never climb, which fundamentally makes it a psychological problem. This problem is larger in adult players because they are not given the get out of jail card of "potential". I have played on the very highest level in e-sport, and I know the concept of elo-hell in gaming is very much a real thing.
