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Going back to the original topic, I am not sure if EJ'ing is going to help improving. It depends on your perspective.
Just yesterday, I played doubles. I was using DHS Bo carbon with H3 on the forehand and G-1 on the backhand. I played fine. But with the harder carbon, I clearly could not get my serve as spinny as I usually get. I want to like DHS Bo carbon. It is not an expensive blade. And people compare that to a poor man's version of HL 5.
After my partner and I won the doubles match 3-2, I switched to my regular set up with Gambler carbon blade with H3 on the forehand and Rakza 7 soft on the backhand. Every game, I win extra two points on the service. My partner and I then won the next match (against the same doubles opponents) 3-0.
Each game only goes to 11 points. So if a softer carbon blade with better feel, I can win extra two points on my serves, that goes a long way.
So one can look at the situation and say, I should stick with DHS Bo carbon and practice my serves more, or it could be good for my game to allow the other oppoent gets more of my serves back on the table so I can practice third-ball attack. But frankly, no, at this stage of my life (and my skill development), I am on the quest to find the correct blade-rubber combination than to "perfect" certain skill sets of mine. In fact, I would argue with more feel using the Gambler carbon blade, I will progress faster and further on developing my backhand flip and my forehand loop away from the table, then keep on trying to make DHS Bo carbon work for me.
As of today, that DHS Bo carbon blade was stripped of its rubbers and those rubbers will be transferred to another blade.....
Just yesterday, I played doubles. I was using DHS Bo carbon with H3 on the forehand and G-1 on the backhand. I played fine. But with the harder carbon, I clearly could not get my serve as spinny as I usually get. I want to like DHS Bo carbon. It is not an expensive blade. And people compare that to a poor man's version of HL 5.
After my partner and I won the doubles match 3-2, I switched to my regular set up with Gambler carbon blade with H3 on the forehand and Rakza 7 soft on the backhand. Every game, I win extra two points on the service. My partner and I then won the next match (against the same doubles opponents) 3-0.
Each game only goes to 11 points. So if a softer carbon blade with better feel, I can win extra two points on my serves, that goes a long way.
So one can look at the situation and say, I should stick with DHS Bo carbon and practice my serves more, or it could be good for my game to allow the other oppoent gets more of my serves back on the table so I can practice third-ball attack. But frankly, no, at this stage of my life (and my skill development), I am on the quest to find the correct blade-rubber combination than to "perfect" certain skill sets of mine. In fact, I would argue with more feel using the Gambler carbon blade, I will progress faster and further on developing my backhand flip and my forehand loop away from the table, then keep on trying to make DHS Bo carbon work for me.
As of today, that DHS Bo carbon blade was stripped of its rubbers and those rubbers will be transferred to another blade.....