Recent content by Amaken23

I mean...look at Quadri Aruna's FH or in earlier time at Kalinikos Kreanga's FH or BH motion :P Many people will say their technique should not work...but it works/worked :P

In my opinion....talent is simply ability for someone to learn/understand a certain thing faster than most people do....whether it is sport, trade, etc. Either by having appropriate physical tools (dexterity, agility, hand-eye coordination) or mental ( patience, analytic mind, deduction...

In that case, buy the cheapest one imaginable and similarly cheap 5-ply all-wood blade (Kirin K2 seems to be popular choice) and...play :P

Hello :) Greetings from Poland, then. I hope to one day travel to China and Japan and play with some locals there. I ALSO have my BH better than FH, so...hey :D. Hope you enjoy your time here and have great chats with everyone.

...Yinhe Neptune, in my opinion xD Very cheap and on 5 ply all-wood blade with 0.7 mm sponge version, great for practising chopping and pushing if you want to learn or play for fun :)

Yinhe Neptune 1 is worst one in your opinion ? I use it on my all-wood 5-ply blade and close to table and in my opinion they work great. Great control for pushing and chop-blocking. Not to mention 0.7 mm version, for me at least, is good for classic defense. Although it depends a lot on the...

If the racket is intended for a beginner, then I would not get a carbon blade. That is why I did not recommend Kirin K1 blade which HAS carbon in it but K2 all-wood instead.

if you want to be absolutely on the cheap from Ali Loki Kirin K2 blade. All-wood 5-ply (28 PLN so.... 6.5 EUR) 2 x Yinhe Mercury 2 Mid-Hard (24 PLN so.... 5.5 EUR x 2 = 11 EUR) 17.5 EUR or 134 RMB in total

Don't know if my opinion will bring anything since I played with C-1 2.0 mm on my FH side and S-1 2.0 on my BH side when I was using Stiga Azalea Offensive all-wood blade, not 1.8 mm. For me FH using C-1 on that specific blade felt safe...it is not super fast but in my opinion S-1 is more linear...

If you wish to try short pips, try Yinhe Uranus :) As others said above, Pluto is a medium pips, longer than Uranus but shorter than Neptune.

Was cleaning my drawer the other day and....WOW. What about a blast from the past :) 1.8 mm if I remember correctly....doubt anyone, even youngsters play with those sponge thicknesses anymore...Wish they could make 1-colour exclusive rubbers still.

Hmmm.... Double Fish Volant Phoenix 1 ? (39 degrees chinese scale, so about 50-degrees in european scale) Cheap, hybrid, not too much catapult, tacky :) I use it on my outer VC blade and it feels great.

My second SDC blade from Sergio :) A defensive blade, wondered how this combination of wood would go for traditional defense type of play and Sergio said it would work :) spruce–pear–willow–pear–spruce According to Sergio : 94.8g - 5.1mm - 1012Hz - Balance: 2.9cm (Low/Med)...

No, both inverted :) FH : Double Fish Volant Phoenix 1 (39°) BH : Yinhe Moon Mid-Hard I'll glue Yinhe Neptune 0.7 LP on the defensive blalde, though.

Finally arrived :) SDC #1159 by Sergio. Looks gorgeous and can't wait to glue the new rubbers on it next week :) It is slower than 729 Friendship Blue ALC I currently have, so perfect for my all-round/controlled attacker type of play. Have second blade already ordered for traditional defense...