Recent content by Arlo

So, short update. Longer one to follow. I switched to an innerforce blade and switched from the Tenergy fx to Rakza7 FH and Rakza7soft on BH. Any experiences stem from one 2h trainingsession and some matches so I might change my mind later on. The BH is more controlled now as its slower and...

can you share the reason of saying goodbye to such a promising blade? :-)

there seems to be quite some debate on the Franzisks IF ZLc and regular IF zlc. people find them quite different to play with. would your opinion be that it's mostly due to the weight of the separate blades?

hmm. a bit difficult to see on the picture tbh. as you mention near the index, but it seems there is also some damage on the side of the frame (both sides). Is it possible for you to provide a bit more clarity (or sharp picture :-). How old is the frame? Barely used or heavy used etc. thanks...

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you mean any tensor I think? not just the tenergy/dignics

no I tried Rakza 7 on someone else's blade. And for me that lacked power (was also a carbon), but that's logical if you switch from the jumpy one to a less. you have to adjust, work more, change angles and cannot expect to rip winners from it from the get go. That doesn't necessarily sceam poor...

If it was vanity I would have just bought the gear and go prancing around. Yes I consider myself to be a serious player. But will not end up at timo boll level obviously. I have some flaws and are well aware of those. Thinking of gear is part of this sport and its normal to question both...

Wait what? It cannot be me...can it😄. I do think that I moved up too quickly. Coming from celluloid the new ball felt slow and therefore probably ended up with a combo demanding a bit more skill/feel then currently available. Others at my club also find it a tricky combo (except one elite...

Revival? Anybody more experience the last months? I played against this rubber yesterday (50 I think) and was surprised a couple of times by the amount of spin it generates. I landed multiple balls in the net even though with my t05fx I'm no stranger to underspin and actually that's how I...

That's interesting take. Never really liked harder rubbers. lack feeling (for me), difficult to get spin in my serves. Can score awesome points with them but it's hit and miss. but never suspected the combo. So doing harder rubber on a bit softer frame could be a solution. We'll have a field day...

true. althought the patrick franziska zlc and timo boll should be fairly close in weight. the latter being a tad more head heavy as I read. I should be fine. but probably practise and perhaps a bit less bouncy rubber would also do the trick. so move from a t05fx to rakza7soft or a xiom alternative.

great video, any clue on his rating the moment of taping this? it will help assessing USATT to my local rating

this is very helpful. helps narrowing it down. The problem is that comparinggear at the club always leaves you with questions. Does the difference has its origin in the rubber or the frame. The rame rubber may play completely different on my blade (e.g. I tried the rakza 7 soft and X on an all...

:-) me overthinking ..nah cannot be. Problem never exists between floor and frame. Gym is not needed as I already go there twice (unless it's competition time, then once as it would be a bit much). but you are so right that more training geared towards the bouncyness is of course the way to go.