Recent content by jk1980

Having played it now for several training sessions and even matches i can only mirror yogi_bear's impressions. Softer and easier to play than one would think (given the 55° hardness). Speed is not super high, Spin is high but not the highest (compared to other really sticky rubbers). Topshit is...

ESN is the actual manufacturer of rubbers for brands like Tibhar, Andro, Stiga, Donic and many more. What i wanted to say is that there is no need to buy Stiga Rubbers, because they are not best in anything and they also dont have any rubber that has a very good mixture of characteristics that...

simply don't. It is not remarkable in any way and whatever it's characteristics are they are easily found in tens of different ESN rubbers already.

since the league is over and i had a battle 2 provincial rubber '40 waiting in my stash for month already i decided to put it on one of my w968 that had the nittaku hurricane 3 turbo blue (boosted) on one side already. Eager to see how it fared after a session with the robot and spinsight i took...

I am really not a good or experienced feeder so i wanted to check my theory of achievable spin when feeding backspin on spinsight. My way of feeding is mirroring what i saw other trainers do, that is having the ball drop on the table once and hit it after the drop in the rising phase. With...

This we can agree on, for me it's basically nearly the same upwards acceleration, but going into the ball with my whole body which provides the additional power, but still for me that shot is not more safe or easy (at least for me). So yes, you can get more speed and quality only with a thicker...

But is that really the equation here ? You push heavy because you expect the opponent either struggle to loop the ball at all (because he might not be in a good position to do so and might respond with a passive push rather than looping) or to stop him from looping powerfully (which you can do...

First off the statement was that playing "hard" against a more heavy backspin ball was easier or more successful. This is not true for most players, especially considering the average skill level of the forum members seeking advice here. again this might be true for good players which are way...

i did pay for the 4 month player pro subscription and it leaves a little bit to be desired if you want to be an EJ. You can do the skill tests, but you can not add annotations to actually document what kind of setup you were using. So you only got a timestamp and the result of the skill test...

That sounds like a personal preference and experience and might be down to your technique. The general rule for serve receive is though: "if you need to push and can't open up, then push very spinny with good placement so that the only way the opponent can open up is slow and spinny". If heavy...

tbh the multiball feeding seemed to have quite little backspin in it (seeing the slow motion of the feeder) which let you have an easy time blasting through the ball which is fine for this kind of low backspin ball. If you are able to to multiball feed with proper backspin, you might ask the...

Impressions after the first training with the Stiga DragonGrip (55) is that i was impressed by it's "ease" of use. There were quite some lazy loops where i would have thought that they would drop into the net, because i don't put much acceleration onto the ball (and my experience is the harder...

gave it a short comparison with RZEH once against light topspin and checked how i would cope with it doing underspin serves. Versus topspin it was quite nice and it had that beefy feeling that i like where i can put power in and as long as give it a good tangential stroke i never risk hitting...

after gluing i measured it with a SHore O Durometer. It measures about 2 degrees harder than my Rakza Z EH, but of course that measurement is Topsheet + Sponge. Dragon Grip came out as around 50° while Rakza Z EH came out as 48° (but that sheet is also quite used already). As reference, the...

The Stiga Dragon Grip just arrived and it is not sticky/tacky at all. There is not even a protection that I could peel off on it.