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+1 to this, most of my fellow club players don't even watch professional TT and don't dare to watch anything else related to that. some of the more amateur people really like pongfinity and adam bobrow because it is fun and silly, but some of the older and more experienced players don't even...

winter suffers from a back injury and still not recovered. so a pretty expected outcome against a defender knowing that she will not be able to play at her best level while both are so close in ranking

so you basically sazying that we can’t judge a blades playing properties solely on the look by the outer layer? or any layers color or look? i’d ask this, because the same friend of mine that told me about the sanding of the top ply also told me that he learned from zhang jike that ‘fishscale’...

hey @SDC , a friend of mine saw a video by zhang juke where he recommended to sand of 2-3g from the top layer to remove the print and give more feeling. personally i think that is bs and think he destroyed his rare silver tag viscaria and created an uneven surface, but would love to hear the...

material decisions are not made within basic drills but in open game/match scenarios, the moments when the game get’s uncomfortable. there you decide if a setup fits your game. a softer setup will always be easier to hit the ball on the table, because they are not as dependent on the right...

+1 on @ThePongCommenter comment. with an easier to play rubber you get more balls on the table and get more rallys = more repetition, better feel for the right timing and then more confidence. you need to choose rubbers according to your level not the other way around

i tried my best to capture the difference with my phone, because the black sponge makes it quite hard, bit the difference is there and it is more noticeable if you have both rubbers in hand. and yes, the old ones sponge feels kind of silky to the touch and the newer version just like any other...

the sponge changed too in this process and together with the new topsheet it does feel, look and play different then the old version: more hybrid and less h3

yes really sad, i really fell in love with the older version - no more boosting, but are back to chinese rubbers now i read about the tau rubber and really excited to hear more reviews, if it is like the old vega china i would definitely try it out!

i would say the difference isn’t super huge, but the topsheet is less sticky and the sponge is more porous wich makes it easier to activate but less stiff and less powerful. there was that addictive clicking feel like a boosted rubber that the old gen had on harder shots wich is now lost in the...

codexx 52 & 54 is old gen so hard topsheet and closer to chinese, bluegrip j1,2,3 is newer gen with soft topsheet same es codexx 53 & 55

i would say the newer version is easier to activate since the sponge is a bit more porous and gives more easy speed. you could also try gewo codexx 52. it is the only rubber i know of besides vega china that has the durability of old gen and not this high trajectory like most newer hybrids...

you can get tibhar k2 on aliexpress

the first generation ESN hybrids where pretty close like vega china, joola golden tango, gewo codexx 54 i heard that tibhar k2 is pretty good too.

@Matt Hetherington if joola produces the blades for hugo at the same factory (korea) as the blades from his former sponsor xiom, why is that the blade from joola cost so much more? 189 for xiom HAL vs 229 for the joola AryX. where does the big 40€ price difference comes from?