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Hi Ayush, have you tried to add weight to the bottom of your racket handle, such as taping some quarters? The "balance" of the paddle often is what makes a racket feel "heavy" or "light", instead of total weight. So, you can probably try to use Rakza 7 MAX, if you add some weight to the bottom...

Hey TampaBayTableTennis, if you have the time, what are your conclusions on R7H vs R7? I've been a fan of Rakza 7 since I started playing a few years ago, and I was super curious to see that now there's a R7H.

Thanks for the response. Why is choking the grip NOT (edit) useful? Also, why is it a good idea to rotate the paddle?

TLDR: I have a “second” BH grip that is theoretically wrong, but it feels solid and when I’ve tried it I’ve comfortably beaten players who usually always beat me (2000 NCTTA). Convince me to stay with my weird grip (or adjust it) or use a traditional grip. Pertinent Details: I have an...

Sorry to bring up an old topic. However, I recently changed my grip and it is a lot better. I wanted to share my thoughts. 1. Personally, a high thumb on the BH (thumb is clearly on the rubber around the midline of the paddle) is the grip with the most wrist flexibility and most stable feeling...

For #1, I also had a problem returning long serves targeting my BH corner. I had to fix my technique and footwork. My 2 cents: I would also double check your BH drive technique with someone skilled. For footwork, what helped me was that you should find some way to stay on your toes right when...

Just need to define the basic skills. Like drive, push, block, loop, and top/side/underspin/long/short service? But I agree. Although I am a middling club player currently. Edit: I forgot about basic movement too.

Hi sky500. I had a thought and wanted to share it with you. Is it possible that there is something different about the environment that the rubber is in? For context, I have used Battle II provincial for several months playing around 6 hours a week, and it is still very tacky and last week it...

A rubber grip applied to the whole handle would mostly fit under your hand. The grip under your hand would actually function as bands placed in the exact middle of the grip, which is basically putting bands under your hand, which would possibly not affect head-to-handle balance as much...

But maybe the balance is significantly shifted with bands at the very end of the handle. Imagine high school physics and how center of gravity works on a rod. A little bit of weight at the very end of the rod has a much larger effect on shifting the center of gravity on the rod.

If you are OK with it, you can tape small coins to the end of your handle to convert a head heavy racket into a balanced racket. I use rubber bands to balance the weight.

Thanks everyone. I might experiment with taping small coins to the handle. If you see someone using rubber bands at the end of their handle, that might be me!

The largest liability is having them fall off during a critical point in a game... but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe I'll tape the rubber bands on during tournaments. @Lazer Oh, that's a good idea too, if you have enough of them...

Hi everyone. I have found that wrapping two or three rubber bands around my blade significantly, SIGNIFICANTLY affects how the blade feels on my backhand side. It makes the blade feel "balanced" and not "head-heavy" as it was before. Am I crazy, or does anyone else do this?

Ok, I could see that. Isn't it interesting that the pictures very proudly display the ITTF logo with rubber ID? The one that I use happens to lack the ITTF logo.