Recent content by Spike

Hi, Wife and I are currently in Lanzarote taking a break where I was hoping to get some TT practice in. Unfortunately, the TT scene here is virtually non existent. Next year we’re thinking of Funchal Madeira and a preliminary online search would suggest a vibrant TT community. If anyone has had...

Thanks very much. Nice review. I have used Rakza 7 rubbers before but they were a little fast at the time. Now I've developed my shots I would be much more confident with them. This leads me to a bit of a dilemma as I have some new unopened Rakza 7S rubbers that I was going to put on my spare...

Thanks, I agree, OFF+ seems way off, I just put it down to the MK5 HPS rubber. However this rubber appears to have quite a high speed rating. I'm very curious to see how it will play with the new Butterfly Dignics rubber. One thing I didn't like about this blade was the sound it made when the...

A few months ago I purchased the Donic WSUC with Yasaka Mk V HPS rubbers on both sides. I really didn't get on with it, it was very slow and it just seemed dead. I reverted back to my Butterfly TB all-round Blade with Yasaka Rakza 7S 2.0mm both sides - Much better. I sold my WSUC to my...

Thank you. I checked out this channel. The following video demonstrated that the ball won't necessarily respond in a set way when impacting the rubber. I guess the moral of the story is "watch the ball" and respond accordingly. https://youtu.be/bdACvEvZjRM

Thanks for such a detailed reply. I think I've got it now! I tried the 2 bat experiment - it explains a lot. Thanks very much.

I don't really understand this and I believe it is important to understand spin dynamics to assist shot selection. I was taught that you could either add spin or takeaway spin. Surely, spin will only keep on increasing if one player pushes/chops and the other player topspins, i.e they are both...

Hi, I'm Spike - not my real name but it's the nickname I got christened with when I joined the Royal Navy in 1979 and it's kind of stuck ever since. Even my wife calls me Spike. :) I played for a couple of years at youth clubs until I was 16 and then hardly played at all for the next 40 years...

Great post. Thanks for sharing.