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And Timo Boll does recommend D09c for beginners, going so far as to describe 09c as the "only rubber for all players" in his official review, soooooo That said, Franziska isn't recommending H3 for beginners either so that has little to do with the discussion on this thread.

Intermediate is a vague term that can mean a lot of things but if he is anywhere between 1500-1900 USATT or higher then I don't think Viscaria+09c is necessarily an insane choice. Anyways, reading that post, my first thoughts would be: 1) is he trying to block the balls too late/after the ball...

Any video of him playing so we can diagnose whether his balls are flying off the table because of his equipment or his technique?

I don't doubt it at all which is what I was trying to mention in my earlier comment - it isn't uncommon in European amateur club environments from what I've seen and the Netherlands respectfully might be a little worse in this regard. I'm not asking you to post proof of what you've done, I...

Was just looking for an approximation, not an exact calculation. 200-400 rating points per year for players in the 1000-1800 range seems about average for serious amateurs trying to improve (which I assume league players are), was just curious if you were able to compare the results specifically...

That isn't really what I was asking, so a little more directly, what are the average rating gains of the players who follow your equipment advice versus the ones who don't?

The reason I ask the above and maybe this is getting way off topic - from my experience European amateur players have comparatively less emphasis on technique than American and Asian amateurs mostly due to differences in training systems (group vs. private instruction, less Chinese imported...

Would you say that the people qualified to assess how much equipment matters towards development are people who are EJs and amateurs themselves or people who are experienced with coaching and long term development in both professional and amateur environments? Do you have an abundance of data...

Any reason you haven't entered the USATT junior national ranking tournaments? It's important to start facing top competition within your age group as well, not only in Open settings.

As we all know, Hugo, Quadri, Togami, A. Lebrun all learned on Hurricane 3...

Found this clip that pretty closely aligns to the common stance of Chinese professional players and coaches I've learned from (in regards to amateur players not involved in professional training systems, it is a different story for the aspiring pros). (2:55) "This is what I've been researching...

Dang I wonder how players from countries where DHS isn't widely used manage to develop full shots with weight transfer then...

Haven't watched them recently since he made it clear he has no interest in my advice.

I am not as optimistic as you - after 9 years and the amount of time he has put into it, major changes of habits and techniques are only accomplished by people who have very open minds and willingness to try and usually fail and deal with the setbacks that comes with it. Neither of which he has...

There's no way to play without hitting into the sponge lol, I'm not sure what that means

It is so interesting to me that in serious TT circles H3N is commonly regarded as probably the least forgiving/most demanding rubber on the market but somehow on the forums the consensus seems to be so different. I've tried seeing all angles of the other argument but still struggle to grasp it...

D09c...sorry...

Believe it or not, the entire forum doesn't exist solely to provide free, sufficiently-justified-to-your-demands, coaching to you. People are allowed to comment on your threads and have side discussions whether you reply to them or not.

OK so if I am understanding right, you are saying that even though both are similar rubbers (and I would say both are high throw angle rubbers), H3N's is low enough that it won't cause mistakes that can't be easily fixed with minor racket angle changes, but 09c's isn't (for FH usage). I don't...

I have always felt that D09c is a rather linear rubber and that is the overwhelming consensus that I've heard about it in discussions with people ranging from USATT 1300 to 2800. Some people like the linearity and relative "deadness" compared to non-hybrids/tackys and some don't. IMO throw angle...