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MK is lower speed, lower spin, a bit more control than 05FX MK Pro feels slightly faster than 05FX, lower arc and less spin but more control Can't compare to Rakza

Great video! This matches my experience of sitting and slowly slowly peeling away small bits of glue. It would be interesting to see you try it with Tenergies, but that's an expensive experiment. I wonder if they are such small batches that the quality control on these glues is very low and...

I'm not interested in the push, it's the horizontal movement on the topspin block I find interesting.

Cheers chief, I can block normally just fine. A block on the type of shot I'm talking about is low percentage.

This looks great! Thank you so much. I really like the idea of taking away some of that energy by switching it to a horizontal movement, looks like it really increases the safety/percentage. Also the added difficulty for the opponent means I'm not such a sitting duck from a block.

Thank you! This is slow and spinny, but they are neither short nor low. Thankfully I've no issue with the examples in this video. I noticed Harimoto has a few issues with this shot as well so it's just a low percentage shot....

MK Pro is preferable to me over the MK which is too bouncy. MK Pro has a nice click when you connect properly, I feel I can hit through more shots for a quicker point win. MK might work for me with something less than MAX.

haha, well yes, some of the players are a very high level. I think it's just a bad place to find myself in, I should also work on not getting myself into this position in the first place.

Would love to see a vid of anyone doing this while over the table if you have one?

ah yes, although the topspin shot type I'm talking about is a short heavy top spin, this example is prob a metre past the end of the table. I'd be over the table so this type of shot would be next to impossible because the handle space is where the ball would be. This on the bh side would be...

Not sure what you are saying here. Change my rubber to short pimples and just hit the ball down onto the table? I might pass on this advice. :-)

wow, will add this to the training list. I'd get some looks if I pulled this out of the bag. Ironically it does look like a higher percentage shot once you have it perfected.

Ok, that's the really low percentage shot for me. The ball feels there's a 1 degree change between going into the net or off the table. tomahawk block? can't find any info on that, is just the reverse of the bh chop block?

Hey Y'all. Hoping for some advice. I play a large variety of players from local league through to international players. One shot I find I have a real low percentage on is returning a heavy top spin shorter ball. The options I feel I have are block and counter top spin, both feel like really...

Good to know it's a thing. Will do some experimenting.

Does the weight need to be distributed evenly? I'm guessing no given the new stiga blade lets you add weights to the end of the handle to change it's weight. So maybe you (and I) might get value from experimenting with a crude attempt at the same type of weight addition to a blade via something...

I wish I had the cuttings from my Tenergy's so I could experiment with what works but it came made up from the place I ordered it (btw, they said it was simple to remove Free Chack II, pack of bullsh1t). If you still have cuttings from your rubbers I'd experiment on those to see what will work...

Just tried a new glue on my Tenergies and the result is the same as the sh1tty Free Chack II. The new glue is Joola Lex which is water latex based. Unfortunately it's also destroying the sponge when coming off. The glue is advertised as being easy to remove! I even tried adding more layers to...

I've found they leave small bits of hard glue behind so it's not worth the hassle.

How do you find the Hybrid MK compared to other rubbers you've used? I'm still searching for something on my forehand, so far T05 FX is the best fit. Interesting to see some pros also find harder rubbers on the forehand aren't what they are looking for.