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The logic is completely on his side. Starting with a slow blade and slow rubbers, then upgrading to a faster blade and faster rubbers at the same time, like it´s often done, demands changing your strokes. Keeping one component permanent is a good way to go, for example if you start with...

These charts are the result of a survey with a couple of retailers participating. Finding mostly Japanese products high in the ranking is not such a big surprise, low Yen or high Yen. A while ago I made the effort to check back these listings for around two years, and you would hardly find any...

I disagree here.

At equal weight, perhaps a little. The feeling of the Tezzo Warrior is really good, yet I am offering one tested only twice for half price and there´s zero interest in it. It really is a shame that with the quality offered by the new JOOLA Made in Korea blades and now these budget-friendly, but...

They´re doing quite ok on some markets, South Korea is said to be pretty strong due to Joo Nam-kyu connection, and with Aruna and Robles they seem to have more popular players now than Donic. But the image isn´t the shiniest among all brands, that´s for sure.

Might be one to try then.

Correct. GEWO is a traditional brand and as you can read in the story linked to above were a leading manufacturer of tables. Their blades and rubbers were not so leading, but many small village clubs (in Northern Germany mostly) had their "man on site", typically a trainer equipped with some...

There seems to be a whole new range of Air rubbers. https://www.tt-shop.net/index.php?cPath=21_30&sort=2a&filter_id=42 including short pips https://www.tt-shop.net/index.php?cPath=21_31&sort=2a&filter_id=42

Yes, typical situation, when a lead is melting. Also, to prevent an opponent´s lead from increasing (often a three point difference). From the coach perspective, if you see something is going very wrong - could be tactically, or mentally, even physically.

Yes, of course for latest developments only. Fashion goes round in circles ;-)

Unfortunately the ease that glue can be removed not only depends on rubber/sponge, but also on the conditions the glueing was made under. Provided you always do it in an identical way I would be interested which DONIC rubbers exactly perform better in that respect, because I have surely damaged...

Absolutely. For the examples you gave, it is even more obvious that they are different. Fastarc was the earliest on the market and Evolution rubbers are at least one step forward (and a little sideways) in technological progress. Rasanter introduced the whole thin topsheet/even thicker max...

I guess, but it was so way ahead of the game that it´s still competitive, especially as it responds wonderfully to booster and all the people know how to individualize it ;-) But that´s another story.

The differences are not huge. What I noticed in direct comparison is that throughout the series all the Nexxus played a little softer than the "corresponding" (identical sponge hardness) Rasanters. Could be a matter of chance and variation of product, but it was always that way, never the other...

Some, but not all of them. As for some of the 45 degree rubbers recommended, my experience is way different. While the GEWO Proton is suitable for beginners (and sold to them and lower class players with good results by a GEWO shop owner friend), the Rasanter R45 is an absolute powerhouse to...

I wouldn´t go that far, but if you don´t have any issues with your setup save your money and stick to what you have. The Rasanter and Nexxus rubbers are more current than Rakza and C1, and with the development of newer technology I think they enable more spin - but again, if you don´t lack...

Without any physical contact? I´ve never had that problem with any Rasanter. It is very probably a mix of technique and racket characteristics. A rubber with catapult like R42 on a balsa blade might be a bit explosive at times. Have you tried switching sides in practice to see if R45 would...

Fantastic rubber, but a bit difficult to activate for some, don´t you think? I like the idea of bringing the concept to those who feel it demanding to play with a 53 degree sponge.

Difficult to say. It´s a 9-ply construction, of which you won´t find too many. I don´t know your TSP, but the overall feeling may be close enough, due to the Balsa core of the Fortino. Among the P Evolution rubbers EL-P stands out because of its stiff topsheet. It is marketed as the middle...

45 degree ENERGY CELL sponge sounds even better :cool: The rubber is available now at Schöler + Micke in Germany, don´t know about other places.