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Quoting Thom Yorke, no real surprises there! The usual suspects, maybe a few smaller eyebrow raises lower on the list - probably due to the UK/United Episcopates of America slant. More french, german, swedish response might have swapped Joola out for Donic, Tibhar, Stiga. I kinda like the...

Lower back and calves. Thassit.

If you gotta ask… [emoji13] Crispness is unforgettable once experienced. My first serious blade, a Stiga Offensive Wood (end 70s), had it — well, at the heart of its sweet spot. Made you always search for that hit, with that feeling. The most crispy blade I’ve had was the Treiber K, a blade...

Every now and then things get all Yogi Berra, as in deja vu all over again - or that’s just hoe it feels. Having glaring bugs go unaddressed for so long is also a poke in the eye, that after a while also reeks of abandonment. That’s not encouraging. So, here’s my Sweden Extra/Vega Pro...

My choice among these blades with that rubber would be the Offensive S.

Yeah. Keep opening them. You have more time than you think, especially on long underspin balls. Stay loose, in neutral position, get into stroke position and start your backswing upon the second bounce. Don't worry about these mistakes, you'll get them on the table in time.

Mmm, my Fastarcs don't shrink, at least, not that I'm aware of. Not that that helps much; I take them off to transfer them to a different blade (and head shapes vary slightly, even for blades with the same head size) or to scrap them.

I've played with it when returning to TT after my 30 year hiatus, hoping to find a semblance to the 729 rubber I used in the 80s - eggplant-coloured, very tacky, supple, well-tempered but not too slow. I still have a blade with an old sheet on it, and if I clean it it lifts the ball for a few...

Indeed, sponge hardness is just that. @brokenball, you do provoke by using derisive language. Easy to escalate from there. Like you I would consider it useful to ground these discussions in measurements. Coefficient of restitution, coefficient of friction. Create mechanized scenarios to...

Vega series are fine - in fact, Euro and Pro would suit most players I know just fine. But hey, that blade, it's a powerhouse. And in my humble experience, that matters. A lot.

My humble €.02 is: I think I see a pattern of you moving backwards at impact time at precisely those moments where things go wrong, and I think there's a relation beyond correlation there.I tell my pupils to always visualize going through the ball, and upon occasion that has helped them maintain...

Do you have a source for that information?

Its width looks ok, but its length… are you really sure it wasn’t stretched when first applied?

Rubber shrinking is annoying, but tbh it's less of a deal in practice than I once feared. As it goes, to my experience, once I glue and cut rubbers (I do this for many members of my club) the rubbers stay on until (actually, usually, after) they're worn out completely. Every once in an...

A beauty. Why is it built that way?

That was actually in reply to a post stating those that seek arc are wimps in need of manning up, whose asses get kicked even by girls. Could’t resist, sorry.

Well, brokenball… I think people like the high arc in want of a safety margin, and because they (correctly) feel it indicates a high spin:speed ratio (stronger Magnus effect). Which I guess equates to more spin (ceteris paribus), which is a useful way to pressure an opponent (and muy macho to...

Such a shame Kristian had to forfeit. He seemed to be in such a good flow, playing well and showing mental strength like never before.

Isn’t the entire market a non-pro market? All the pros that I’m aware of get their equipment offmarket.

I'm not familiar to the Omega Asia variants in the various Omega series, but to I've felt Vega Pro to have quite a bit in common with Fa-G1 in the way it bites, chews on and spits out the ball.