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  1. Stepping away from carbon.

    Stratus Power Wood is a good intermediate blade if you're looking for something between YSE and carbon. Ma Lin Extra Offensive is also a good option. Like the others said, keep your rubbers the same. You don't wanna change too many variables. Personally I'd stick with Battle II if you're...

  2. Real man play real table-tennis with real forehand.

    Fan Zhendong has a better forehand and he also takes it very quickly after the bounce. I would also say Wang Hao did a better job than Felix with his forehand, but it's hard to compare because Wang Hao played in a different era with a different ball. For Felix's playing style? I can't think of...

  3. Real man play real table-tennis with real forehand.

    Yeah that's totally fair. I actually think penholders should learn to play one-sided for a while before they learn RPB -- being able to punch, block, and chop-block with TPB is an important part of the penhold game and I'm sad to see it fade away at the professional level. In the professional...

  4. Real man play real table-tennis with real forehand.

    Penhold certainly gives an advantage to the forehand, but we are now living in an era where the best penholder in the world is backhand-dominant and lacks a strong forehand. Xu Xin's style of playing big swinging FH power-loops from behind the table was good in the celluloid ball era, but he...

  5. Penhold all out battle

    1. Ma Lin 2. Wang Hao 3. Xu Xin 4. Felix Lebrun 5. Liu Guoliang 6. Ryu Seung Min 7. Kim Taek Soo 8. Kaii Yoshida It's hard to make these comparisons because of the differences in balls. If they were playing with the 38 celluloid ball then Liu Guoliang should come up to #1 or #2. Also, Liu...

  6. New Equipment -- Budding EJ

    Dude, you need to take a chill pill. I bowed out of this thread because I'm not interested in raising my blood pressure over an argument about rubber on the internet. You aren't the 100% infallible authority on this issue. There are people who are better than you who disagree with you. I play in...

  7. Spinlord FH short pimples

    I agree. 802-40 is light, and it's a good transition from inverted rubber. Spinfire is probably the most similar to inverted rubber, so you could start there as well. It's faster than 802-40 which will put less stress on your elbow. But it is 3x the price. Waran is very nice as well, but not...

  8. New Equipment -- Budding EJ

    Nowhere on the Butterfly page does it say that Rozena is "beginner-friendly" or "made for beginners", but it does say that Rozena is "recommended for players aiming for the top". What on earth are you talking about?? Did you even read what the page says? Nowhere did I say that Spring Sponge and...

  9. New Equipment -- Budding EJ

    You could do that, especially if you tend to return serves with your forehand. I personally think it's confusing as a beginner to have two different rubbers, and I would advise using the same rubber on both sides until you have a good reason not to.

  10. New Equipment -- Budding EJ

    According to the butterfly website, Rozena uses "high-tension" technology, which is the same thing as tensor technology. Andro has a patent on the name "tensor" but every EuroJap company uses the same technology on almost all of their rubbers, including Rozena...

  11. New Equipment -- Budding EJ

    I disagree. Sriver is perfectly fine and Rozena has far too much catapult for a beginner. Rozena will not make you learn how to create your own power, and it will be hard to control against slow spinny balls. There's a reason why Sriver has stayed in production after all these years, and it's...

  12. How do I get that thick Booster noise?

    Try changing rubbers -- T05 is already quite soft and boosting it must make it very mushy

  13. Is the skyline 2 Neo any good for jpen (Japanese penhold)

    I used to play jpen with Skyline 2 on a 1ply hinoki and I liked it a lot. It's really good for making spinny loops, and power-looping far from the table was incredible. Great for chop-blocking as well. Usually hinoki is better for driving than looping, but Skyline 2 helps even that out. I would...

  14. Dignics 05 vs Tenergy 05 Hard

    I think this is somewhat correct -- for any fixed level of input power. If you counterloop with the same strength on both rubbers, Vega Europe will produce more "kick" effect than T05H. But you can still get a kick effect with T05H -- you just need to hit harder and feel more stable in your...

  15. The best way to play the drop shot off lobs - any experts for ultimate guide?

    There are techniques for doing drop shots with the spin, and techniques for doing drop shots against the spin. There are also techniques for doing drop shots perpendicular to the spin. It's very hard to describe, you just kind of have to get a feel for it by playing. When going with the spin...

  16. Friendship battle 2 provincial vs fastarc g-1

    Mantra Pro is better and more durable than the original Mantra. I've had a pair of Mantra Pro for 8 months, they're still smooth and grippy and no tears. The boost wears off fairly quickly, if that's what you mean. But I like it like that.

  17. Friendship battle 2 provincial vs fastarc g-1

    I usually use tacky Chinese rubbers but I really like Stiga Mantra XH. It has a similar feeling to Chinese rubbers but has some catapult. Based on the things you want (power far from the table, control, higher arc than Battle II) I think this might be just what you're looking for. If you want...

  18. Penhold merge ideas

    As far as I know (and I've done a lot of searching) this racket does not exist. And I think there's a good reason why no one makes this racket. A jpen racket is supposed to line up with your wrist. Thus, their main strength is powerful driving. A cpen racket is supposed to make a ~45 degree...
  19. Meteor 845

    Meteor 845

    Meteor 845 is a blue-colored short pips rubber. It creates good topspin and is easy to control. It can add disturbing effect during counter-attack and blocking. It give mysterious arc while returning the ball, thus to make your opponent unable to attack continuously.
  20. Mantra Pro XH

    Mantra Pro XH

    53-degree sponge hardness provides more feeling and control in every stroke Mantra Pro HX = Extra Hard – The perfect balance between extremely high speed and control A very fast rubber with a unique geometry for offensive players Long-term durability due to the special combination of natural and...
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