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A carbon composite blade will tend to have a larger sweet spot and, in my opinion, better feedback as the initial impact is clearer/crisper and the subsequent vibration is better damped. Whether that is better for you will only be known if you get to try your club mates carbon blades or take the...

Learn to keep looking at the ball and to adjust your positioning by bouncing off the ball of your feet in your low stance. If you are short, long or old sighted make sure you are wearing the right prescription. You can't hit what you can't see.

If you think the soft rubbers feel weird, then harder rubbers are more suitable for you. Don't let outdated ideas from people who don't realize the game has changed due to the plastic balls give you bad advice. I'd go with a medium hard rubber like the Fastarc G1 or even what you are using for...

Depends on your goal as a table tennis player and if you want to play offensively. If you just want to have some fun and just get the ball over the table, it doesn't matter really what you use. If you want to get good and play in the style of most professionals, then I would absolutely stay away...

There is a reason why long pips is considered the dark side. It can be seductively easy and powerful but ultimately limiting if you hope to get really good or win against really good players. Are you playing defensively with long pips or just blocking with it?

Tibhar CCA 7 is on sale at tt11 for around $45 now and it is very fast and fun but IMO not quite as controlled as a fast carbon blade unless paired with the right linear rubbers. There is also the Xiom Axelo at $75 which I have not tried. Then there is the Butterfly Sardius which is the fastest...

There seems to be the idea that tacky rubbers are the spinniest and even with the advent of hybrid rubbers that are tacky, that Hurricane 3 is still the king of spin.I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I am assuming how spinny a rubber is has to to with how well it can grab on the...

unlike women, throwing them out when they are worn, old and used up isn't considered a crime against humanity. unlike women, you can try as many different ones as you like and don't have to settle with one, without a lot of risk and expense relatively. - single EJ.

Because Dignics has the Butterfly brand on it? :> Seriously though, many people forget the topsheet's (which could be close to as thick as the sponge) contribution to the feel of a rubber.

That's like some old wives tale, an outdated generalization for a situation that no longer exists. If you like what you tried, then it is right for you. With the plastic ball, a stiffer but still softish 7 ply is what I would go with if I wasn't already using a fast hinoki faced composite blade.

If you think only top level H3 players boost their rubbers, I can direct you to a video of Dmitri Ovtcharov making sounds with his Butterfly rubbers I have never heard out of a regular Butterfly rubber.

Honestly, I need a carbon blade to be able to play offensively with these old bones and extra unwanted 30lbs around the waist.

Does the ball also start to lose spin as it goes along it's trajectory due to this Magnus force somehow?

I'm assuming as an offensive player, we are trying to place the ball on the table somewhere with as much speed and spin (quality) as possible (or as little as possible depending on tactical situation) to increase the chances of the ball not coming back. All the crap about rubber and boosting is...

I find myself gravitating towards stiff, faster blades with soft feeling as it is better for me with the plastic balls and age and a closer to the table play style. Flexible blades loses control when you hit it hard as the flex makes it less predictable/linear to where the ball ends up. The...

Yes. You can wet those regular scissors with water or ammonia glass cleaner like Windex for a better cut or get sharp ones like the Kai 5626. Alternatively, you can use a heavy duty utility knife with 18mm snap off blades but you'll need a cutting board/a thick old magazine/soft backing of some...

I have not tried this personally but if you want something that is spin insensitive to the level of pips, then you may want to check out the Nittaku Goriki Kaisoku.

I'd say that looks pretty photo realistic to me.

Instead of going softer, try using the G1 on the back hand and be more positive with the wrist speed on your backhand (or go all out) and try different angles. If you can put enough speed and thin contact on the ball to generate higher spin, you may discover some new magic in your backhand.

That's the blue pill. Once you learn about the natural shape of human feet and see what kind of shapes modern shoes have forced human feet to conform to, that would be the red pill barefoot shoe moment. Fashion, tradition, conformity, Why do you think the feet binding practice of China existed...