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One of the things that is sort of frustrating is the pace of improvement of the players, bearing in mind that everyone is different, that many youngsters will just play once a week for an hour at first. Progression is slow, for many they just want to play, have fun. So any changes to how we...

The level 1 session coach doesn’t cover much in the way of technique, 4 basic strokes, FH push, BH push, FH & BH drive. Serve rules. It’s more concerned with how to plan a session, what to include, ie warm up and warm down exercises, breakdown of the mini sessions within the whole session. Risk...

Yeah, it will definitely overlap, if people respond and offer up info about coaching techniques, ways of coaching, thoughts behind stroke technique , history of stroke technique, how things have changed, how things are currently evolving, how to evaluate what you see happening when you coach...

Hi Palguay, This is the sort of stuff I’m looking for people to post on the Coaching coaches thread I have just started!!!

I have started to coach young players over the last couple of years. I thought that it would be a good idea to start a thread about coaching, how to coach, what to coach, how to make sessions enjoyable for the players, how to coach different styles of play, technique differences for different...

Strangely, The Shore OO scale on the Shore scale comparison chart is for ‘sponge’ but it looks like it’s used to measure anything from a cushion to a tennis ball !! Shore A - rubber, soft plastics and polyurethane Shore O - soft rubber I’ve never even checked out the Asker Scales!!! Too many...

Butterfly website lists - G09C as 42 degree D09C as 44 degree IF BTY and DHS use the same shore scale, which would be Shore A and ESN use Shore O scale ROUGHLY, G09C 42 degree Shore A = 54.6 degree Shore O D09C 44 degree Shore A = 56.2 degree Shore O H3 41 degree Shore A = 53.8 Shore O...

It’s great that you built your own robot!! Can your robot place the ball in random positions, or spread the balls across a defined line? using the footage as an example, ball is coming to one position. If you can use the robot to spread the balls from wide BH to centre line, randomly, it will...

Starting with footwork is good. basics are essential. So when you serve, by the time of the 2nd bounce you should be in your basic ready playing stance and bouncing on your toes, ready to move. (Fast serve, less time to recover) Give yourself space, watch the pros and they serve close to the...

Is there any info on when maximum acceleration of the stroke is achieved?

Now the season has finished, it’s EJ time!! Haven’t used the Glazer/G09C combo for a month or so. went back to Rakza Z / Rakza Z EH combo for a few weeks! Chalk and Cheese!! The Rakza Z’s feel and sound way softer!! Tonight, I played with Tau 2 on both wings, on the same SDC 7+2 ply blade the...

Regular glazer is capable of high spin levels if you catch the ball correctly, compared to some other rubbers the margin of catching the ball correctly may be less. If you use it on a Viscaria I would say that the margin for catching the ball correctly is lesser still, therefore Glazer may...

What didn’t you like about N-80? If you don’t like N-80, how about H3? For me they are pretty similar.

TT11 & DHL excellent delivery usually 3 to 4 days to UK UK shop, usually 4 to 5 days delivery!!! makes no sense!!!

May be your best hybrid but not mine!!! From memory Dragon Grip had little tackiness like many other modern 'Hybrids', I found ball slipped occasionally, which is probably me or dust on rubber or both!! Jekyll & Hyde H52.5 could be an option, only available in Asia so far, but could give...

About 2 yrs ago I took the level 1 coaches course, due to covid I did the last day of the course a year late. But for all intense and purposes I have been coaching new players, both young and old for 2 yrs. There's a balance you need to try and achieve. Mine is a little out at the moment...

Well, I managed to get some serve practice in tonight. set up is J&H H52 and Hexer Grip (HG) on a Zhang Jike ALC. There is a pretty big difference in sponge hardness, JH 52 degree. HG I believe is 45 degree. Bounce test, HG is about twice as bouncy, 8 to 10 bounces until ball comes to rest, JH...

J&H H52, only just stuck into onto the blade, out of the pack it looks good quality, tackiness is minimal, similar to D09C/G09C, Bluegrip C2. Will give it a go v robot tonight.

Sponeta do some good tables as well