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I always took off the protective film. with H3Neo it comes with a layer of booster or glue on the sponge. Some advise to remove it before boosting others leave it on and boost on top.

I liked TDE, my sheet retained tackiness but it was reduced. Others reported that the tackiness wore off as well, some also had some durability issues.

There’s one ‘scientific’ paper (I’ve seen) regarding speed / spin ratios of ESN bouncy/grippy and Chinese type tacky rubbers. It’s available to find on the ITTF website. This basically showed that the ESN bouncy/grippy rubber have better speed and spin potential than the tacky Chinese rubbers...

Another point I forgot to mention is tempo or rhythm. It can help if you practice tossing the ball and catching it with your racket hand. counting something like ‘1000 and 1’ ‘and’ being about 1/2 a second , with ‘1’ being about 1 second. You can then set a basic tempo from ball release to...

High toss adds ball speed / velocity before contact which increases spin potential after contact. How high is high?? 1.5 / 2m+ above head height? Or higher? A coach I play with uses a high toss ( roughly 1.5m above his head) for his FH pendulum serve, very fast and spinny. Harder to control for...

If shoulder injuries are your thing then try a sheet of Double Fish QiJi Osmose Inverse, with 41 degree sponge hardness, the sheet I tried was deader than dead thing!!! I would estimate that it was about 900 to 1200mm slower than H8-80!!!!, by this I mean that for a standard topspin stroke the...

NDH’s son is also using tacky rubbers!!

Could just be the blue colour, I have a blue sheet of Donic Bluestorm. After a few weeks use it looks a little ‘dull’ but still plays well. Also have a green sheet of R48, which hasn’t had much play time, still looks like ‘straight out of the pack’ but I think after some play it will dull down...

There’s a few questions to ask yourself!! What is a good server?? What is a good serve?? What do you expect from your serves?? One of the answers to the last question is EXPECT THE SERVE TO BE RETURNED, AND RETURNED WELL!! DO NOT EXPECT TO WIN POINTS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR SERVE, If you do win a...

When I tried T05 and R53 I thought generally that the R53 felt ‘softer’ than T05, I would say the rubber top sheet of R53 felt softer than that of T05. that’s what I thought, personal opinion, but others may think differently!! Both rubbers are used to better potential by more advanced players...

There’s no hard and fast rule as such, some advise more layers some less. Also thickness of glue and thickness of the layers, type of glue can play a part in how the set up then plays. Although this may not even be noticeable by the majority of us. I’ve used up to 3 layers on blade and rubber...

How to ‘level up’?? This season I’m playing in higher level leagues against better quality opponents, I’ve just started discussing things with the coaches I train and coach with. So this thread ties in nicely!!! The first responses from them have been on analysing playing style, set pieces...

Yeah, I have one as well, great robot!!

There is a ‘feedback’ section when you open up a person’s profile, I think this is related to ‘traders’ only? could ‘feedback’ be an option? A rating system for advice given could be viable, more emoticons? An issue could be abuse of feedback and rating systems.

The main thing about equipment advice, is that to a certain extent, regardless of ability, it’s a personal opinion. This is the main thing that members and those using the forum need to remember. Until an independent scientific testing facility or similar comes along then we are going to be left...

Hi, I agree with NDH / Carl, try not to get pulled into buying a set up with top end carbon blades and rubbers, Once you reach a higher level of ability you can then start to upgrade equipment. A gradual upgrade over time will be more beneficial over the long term. An all wood blade...

Rakza Z is ok for lobbing/fishing, I don’t really use lobbing much, but RZ is fairly bouncy compared to some ‘hybrid’ type rubbers so lobs can be played.

Of the 3 leagues I play in, 2 have dropped the doubles, 9 singles of 5 ends are played, the other league still allows the doubles to be played as well as the singles. Match durations still basically the same as previous years!! 2 of the leagues don't have many juniors playing in the matches...

My Son plays football/soccer, the club he plays for, has 2 teams in his age group, 11yr old , when I was his age the same club only had 1 team per age group, so if anything football seems to be pretty popular, but whether the number of clubs has dropped is another thing, this I’m not sure...

Xiom Tau 2 maybe an option, it's a little quicker than Un-boosted H3/H3neo and I found that as it gets older it plays quicker as some of the tackiness wears off. durability seems good as well. downside is its limited availability - available from China / Far East sellers mainly. I haven't tried...