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Handicap matches can be pretty tense for the better players!! I’ve seen some games (to 21) where a Prem Div player has to give a bottom Div player 16 or 17 points!!! Really leaves no space for mistakes!!! This can make the better player tense up and not play their ‘normal’ game, it can be very...

Chinese rubbers will be okay with the Acoustic, if you want more speed then use the Acoustic Carbon (outer) for better feel and more speed boost!!

I have both the Acoustic and Acoustic inner (LG handle), both with Rakza Z on FH & BH 2.0mm sponge. I also have a Long 5 What I found is that both versions play almost the same in terms of feel. Speed difference was noticeable but not massive. When playing a FH topspin with a similar stroke, (as...

R53 has a thinner top sheet, R48 is similar, for example, (figures are just as an example not necessarily correct) If R47 with 2.0mm sponge, has pimples 1.5mm long and thickness of flat surface of top sheet is 0.5mm R48 / R53 2.0mm sponge, 1.5mm pimples and thickness of flat surface of top sheet...

Yeah 7 is tough!! some leagues here have a handicap club team comp, but the format is play to 21 old style, 5 serves etc. Different leagues have different format but usually, start game with HC pts (as your vids) 0-5 in the match in question. Other leagues add the handicap at the end!! Which is...

R53 - Way less controllable, unless you’re a very strong player!!!

Any news on this ?

Just shows the difference in levels really well !! Both were really enjoying the match. Club owner was sharp when he wanted to be!! It’s great that they do this sort of event, gives people a chance to play much better players but maybe Haruka could have done with a couple more points handicap...

Hi Der, Just tried Park Ji Soo search on YouTube, all I got was some young heartthrob actor dude!!!🤔 Any other links? cheers,

Hi, Bryce is still available, but I guess it’s the speed glue you used to use that contributed to how the set up played. The Appelgren all play senso V1 is an Allround blade so you could speed up the set up by getting a faster blade. You could try boosting the sponge, but from what I’ve heard...

It’s a fairly thin carbon layer, black, from memory, looks like a std carbon type, sort of Tamca ish. But I don’t know for sure!!, the blade is thin, even when you put on max sponge rubbers it still feels quite thin. Neck of the handle is also quite thin, so the weighted grip tape could be a...

I didn’t mind the Arthur Asia sponge, I’ll be interested to see how you like the Tau II 😁, been thinking of trying it myself!! It’s in the Aliexpress basket waiting!!! Is that where you ordered it?

Hi, Defensive blades generally have a larger head size. I take it that it’s the ‘head heavy’ feeling that you don’t like?? one way around this is to make the handle heavier!! This will alter the balance of the blade, making the head feel lighter. the forum expert on heavy but head light...

The review is very good, at the bottom of the review there’s a link to his review of the various H3 varieties, std, Provincial, National, H3-60 etc just looking at his scores for H3N provincial compared to unboosted H8, he scores H8 hard, better by 0.5!! (If my maths is correct!!). H8 is...

Hi been a while since I used the Loki rubbers!! The N80 is closest to H3N, and I felt that for the price, a sheet of N80 had better quality than a std sheet of H3N, and better quality than a provincial sheet of H3N at less than 1/2 the price!! It’s a very good alternative to H3 or H3N. As far as...

Cheers for the vid!! Both very nice players, Miss/Mrs (?) PJS was a little unlucky, had a few easy(ish) chances to kill a few points off. The fella has very good loop kills on both wings, BH a little less consistent. Both had deceptive serves, and varied. PJS was so close to a ‘TAXI’ serve...

Cheers, will do!!!

Yep my mistake, micrometer for measuring thickness!!

Yeah, you gotta be careful !! When I do boost, I use similar method to yourself, but usually 1 layer glue to protect sponge so G BB GG, or G BBB GG, then 2 GG on blade. Durometer is a good idea for checking combined top sheet and sponge thickness so you have an idea of how much you have to play...