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I’ve used Hinoki veneer blades before, usually faster blades, it’s far from dangerous or weird!!!

DHS Skyline 3 I’ve used in the blue sponge provincial version, boosted with 2 layers of Seamoon, This is another good rubber by DHS, but you’ll need to boost regularly to keep the speed and feel, maybe every 3-4 weeks or 4-6 weeks if you use Falco Long term booster, This is the ‘painful’ side...

H3 Neo Provincial and National (orange sponge) are available in Europe now, 37 degree, at DHS-729 37 degree H3 should be available on Aliexpress.

Just checked, it’s the Gid of War 1 blade

Hi Everyone, Looking for some blades with quality Hinoki outer veneers, with either inner or outer carbon or composition layers. Classed as Off- or All+ I believe Loki ‘God of War’ range (think it’s GOW2) has such a blade, looking for similar alternatives. any help appreciated;)

Rubbers, I clean regularly - before, during and after play, I also clean the protective films regularly as well !! They pick up dust too!! Blades, clean surface, just removing glue residue, if having issues gluing (rare) a light sand. Handle, I’ve never cleaned a handle!! Digs and dinks to...

Hi, have you got any videos of you playing? This would help people see how you play and what sort of standard / level you are. How long you been playing etc some more info would be appreciated!! You didn’t mention what your current set up is, what rubbers you have tried or are using on these...

I have a pr of Yonex 65zm, good Badminton shoe, one of Yonex’s mid range shoes, good grip and fine for TT, also have a pr of Mizuno wave something !! ( at my parents house, that’s why I can’t tell you the exact model) These are also nice for wider feet, they are ‘in storage’ waiting for the...

I’ve had a Stiga Def Pro for a couple of years, it’s a little quicker than a normal defensive blade, very good for mixed modern Def/attack play style, never used it with SP/LP so don’t know what it’s like with that type of rubber. From memory I started of with Ten80fx on FH and Donic slice40...

Nice pooch!!! (Dog) !!!

You can usually find one of the Ventus rubbers ‘on special’ at TT11, they rotate them , so usually every other week there could be a Ventus rubber with 25% off!! This could be (as Airoc’s statement) because they are either being discontinued or re-labelled Ventus spin,I think has a softer sponge...

One way of looking at it is, if you use a Tacky Chinese rubber for the very first time, don’t boost, play with it and see how it plays, get use to it and never boost. Then you’ll never know what you’re missing!!!!;);) Otherwise try Hybrid tacky rubbers, Joola Golden Tango, Golden Tango PS...

I think some of it is to do with the fact that people want equality with what they can purchase and use. The rule about treating a rubber in the factory being ok, is fine, if you can get the rubber quickly which in the real world therefore not really practical . The treatment effects can wear...

There’s a good review of the Akkad blade on ttgearlab.com Evo MXP and MXS are both considered pretty quick!! FXS is slower and has good spin capabilities. I’ve played with all 3. if you’re looking for a bit more control then you could take a step down in sponge thickness with one of the faster...

I think this was something that discussed with Dan when he was receiving Timo Bolls serves, Timo said that generally the top players read the serve pretty well and that the mistakes they make are more often when they try to play tight to the net, deep to the back of the table and so on. Of...

Yeah, that’s what I’m getting at!! Maybe players should have a GOPRO strapped to their foreheads!!! Relaying footage to a service judge!!!

Yeah, ‘hidden’ does imply that if even the smallest part of the ball can be seen, then the serve is good!! So if you’re going to call a serve for it being hidden, then you must be 100% certain that ALL of the ball cannot be seen at some point during the service. This is where it can get...

This is a Donic Dotec blade, at first it feels strange, but once used for a while it’s very comfortable!! When you then pick up a normal blade that feels strange!! Almost sharp on the wings. the handle and shape does close the bat angle slightly on the FH side, and open it slightly on the BH...

Cheers, So to clarify, the throw ends when the ball makes contact with the bat, and as long as the whole ball is visible at contact then the serve is good. The bat is not an issue.

I think the rule is that both the ball AND bat should be visible at point of contact. Which is a very short amount of time!! hopefully you’ll all understand the description below!! So when serving Fh, a player tilts his bat to an angle of 45 degrees, with the front leading edge being at the...