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Yeah I get that and agree with you, that’s what I meant about thinking and not thinking, you think ‘I’m going to try and play ball’s that are lower which is the planning, before the point starts, you read the point as best you can and hopefully the micro adjustment kicks in thoughtlessly if /...

The hidden serve action can be an issue for me, because when I first played you could leave your arm in front of the ball after the toss and so on. Waldner used to do this!! these days, of course this isn’t allowed, when I started playing again, even after 30+ years, the serve action & muscle...

Thanks Carl, I think I’m getting the concept of what you’re saying!! ;) So even if you are concentrating hard on the task at hand you should still be able to react and digest things that are happening outside of that task. Or not let that feeling you had, distract you from the present...

Hi Carl, the definition you gave for yoga/meditation - state of mind, fully focused on one thing everything else disappears etc would you say that this is an attribute that some top players have naturally, the ability to ‘zone out’ from everything unrelated to what they want to achieve and...

On a more serious note, it’s not really one serve, it’s more like a well disguised serve action, one action, different spins, hard to read unless you really really concentrate!!!

Hi got any footage of yourself playing? This would help a lot!!

1 that goes over the net !!

Tibhar balsa 25 is a defensive blade with a large head.

Hi, how did you get on with the Loki N80?

Looks swwweeeeeet!! R48 both wings? what’s the expected difference between the 2 core materials? the proverbial dog with 2 d***s!!!:);)

Its strange, sort of!! The Butterfly spring sponge and spring sponge x is so bouncy!! D09C I found usable, liked it on both wings more on BH, but have given both sheets to a club mate. The slight tackiness made it, for me more controlled. I have a sheet of T80 fx which has a softer sponge, still...

I’ve had a few comments like why are you using that Chinese stuff ?? A lot of Euro type coaches just don’t really get it and always recommend Euro style rubbers!! Now I can use both types if I want to!! what I think suits me, may not be the case though!!! ;);)

All sorts of rumours abound!! Boosting maybe far more common than you may think!! (and not only restricted to Chinese type rubbers) I was surprised to learn that players boost their T05 etc If my memory serves me right there’s a thread on here somewhere with photos of German League players...

GT PS has more catapult than GT, I preferred the GT on my BH, I wouldn’t say that GT has a high catapult effect, especially when compared to D09C.

Mens Best FH Of All Time ??

Yeah, Stiga Def Pro is a great blade, it has carbon layers, it ain’t quick by any means!! Carbon can be used for Fast / Slow / mid speed Blades!! Stiga also has the Allround Carbon Classic. I remember when I first saw the marketing for the Tamca 5000, one of the main points was increased sweet...

Both the clubs I play for don’t really even have a club night for practice!! 1 has no club night, it’s matches only, there are 7 teams!!, 1 table hall !! So generally during a regular season there’s a match every weekday evening, the clubhouse is owned by a tennis club, so they use it at...

Brain and body can adapt to faster or slower equipment, whether you end up a better player is another thing!! You get use to things. For example, the robot I use, set it to 0.80 sec frequency and speed 26 and it’s fast!! but after a couple of minutes you adjust to the speed, maybe make a few...

Arguably the GOAT may actually be female !! Deng Yaping won 3 World Champs and 6 Chinese National Champs !! The best the men can do is Zhuang Zedong 3 WC’s and 3 CNC’s which is matched by Ma Long ( but still competing). Waldner was a magnificent player, with unbelievable ability. So he is...

try and stick with the Persson blade, GT and GTPS are hybrid rubbers, GT has a harder sponge than the PS version. both are tacky/semi tacky rubber, this is partly why they play slower. Try a bounce test with and without a protective film on the rubbers, this negates the tack, so bounce is more...