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Sure my Rakza 7 and G1 for example. Both I could play for a year without losing. Depends what you mean by loses own characteristic. No rubber will feel exactly the same as when they are totally new. If you are that good that you can feel the difference then I would invest and buy new sheets of...

those are called semi-pros and has the name "pro" in it aswell. Since they get payment but don't rely on it and most have to seek another full time job.

not sure why this is worth discussing instead of keeping it very simple. Anyone who makes a living out of it basically. There is just many different kinds of pros depending on the level and where they play.

Sure but Felix trains way more than you and me to make it work. I just got the feel with the amount a casual player trains it won't work but as you said you do it for fun, so keep us updated how you make progress over time!

Maybe it was mentioned already but switching to penhold and then wanting to do backhand loops is kinda meh. (not looking for FH oriented style) Not a penhold player myself but have seen lots of videos talking about how they avoid the backhand loop as much as possible and prefer a different...

go for max thickness if you go for a rubber like ten 05. If you are too scared because of 0,2mm then reconsider and play a different rubber.

Alright another 2h Training session behind me. The initial soft feeling is gone. I can feel a more harder feeling when hitting the balls. I also tried countertopspin from middistance against open up loops from my trainingspartner with a 80% success way higher than I expected. Too bad the rally...

The thing is you probably train with a very fast stroke aswell? Usually its good but you need different gears when attacking a ball. So when training tell yourself you will be looping with 60% power then 80% then 100% then 60% again and so on. Try and see how it feels when you loop slower. Try...

I think I move first with the legs. Then wait till the ball has landed on my side of the table. Here you need to see if the ball lands very close to the white line or not. If the ball doesnt land close to the white line then its easy my backswing starts when the ball hits my side of the table...

There is a video about this but basically you don't backswing immediately but backswing with the flow of the incoming ball and just before it gets into your hitzone you accelerate. So basically the key point here is not to backswing too early.

I am pretty tall and have big hands. My brother bought the japanese korbel in ST and it fit perfect in my hand. My W968 in FL sits also really good in my hand surprisingly. I think the Harimoto ZLC in FL was too slim in the middle part from what I remember as an example. Anything thicker would...

oh okey thanks. Crazy I wonder other than the naming what differs each of these versions. There really seems like up to 10 different versions with HL5 and W968 together

Well mine is also national but costs twice that amount. It gets really confusing 3 different HL5 blades 3-5 W968 blade version etc... Edit: so which one is the provincial one then?

Now that I look at it again. That was the blade I got with the testcase back then because I remember the date (2015) That version was the one I really liked and wanted to buy but I got this "newer pre 2022" version instead which I didn't give me the same feeling that I liked. I always thought...

so there are 3 HL5 versions? because there is another "new" HL5 that comes after 2022 with a white card.

Mines got a letter and the "batch number" afterwards something 130 or so quite high. Also only on one side. This definetly looks like a different Long 5. Mine is from 2021 or so.

I think because on those shots I don't engage the rubber well the ball becomes very unpredictable. It could be because I have new D09c sheets and gets better over time or as you said that the H3 is better for those kind of balls idk never played with a H3. Just seems very exhausting to boost...

the 400$ on Prott is considered the Provincial 968 or what? For me it's not about close or far away from the table per se. It's about what kind of ball I am receiving. So for example if I get a normal block ball back that has some energy I got no problems even if its shorter. But if I get a...

Alright 2nd training session with my brother this time. Did a lot of opening up (against half long/long backspin pushes) and then follow up loops. 1-1-1 entire Table loops. Loop after backspin serve (he pushes long anywhere I have to loop). Same with multiball... What I noticed: I have lots of...

My long 5 seems before 2022 so the "old" one. But I can say for sure this is not w968. As Tyce said already it has no print on the face. But then again I don't remember that print on my long 5 either lol. Did it come with a red card with the blades details?