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Sorry, I misunderstood. In this case it's worth getting it over a TB ALC or VIS. FX-P might be too soft, Rakza 7 or Rakza X should be pretty good. I would probably take the X, since they don't have a meaningful price not speed difference, but the X works better with plastic balls. Fastarc G-1...

I think if you are bellow TTR2000 by German points and you already have a Viscaria and Boll ALC you should save your money unless you want something with a fuller handle than BTY blades. I think the blade works better with ESN rubbers that try to imitate H3N BS boosted. Donic C2, Rakza Z EH...

Why does something need to hold it in tension? So what holds tempered glass in tension? I can buy tempered glass without any frame and it does not curl either. So if I stretch my rubber by hand and glue it onto the racket in that stretched state the only thing making the rubber tensioned is...

It seems Watta-san prefers the H9 with the #80 version of the sponge. That sponge is pretty good on the H8-80 too, bouncy, spinny, I can imagine with a less tacky topsheet it's very lively. Has anyone tried the violet or green H9?

I wouldn't call O7pro slow either, but probably V15 extra is your best bet if you exclude MX-P. You can also look at the Gewo Nexxus series, should be very similar to the Rasanter series but for usually a better price. Or there is the Donic Bluestorm Pro, it has 50deg sponge and it's fast and...

Yes, with H3 BS I felt the same way, I need to hit more and the rubber it just spins the ball that way better. I don't get how it does it but I can hear the ball spinning on the barrier so I am happy. On the other hand with H3 or the Dingtian if I close the racket angle it produces a weak shot...

I'm gonna add this to the first post as an update. So regarding the backhand side I've been experimenting a bit. Initially I tried V15 Extra which is pretty suitable in my opinion. It's one of the better ESN rubbers too, fast, crisp, not too spin sensitive, quite spinny and tolerates hard hits...

Just some advice with my best intentions. You really should use your legs to kick up and forwards. You go down a bit but kinda stay there static. And because of this you don't use your pelvis and back at all. To me it looks like your hits haven't got much spin or speed but you are giving your...

I dunno guys, I have some old 40 cell balls laying around and when I get a new sheet of rubber I do the good old spin test with both plastic and that old ball, and every time the ball lands on my nails the old cell ball spins noticeably longer. I would think an 38 cell ball would spin even...

It's an ancient relic of the 38mm ball era and from Europe. Many older coaches still teach to load the ball as much as possible as an opening loop and it's not a bad thing either, just it is really old style. However it's not possible to make such spin with the 40+ plastic ball as with a 38mm...

This is just guessing, Super ALC with thinner blade might work better in some cases and might be worse in others. SALC is harder than ALC. We can guess if CNF would be better or the carbon - acryl - zylon triple weave that now DHS is also experimenting with.

No, I think only C-touch ESN rubbers come with that white plastic on them. Normal sticky ESN rubbers (like Rakza Z) come with a transparent foil, non sticky rubbers usually don't come with any foil.

Actually not many CNT members use blades with ZLC. I can only name one, Chen Xingtong uses a LGY ZLC blade. And I have to think really hard to name another one, maybe in the past the GOAT Zhang Yining used an innerforce ZLC.I would even go as far as to say they have a similar playstyle. Having...

That's funny since I do the same. That white plastic better than the "free" protection foils some shops give. The H3N glue side white plastic is pretty good as a protective foil too, almost the same 😅

The topsheet will get really ugly in a few hours of play, I think this is a characteristic of the ESN C-touch topsheet. Probably black shows it much more than red, so if you care about it, you should get C2 in red. I didn't particularly notice a massive change in play due to this. I did clean...

Nooo, that must be a 1 ply Hinoki at 9mm? That would make sense. 1 ply balsa sounds like it wouldn't last a training 😅

So I have been playing with MX-S more since my Vega Asia will take a couple of days to arrive. MX-S is probably pretty darn good for someone that has a perfect BH style. If you have the wrist to stretch the MX-S topsheet and at the same time the forearm to move it foreward I think it would be...

Good question actually. I can only speak for myself but if I am playing against weaker players I play better with certain equipment than with other equipment. Against a weaker opponent a Tenergy like rubber both sides on an ALC blade feels right. I hear you all, why would I need a faster setup...

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OMG this thread is so fast I can't keep up. I'm 100% sure Sergio could make a blade that feels softer or harder impact, and he could make it feel softer on weak impact, or any other combination. I think it's not rocket science. If your core is dense then you will have a harder blade on powerful...