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Yes - but some of the newer ones are stiffer than the older ones. But the Vega Euro is great. Another really good blade, though it seems the OP is for composites, is the Boll W7 - really solid blade. Just thick.

Slower and more controllable than Viscaria but with a similar feeling - Nexy Calix 2. IF you want to stay Butterfly, Tiago Appolonia is decent but it will have slightly more vibration (as does the Calix 2, but the Calix 2 feels more similar).

Don't know your rating or how tuned in Dan was but given that he was celebrating, he is obviously scared of your game and you played pretty well. A lot of inexperience in there - after you popped up the first push returning his serve or even the first two, you should have been on alert to look...

I agree with everything except that part - he has a special backhand. But the problem for him is so does Darko.

That you are blocking the ball into the net is evidence of a very sound block. Your practice partner doesn't have a calibrated loop which makes your job harder and you are moving the block around which makes everything harder. The drill is a bit difficult but I guess you guys are young and...

No, they were not. Boll had worse results coming into the tournament and there was no way that even with Dima they would have performed well. So they should have had a lower level coming in based on recent participation. Even Korea, they are gaining the benefit of an injured Jeung being...

Germany was seeded #2 in the last WTTTC. Look at what happened with Boll injured and Dima not playing. In the end, no system is going to be 100% perfect.

That's fair. I used them to describe what I felt was essential. I assumed you had seen the video before but that what I was describing might be different to you. Good luck with the strokes. You would probably need to go to the gym to get more powerful than that. That's the easiest way.

It would be better to see it in a practice drill but as a match shot, it looks fine. I think most of it revolves around how much control you have in your elbow. It seems to be doing the heavy lifting for adapting to the ball.

Zhang Qiang should lose unless she is very strong vs defense. Li Jiayi can lose as well but that is lower. The rest should be safe. Sawettabutt has the talent but not the composure or experience.

Hit the side of the ball and cover - it's really more a circular motion. You may hook or fade the ball at first, but try to come over the ball, and direct the ball straight forward with topspin as much as possible. That's how I power loop with low arc. Looping is about circular motions and...

Here is Wang Hao blocking with RPB - this could just as well be any shakehand top player blocking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_pxzoqBKfo See that he is whipping is paddle from back to front with limited upward motion and bouncing with the ball. The preparatory whip motion with his body...

I suspected for RPB it could be different and Wang Hao had blocking as a relative weakness in his backhand. The thing about lobbing is that it implies motion in vertical plane and I suspect if I was to see your stroke, there is more to it than that. Maybe just the idea of actually doing a...

I would post video but I don't have anything that explains the issue (Ttedge does but it is paid content). But you can watch pros block during warmup and you can see their blocks don't arc the ball. They are flat practice blocks.

You control the ball in two ways - spinning with the Magnus effect or directional hitting. Basic hits rely mostly on the directional force, heavy topspin loops rely mostly on the Magnus effect, loop drives rely on both. A lifting stroke with an open paddle has no strong component of spin or...

Yeah, those are slower blades, so I am sure you can get away with the lifting block up to a point. But it's better to hit through the ball just a little more as you described so you can keep your technique consistent.

You are more than advanced enough that I wouldn't be worried to deal with your blocks and you could be fixed by a good player if he was really concerned. My coach told me that he has never lost to a guy who couldn't flat block in the game warm ups because topspin blocks in warmups are evidence...

In all strokes on spinny balls, to remain consistent, spin avoidance is the key. You need to make first contact on the side of the ball and then figure out how to follow through to give it the spin you are looking for. This is also important for off the bounce strokes and it is why many people...

Thanks for those videos, Nuke. They were helpful to me and I am not a penholder!

I have those same issues so I know them. When you are in position, the shot is very different. IT's one of those things you come to accept - that you missed the time when you should have gotten heavy footwork training and just maximize what you can by staying on the balls of your feet and...