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Just finished a 4 hour training session with 2 practice partners back-to-back, main goal was to thoroughly test the two new setups, Q968 with H3/DNA P-M, and FZD with D09c/D05. The basic training portion went similar to my previous impressions, I was pretty set on the Q968 combo, and then the...

Did a local tournament this weekend, had some ups and downs, overall did much better than a couple years ago. Last time we got eliminated in the group stage, this time we got 2nd! The venue was kinda crap, the tables were missing adjustable feet so they had to put books, stands etc. below the...

Yea I don't like it. You don't get the hold and release feel, the ball just pops right out. Feels like a suped up D05. I think FZD's swing is a bit too big for it, on both sides, but it's perfect for someone like Tomo.

On both sides, hence the 0:3 x2!

Sure, if it's really fast you'll just have to react with the arm, but you're not facing that type of speed yet you're still late. You're missing half of the point here. It's not just backswing with your hip, it's also to minimize backswing with the arm. Maybe a different way to explain this...

It lasts 1 month tops, doesn't seem to depend too much on whether you play with it or not. The more you loop into the racket the more you feel the difference. The blade affects your feel as well. I've found that I don't notice as much of a difference between boosted and off boost H3s on my...

You're late on FH during games because your FH form remains the same, too much of an arm-based motion. Specifically, too much of an arm-based backswing. You're kicking forward with your hip just fine during the forward swing, but for backswing you need to just relax your arm and let the hip...

It's not so much the speed that I'm against, it's just the feel or lack thereof with D05 that puts me off. BTW, how did you like the T19 compared to the various Dignics? During my hiatus I completely missed the T19 and T05H era, which seemed like they were pretty popular before the Dignics era.

I see, the G1 is fairly hard, but D09c does have a kick after reaching a certain point which the G1 doesn't have. The G1 is more like the Hurricanes in that regard. I've never really tried D80 so not really sure how that would feel though.

What did you use before? I used to not really understand it, as when I flip my racket and use D09c on FH (on both my FZD ALC and Q968) it feels effortless compared to the H3. But recently I tried out a clubmate's Rasanter C53 and DNA Platinum M on a Hugo HAL and I realized it can be a lot...

I've been on a bit of an EJ binge. First got a new FZD ALC a couple weeks ago, 1g lighter than my current one. It's pretty remarkable how similar my FZD ALCs feel to each other, and how different they feel compare to my Viscarias and ZJK ALC which feel like the same blade just with a different...

Well of course, you can objectively generate more spin by hitting into the racket more. My spinniest brush loop can barely touch 130 rps, but my regular loops are consistently in the mid 130's and can touch the mid-140s. And yes, it's a threshold, a threshold where you begin to generate the...

You're probably right that the sound probably doesn't necessarily indicate anything related to performance, but IMO it can be a very useful feedback to the user, especially one who is still learning. When it's present, it lets me know the quality of my contact, which is a very useful real time...

Per spinsight measurements my spin (and speed) still have a lot of room to increase after I get the cracking sound, which is at ~120's RPS, while my max is in the 140's against block. My opponents certainly feel the difference as well. Look, your points are not new at all, it's been debated on...

Generally they don't shrink, they actually expand, at least when I boost it. When I reglue my H3, even when I don't reboost, I always need to cut off an extra rim of rubber. Most other rubbers shrink though, even D09c. When I reglue D09c, which I don't boost, there's always a rim of blade...

Doesn't really make sense how I would bottom out blue sponge H3N and D09c but not D05 and DNA Pro.

There sure is a way. When I tried I think a DNA Pro on a W968, no matter how hard I looped I could not reproduce the characteristic cracking sound and the feeling of flex. Incidentally, and this was entirely unexpected, I just experienced the same thing last night when I tried out the D05 on...

I've found D09c to work fairly well, though I think it works a bit better with the Hurricane Wang/Q968. DNA Platinum series reportedly works fairly well as well, though like all ESN rubbers durability may be a concern. With that said, if you're to really take advantage of HL5 variants you should...

No, but some equipment may complement it a bit better. In general, something that's not too catapult-y works better, at least on FH, as most rubbers with significant catapult would activate before the blade does, and then you can get to a situation where no matter how hard you loop you never...

That's how he lost though. BH flicks are weak against dead serves or when caught by long serves, and at critical junctures WCQ served half-long and long dead serves to him which he tried to add too much quality and flicked out. He did that 3 times in game 5 alone.