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I ended up going for Vega Europe DF which I will swap on later, but R7 Soft is definitely on my list too, maybe after this one.

To me it looks like there is more arc on the ball, so the quality has probably increased. Of course you can't really compare hitting into topspin with a human vs hitting into whatever that is with a robot, but it's not an easy change to make anyway. From here I think you might need a trainer to...

Probably about 185, and handle balanced. I don't particularly like it. 205g and more head balanced, CG maybe 40-45% up the rubber, is the best for me. EDIT: Highballed that, should be more like 170. No wonder it feels like air.

Not everyone needs to be in the men's top 50 rankings. There's a lot of things to do inbetween being an elite fulltime pro and a hobbyist, many of those things which still require advanced skills.

Sure, I'll answer it literally: The MLTT doesn't pay you anything. They might not ever pay you anything. How much other people make is their matter. I think young people tend to really underestimate how difficult it is to reach even basic professional competency in something like this. I know...

Well, the thing is, there are slow cars, cars which can barely go 20km/h as a topspeed when passenger cars can reach 200+. There hardly exists rubbers like that. That's what I mean. Of course there are slower and faster rubbers, but calibrating what's "neither slow or fast" is something...

I prefer dynamic stretches instead of static ones. It's generally not a super great idea to do static stretches from cold anyway supposedly.

You intend to already be playing on the national team by the time you move to Germany at 18. On top of that you want to represent the US internationally while still playing in Germany. At least that's what I've gathered from what you've posted. I don't know if you have rich parents or what, but...

What makes you think getting onto the US national team will be easier than getting into 6. Bundesliga?

I think for stuff like this it would be really great if there just existed dyno curves online. At the end of the day it's a foam elastomer and a rubber elastomer, they will all have similar curves with just different slopes and saturation points in regards to a mostly normal deflection. Spin...

You assume you will progress more effectively than potentially any person who has ever lived just because you progressed to an alright amateur level in a relatively fast time. Not even a high level, just a level where adults tend to plateau if they have some structured practice and have been...

Why do you think you're so special that you can start from just a little bit below some of the most elite competition in the world? You're acting like the 3rd division is some kind of D on a report card. A lot of the players there are better than the best players in some countries.

The answer is none. There don't exist any clubs that would scout you and allow you to play in them. If you do make it from 1900 to 2700 in 5 years, you should really start thinking about the grandslam and making history at the world stage, easily beating the Chinese top men's players instead.

You "could"? The kind of players playing in MLTT are sometimes the best in their country. Some of them have been top 10 in the world ranks. Why do you think it's some kind of thing to settle for if you don't manage to do the impossible? What is your world rank? Are you in the top 1000 even? Are...

Since I didn't make any equipment changes between 2016 and 2018, and none between 2023 and 2026, I bought a clearance sale sheet of Vega Europe DF for my backhand to use for the rest of the year. My current rubbers have been oxidizing for a while anyway so they will probably need changing at...

Shouldn't you be focusing on what happens next month, not in 5 years? Nothing is certain in sports. Don't you have a trainer who has been part of a national team guiding you?

I think you need to understand that plenty of people start at 5 years old with more training and better resources and still might not be that level by that age. The average seems to be 10-15 years of practice from childhood to be able to reach a pro level ASAP, and that's just a pro level, not...

I will say that 2100 in a couple years is decent and is a real achievement even with the coaching. With that in mind, many players are playing at a 2400~ level and younger than 13. It's probably going to be super tough to get into Bundesliga, maybe impossible, but I'd like to see it either way.

Sounds like it's doable. You should probably link your YouTube, it's not discoverable.

You're 2100 after a year and a half? Are you being professionally trained full-time?