AHG is awesome. Anyone who struggles to control the catapult of 47.5 degree rubbers such as MX-P, G1, etc - give AHG a try. You will be very pleasantly surprised.
My suggestion for receiving check list is to pay attention to the ball's trajectory on the table and to learn to recognize spin from that.
The reason for this is simple. Ball toss height/grip/positioning/direction of racket angle/etc - all these are a lot of factors - all of which happen in a...
"Get Your Game Face On Like The Pros!: Mental Skills And Lifestyle Choices To Achieve Peak Performance And Play Your Best Table Tennis" by Dora Kurimay is very good for this kind of stuff.
I realize correlation is not causation but people using 729 B2 do seem to hold, to put it mildly, somewhat unconventional opinions about other rubbers.
Come on - are you seriously implying that OP's inability to create spin and speed despite having one of the best coaches in England cannot be remedied with BTY ZJK SZLC blade paired with Dignics on both sides? :-)
I tried Mantra M in the past and found it quite lacking in the spin department. Fast - hell yeah, great for hitters, no doubt. But if you like to loop, especially brush loop, there are better rubbers.
Short video review of K2 on Nexy Qabod. I'm in grey shirt, and my practice partner Tomasz uses T80 on Maze.
Unless you've got nothing else to do for 30 min, here are the main points of interest:
0:00 - 2.13 FH drive/counter
2:25 - 6:38 - FH loop against FH block and vice versa
21:00 - 26:30...
Jiawang Song v Sam Mabey - Wolverhampton Grand Prix 2019 Final
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pedEmVlSSYE
Grigory Vlasov v Ismaila Akindiya - London Grand Prix Final 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APkLwvvLE6s
Darius Knight vs Grigory Vlasov - Jersey Grand Prix Final 2019...
IMO, DO's lack of results is a direct consequence of his inability to adapt to the new poly ball. He just cannot stay at the table and bang the ball off the bounce like the younger players. And he's no XX to play powerfully away from the table with the poly ball.