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Bogus. Sweden Extra is one of the most controllable looping blades in existence, and is well acclaimed and liked by many. You would probably be better off thinking twice before letting out another brainfart.

mercury 2 medium, heavily boosted, plays 85% as well as the most acclaimed med-hard rubbers from ESN (VP, G1 etc) in terms of performance but not in feel. So nope, you are not missing out on anything(except fancy marketing). Just remember to reboost every 4 weeks.

You hit the ball too much in front of the body, that's why you hit it with sidespin and lack some power. Try standing closer to the table and use wrist in upwards direction, not sideways.

Open your racket angle at almost all times. ABS balls have no backspin or topspin unless someone hits it hard. So just hit it forward. The chinese coach is right. Many players have ingrained a bad technique, what was good for celluloid now becomes a bad habit that needs countless hours of...

Anyways, I think 45 degree is best for intermediate BH. But of course, topsheet hardness is responsible for 50% of hardness feeling. Some may prefer a soft-hard, med-med or hard-soft combination. My recommendation for med-med is Fastarc C-1.

they are most likely balsa blades. Good for sp hitting and blocking style. not good for spin and arc. that's all you need to know.

M2 is good but quite fast and bouncy. Fastarc C1, Vega Japan and Aurus Select have same sponge hardness but more control. M2 has worst durability. But all are ESN products so not too different. There is also 729 bloom series with same 45 deg sponge, but have not tried it yet. Medium hardness is...

The truth sometimes hurts my friend.

VP plays like ass on limba outer ply. The optimal way to play VP is with stiff, medium hard blade with koto outer, closed bat angle, brush the ball in the front of the body and use underarm and wrist acceleration.