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when I tried the R53 I found it to feel softer than expected, really good spin when looping, serving and fast, super good for fast blocks and counter drives, but when under pressure, slightly out of position, having to use an improvised stroke then control was totally gone, more from my poor...

Hi, FXS seems to have average durability, some people have told me that the various Tibhar Evo (MXP,MXS FXS etc) range of rubbers have limited durability. There’s also people that prefer the rubbers when they are older. The factory tuning / boosting wears off. But I think this could be said of...

I found that H8 lost some tackiness after a couple of weeks and this was when I came into its own!! I also thought that in a lot of ways it was similar to H3 Neo Provincial 41 deg. (both rubbers were red)

Hi, There are a few players I know, that use slower, defensive type all wood blades. These Guys use T05, MXP, FXS etc and they don't have issues finishing off points !!!! I am not saying that type of blade is right for you, but an all wood, all round+, or off - blade could / should be an...

yeah Touchy feely has a few connotations!!! I’m in the lounge , it’s fairly late here and by the sounds of it my neighbours are having a touchy feely duration right now !!!:o:o

yeah, I think you’re right, what everyone feels is personal, also it depends what your brain is up to !! i saw a programme about pain, pain levels felt and rated out of 10, the sort of questions asked by doctors. this fella had suffered some really nasty burns to his legs, when the bandages were...

Many thanks Baal, in one of my posts I reported that it felt that a certain rubber had more Dwell, looking back I think that this ‘feel’ was probably softer, it felt like the ball sunk further into the sponge/top sheet combination, because you think that the ball penetrated further into the...

Please correct me if I’m wrong, I thought that DHS and Butterfly use (or did use) Shore A scale, most of the others use Shore O scale. source of info is ‘table tennis rubber hardness explained’ by TableTennisNerd. cheers.

Hi BB, please don’t take this post the wrong way, I don’t mean any disrespect and I am not trying to find fault, you are far far more qualified, knowledgeable and experienced than myself on these topics. I’m just trying to learn and see if my thoughts are somewhere near the mark, as it were...

i clean with a rubber cleaner now and again, depending on how much I’m playing, maybe once a week max. the nature of the tacky surface attracts dust, so I prefer to clean with a damp sponge regularly during matches, at end of each rubber, depends on how much dirt / dust is on the top sheet. i...

One of the other sensory indicators is sound, this can sometimes be far more revealing than the ‘feel’. You become use to how your set up sounds, what noise is produced for fine brushing, looping, flat hitting etc.

Dwell time (duration), if I’m correct, is the amount of time the ball is in contact with the racket surface during impact. Which in effect is impact duration. if you miss the ball completely there is zero dwell time / impact duration!!:) if you perform a hypothetical perfect scoop (no micro...

I’ve heard that Ma Long had been working on keeping his head still (not static, reducing or controlling) to help get better consistency, if your head moves a lot then the accuracy is harder to achieve as the brain has to allow for the head movement as well, which in turn reduces accuracy of the...

Anticipation, Formula one drivers have better than average reactions, and they also ‘read the Road’ sort of memorise all the bumps and way the car will handle at a certain point on the track, then they anticipate and react before the event. They still won’t be able to ‘react’ that much faster...

I played tonight and the rubbers played very well, spin on serves was excellent!! Loop was solid and lots of spin when brushed properly. The other thing I noticed when we were doing some pushing routines, my coach is way above me in level, was that he had trouble reading the amount of spin, he...

Yeah it will be very interesting to see what results you get!!! Excellent !!! Are you removing the sponge from the top sheet? To test on its own? Then you have a piece of top sheet without sponge that could be tested as well !!! Can the rubber (combined sponge and top sheet) be tested? it...

which is as listed by joola, there’s definitely variances but 5 degrees seems a little wide of the mark for me!! That’s a big difference!!

If you’re boosting yourself then you’re probably right, both my sheets are straight out of the pack onto the blade unboosted and still in good condition after 5 months. Used at least every other day for 4 months for about 1 to 2 hours per session. They still seem good, but it can be hard to...

If he measured GT PS at 55 shore O then definitely shitty quality control !!!!

Primorac FL (made in Japan) D09C 1.9mm both sides.