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I've been practicing my drills and was getting fairly confident in my strokes. Especially my backhand opening loop, backhand drive, and backhand loop really improved. I was feeling confident in my attack and thought I could at least score quite a few points against a 2000 level guy in our club...

Well I bought a bunch of rubbers thinking that they would die off one by one on their own from just wear and tear. I thought that I would switch rubbers every 3 months. But after all this practice, the rubber doesn't seem to be worn down at all. At this rate, should I even bother trying to wear...

Is this the same rubber as the original 729 rubber from the 80's? I remember that rubber being extremely slow.

My H3 sheet is now 7 weeks old, and I actually feel like its in its prime condition. Serves and topspin loops are very effective. I'm actually looking for a reason to change rubber, because I have all these other rubbers I have stored up and need to use. But objectively I can't actually...

Why would there be a dropoff in performance if the topsheet still retains its grip? I can understand how a tensor might dropoff in performance if the tuning wears off, but H3 is kind of a dead sponge to begin with.

Change in sponge?? How does the sponge change?

wow, 150 hours sounds like a really long time. 2 hours a session, 4 sessions a week, means 32 hours of play in a month. So H3N would last 4 or 5 months!?

I heard that people recommend changing rubbers 4 times a year if you play 4 days a week, so changing rubbers every 3 months. I have been playing with a sheet of H3N for 7 weeks now, but it doesn't seem to be worn out at all. It's still extremely grippy, and I can hit very good loops with it...

I have a lightly used Butterfly TB Zlc blade for sale. I have too many blades as is, so I want to offload a few. There are no dents or damage on the blade.

Right, but its only $15, so i decided to just try it out. Also TT Maximum has several video reviews on youtube.

I just ordered a sheet of Jupiter 3 Asia 39d after reading some convincing reviews. The reviews called it a hybrid even faster than Razka Z. If it truly is a replacement for Rakza Z at 1/3 the price, then that is very attractive for me.

When a rubber such as H3N or Big Dipper has many hardness choices (ie 37d to 41d), what is the logic behind choosing the hardness? I was always under the idea that harder sponges produce more speed when you hit a good stroke. But sometimes I see people saying the opposite. I was looking at some...

Does the coach get a kickback from the butterfly seller? I think he probably does. I remember in Thailand, taxi drivers would get paid a kickback if they drove a customer to an expensive restaurant or club. I think your coach gets paid some money if he sends a customer to the Butterfly seller to...

This coach sounds a little ridiculous. ZJK SZLC is one of the fastest blades in the world, it is the exact opposite of the type of blade you should get. It is for speed, and has bad control and feeling. Tenergy also is very expensive and very fast. It has a strong catapult effect and ends up...

Youre using the battle 2 national? Where did you buy from? Youre saying the speed of national is faster than provincial?

Sure, if she likes those, then get it. But she also said she wants to develop strokes. Viscaria is the blade of olympic champion and quite fast. I think a slower, flexier blade and rubber is better for developing strokes.

Haha fine by me.

Yeah I think those are very good basic beginner setup as well. But why not save the extra money for a 15 year old high school student?

Something like these would be more than good enough for a 15 year old girl...

I think for trying to learn proper stroke, you don't need such fast equipment or expensive equipment. You can use a $20 Yinhe wood blade, to give you good feeling and control. And you can use a medium-fast speed Chinese rubber for $12 each to learn strokes. If you get dignics or tenergy, it...