Yeah. The handle also looked from first impression a bit like Hurricane Long II, but the plies don't match. So Hurricane Hao could be, but then where did the colors go?
Well, as far as i know Timo plays with extreme heavy (93grams) and selected Tennies with a very hard sponge. Hence he said his rubbers are available to public 'cause everyone can let their rubbers be selected.
Personally I tend to believe this.
I could be wrong, but his way of thinkin might...
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Hey Bizzy B,
welcome to the forum.
Most people would suggest an allround or allround+ full wood blade with a first or second gen tensor type of rubber.
The sriver is a rather classic type of rubber, and very good to start, since it's not so fast, but lately you can hear many voices saying...
Ooops, we must have posted parallel. :)
Well, as i said: some people might find it more convenient not having to wait for ages, until the booster sinks in.... Just spread speed glue on and you're good to go.
Has anybody already mentioned that Butterfly released a new Training Ball to close the gap between practice (easy-ball) and competition (Three Star ***G40+)
It's called Master Quality G40+
http://de.butterfly.tt/ausrustung/balle/master-quality-ball-40-72er.html
I haven't tried it yet, though.
Xylit ain't wrong. Let me just rephrase that.
I'd say it depends on your point of view. Speedglue was pretty easy to use and also dried much faster. Not like those modern wbg glues.
Actually i don't think anyone who used speedglue let it dry. One just had to press the rubber on the blade with...
When i was about 14 i had the chance to umpire at a Desmond Douglas match on a show tournament in my neighbour town. I think he played vs. Liang Geliang.
That was exactly how they warmed up but in high speed (38mm era)
Before that my coach always had to force us youngsters to warm up properly...