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There was a guy who used to play GT on both sides when I last saw him. Then at the club yesterday, he was using J&H C55 on both sides. Didn't notice any major difference in his play.

D05 is spin sensitive for sure, but only if you are extremely passive. With just a modest amount of activity, it plays very well, unlike say Tenergy, where you have to be precise. But if you are coming from 09c, once you adjust to the lack of tack, you will get a lot out of the rubber, both on...

Nice theory but really isn't true, definitely in my experience. There are two aspects of Kaitai, the first is the basic Kaitai (brushing backhand), and the second is the breaking backhand, where you use Kaitai to form a mountain around the ball, and it is this mountain forming technique, which...

I strongly endorse this post and argue that technical stability and the ability to find range in technical stability is more important than equipment speed when you are learning. What it means to swing hard changes in meaning as you get better and play people who put more quality on the ball so...

Dignics 05 (and the Dignics sponge in general) is highly underestimated as a rubber in many respects. While it isn't sticky, it actually plays closer to Hurricane on pushes when compared to the usual ESN fare. And the need for speed out of short stroke, especially blocks and pushes, should not...

I couldn't use the Tronix ZGR, the ball release was too quick for me, but I don't boost... maybe I should have played with it more and it did play fine on a slower blade... but it was also very heavy... I did order a sheet of C55 with my batch of skyline 3.

Exactly, one can use sheets to cover even the newer versions and make them more tacky if tackiness is what is desired. I like how they play when they are less tacky so I haven't done so.

Isn't there an event in Lima?

Sora, retire already! (following Hayata's footsteps already...)

The tournament is soon after the Olympics and the very top players will likely need rest. At the very least, I wouldn't be surprised if the Olympians don't play. WMY and WCQ possibly but the result, unlikely.

95% sure that China will skip this or send a B-team...

A lot of it is sponge hardness. As a rubber gets closer to 54+ degrees, it gets closer to what Hurricane plays like IMHO. But I agree, the linearity of the DHS offerings is just different, my bestie is Skyline 3, but I also like the others a lot, just not as much.

I read the answer and get a different impression from you (she is basically saying she was worse than her opponent in almost every way under pressure). Thanks for posting.

Rakza Z is a spinny rubber, above average in spin but not that powerful, which is what most people desire in a forehand rubber (a combination of spin and power). But usually, your issues with spin are often more about your playing level relative to the player looping and your use of equipment...

Transition steps to retain balance and reduce inertia are not always conscious things. But the fitter you are and the more you play with your legs and need to rebalance after powerful shots, something like this becomes inevitable once the level of play happens at an extremely challenging speed...

Play and train with the same set up. No reason to do otherwise unless you are coaching and feed a lot of multiball and do not want to wear our your primary setup.

I can see why You would consider Kanak to be more Kaitai for sure but I have never found the sideways element of his loops to be particularly strong, but I guess the forward element isn't particularly strong either. All of the players I listed as kaitai have a significant sideways element and...

What you are saying is correct but such things are always level relative and I try to emphasize that because we need to be careful when teaching adult learners and embracing the "this is only good if it works for or looks like Ma Long or Fan Zhendong" mindset. Things like weight shifts and body...

This is the Dubina article on the subject from ancient times (though I didn't get all my original teaching from him and there are nuanced modifications for less athletic players). You don't do it at high speed immediately, you learn the strokes that make it possible, and get better and better...

It is likely a loan/exchange agreement with the CNT to expand exposure/training of CNT techniques - there are similar things already in France. With ETTU/League rules, there is a limit on foreign players available for a single match, and maybe the expectation is that both might be required for...