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Maybe, but he actually finds D05 slow and hard to use. It's not like I don't beat the guy ( I usually do), but I find his spin just counterintuitively heavy - short strokes but there is massive rotation and sometimes incredible speed. So far, I haven't felt a player doing the same with D05 but...

Depending on playing style, requiring more effort might be a good thing. The thing I found about D80 maybe it was the speed of the opponent's racket, it felt it played a lot like T05, where he got good spin with very short strokes.

The technique seems off because the backswing is inadequate and you are changing the plane of the stroke aggressively while swinging and not letting the elbow do the work. There is a "C" - shape out of which the modern backhand starts - if you get to that "C" shape and play out of it, the need...

It's weird, but the person whose spin frustrates me the most uses D80. I need to try it for myself sometime.

Even changing from All+ Blade with T05 to Schlager Carbon with T05. You will lose all the feeling and gain tons of speed, but if you have used the rubber before, it is easier to see what the blade is doing. With rubbers, pimple configurations can have a massive effect as well as tack, sponge...

Yeah, when I read his post, I was thinking maybe I need to try G1 again, because that is definitely not how I remember it. I played G1 on all wood, I think I would break my shoulder playing MK on all wood, lol!

The problem with serving sidespin to pips usually isnt just about reading the ball, it is sometimes about the ball coming back either knuckle if the pips player hits the ball or coming back with a sidespin that kicks if they don't and if you don't anticipate the kick, it can cost you points...

I don't know much about the Ebenholz (I think it might be a harder outer ply but that is about it). The Butterfly Innerforce blades are limba outer plies so that is one consideration. IMHO, the more important thing is to find a player you like who does what you intend to do at a reasonable...

The SZLC will have a higher throw angle than the T5000 for sure, at least when looping hard. Don't ask me for all the physics, but T5000 is really like a brick, I can only stand it in innerforce blades or hinoki carbon. For the pips, a lot comes down to technique, many people who hit with pips...

The Cybershape is a pretty fast blade when you hit hard, but definitely, use whatever you prefer. I haven't tried the Glayzers, but they sound like blade speed dampeners lol. I wouldn't be surprised to find they were in the GT range, but I do like GT when I go for it, but it definitely is not...

Why not your Glayzer tubbers?

Not at all. Butterfly makes a lot of blades with virtually the same composition, the only variables are handle design, which is very important, but sometimes used by reviewers to tell stories that are clearly unscientific and whose storytelling may be revealed if more things (weight, blade...

The funny thing is that seeing you play some of those advanced loopers in the past, I thought you already knew to press/close over the ball on heavy spin and you were looking for something extra. Blocking should adapt to the spin. More topspin needs to be suppressed by reducing the exit angle...

Lol. Not really. The Zhang Jike series uses Koto as well. Not sure who gave him bad information.

The loop itself doesn't matter as much as how much backspin you serve long. If the guy can loop it hard, then that is okay, just practice that. If he high arcs it, then practice that. The thing is that the heaviness if your serve is the key thing. If it is heavy enough, it will be hard for...

The quality of the feed is not that good, it seems like you have something more complicated than just developing a safe backhand in mind based on that. Your basic stance is a bit upright so you seem to be going down and coming back up - yes there should be a squat, but you shouldn't be coming...

There used to be a time too when people would recommend beginners start with thin sponge. Then there was a time when gluing was only for advanced players and that beginners should start with traditional rubbers. Schlager has always been of the view that it is best for a player with lofty goals...

Many things are recommended. Whether they actually make sense depends on whether there is coaching and what the coach is trying to do and there is no right or wrong answer there. There is nothing that comes to mind that makes it hard for someone to use Rozena to start learning TT other than...

I just watched the video and he is making a point he has made before and it is not so much about whether blades or rubbers are easier to change by themselves, but that he would rather that beginners start with a setup that enables looping, and that it is better to be able to play with a setup...

Everything is relative, but the variance in your game caused by rubbers is much more than the variance in your game caused by blades. It is easier to adjust to a new blade with rubbers you know than to adjust to a new rubber with blades you know. This is not even a serious discussion IMHO.