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Try to get some more core/shoulder rotation on all your forehand shots though. There is a big difference when you do it and when you don't - its obvious and easy to do it on the big shots, but on some of the smaller spin ups, it's not there and that's why they don't have the same level of power.

They are the strokes DerEchte noted, you just finished shallow when you should have spun higher.

Angle is better, but I really can't evaluate strokes seriously when people are messing around and I have no idea of what you are trying to achieve. Some strokes are good in form when you turn the forearm inwards. But I can't see any evidence of a whippy stroke to get heavy rotation, but that...

The factors all contribute. In TT, many things go into a powerful shot and when you lose something from somewhere, you have to make it up elsewhere. IF you have a grip that doesn't let you move the wrist back and forth on both sides , it means you will have issues with hitting with pace with a...

Shuki does adjust and change his grip subtly throughout the match though, so it is more a feeling of comfort with the quality of the shot. Even if you have the right grip, the forehand flick can still be a pain to play if you don't know how to move closer to the ball to play a forehand shot...

The hook is not the problem, I play with hook too as do most backhand/backhand grip players. The inability to remove the thumb from the blade face is, as that makes it incredibly hard to take the wrist back and fade a forehand.

You can add the ZJK ALC and other such blades into the mix. This chart is always illuminating. http://www.butterflyonline.com/Templates/BladeSpecifications.pdf

Since the Appolonia is an Innerforce and the Freitas is a Maze, your statement is interesting. The issue is really price and rebranding for a specific market, not about the blades. The Garaydia is a different story and is a remarketing of their Hinoki outer line. It is really 3 different...

IT's because you don't turn your shoulders to play the forehand over the table. In general, you need to launch your shoulder slightly forward on all forehand shots, on the loops, turning the shoulders makes it obvious but on flicks, the pushing of the body into the shot can be so small it is...

If you are a registered club with the USATT, you can get tournament tables after a major tournament at a huge discount from Butterfly or Joola. Nebraska isn't easily close to anywhere, but it might be worth visiting a major tournament to make the purchase and accept the shipping bill. Would...

I switched to the rubber just before the Butterfly teams as well. I beat a 2100+ legend, and had many good matches that could have gone either way. I switched to faster blade after the Teams to take advantage of improved control and I have since then beaten a 2200+ I hadn't been able to beat...

Here is my first Karis review after using it for 2-3 weeks and playing some of my best TT with it. This is a solid rubber - I don't think a huge Tenergy rubber fan will like it, and I am not sure how well it compares to Airoc Astro M and S, which I suspect are closely related. In fact, when I...

Sorry to hear - that stuff sucks. I play through mine and I can only wonder what time bombs I have set for myself as I get older.

It's a large commitment. Giving up backhand looping limits your options unless you want to play a specific style of using control and placement to generate attacking opportunities. I would say before you do this, get the TTEdge app and practice reading serves. After doing that, have your...

I'm now fairly certain you are trolling.

I think for rubber design, building a rubber from scratch via a chemical process is different from selecting and specifying a pimple geometry and topsheet thickness. The rubber in terms of physical appearance and composition is clearly a variant of Airoc or Airoc Astro. What could be different...

I find it interesting that you trust his expertise on anything. Yes, a lot of it is promotional hype, but I doubt he is saying anything that he hasn't discussed with good players. For me, as much as I like Karis, and I use it largely because I prefer harder topsheets, the one thing that leaves...

The funny thing is that I really believe that you are capable of better. It's just that you keep respecting the kinds of balls that you should not respect because you don't want to go all out with your swing. You keep doing this bent arm stuff that is just going to keep you love tapping balls...

The main point is that hard shots from pros can push rubbers to limits that they want something that responds well under those circumstances. I remember a high level player telling me that he would test rubbers by putting then through a heavy serve, heavy push, heavy opener and countertopspin...

Yes, it is very logical, but beyond a certain point, it is hard to let people open and play defence. Even at the 2000 level, the loops are getting powerful enough that you can't let someone get in the opener on their terms. I have no problem believing that if I loop to Ma Long, I have a chance...