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You might consider Rakza 7 Soft for the BH.

My water tells me that mixing roles is hard, and the relation between master and pupil works best with clear boundaries. In your case, I'd be that coaches pupil first, make the best of that — and maybe, after a while, he'll get to see you as an apprentice trainer and help you hone your training...

Very rude.

Mmm. Foghorns going off as Kreanga serves — in my club I’d show somebody doing that the door. Unwelcome, unsportsmanlike.

She didn’t just lose without taking a single set, she was so utterly outpaced it wasn’t even a match. It was slaughter.

The Swedish Open defeat will probably be very hard to overcome for ZYL. Not merely that it’s a defeat, but it was so devastating… it made me cringe while watching it, and feel sorry.

Probably yes, if you find a matching blade from the same period. I suspect that predates the "Offensive Classic" branding, I think these blades are labeled "Offensive Wood". There are various "signature" blades of that type: the Kjell Johansson (elliptical/conical handle), Stellan Bengtsson or...

Below a certain level, a push is a weapon. Beginners, and even intermediate players, tend to get constricted by backspin. Reading the level of spin properly is a challenge for mostly everybody, only those at the very highest level seem to have tackled this fully. There are limits probably...

Funny thing is, seems to be no place for the push (or the counter, for that matter) in todays training curriculum. I let people push, practice length, placement, and quite often it’s a first for the players. Strange, it used to belong to the basic tenets.

Well, I have an Andro Treiber K (FL) blade lying around gathering dust. It has the very same composition, and I chose it because for me it felt the best in that class. Handle comfort, balance, control. I stepped down a notch when I realized that age kicking in also means development changes...

Mmm. Maybe it’s something in the air that shortens peoples fuses, dunno.

Yes, I've been reading a lot for a long time about ZJK's return too. And I wish it were so, for both of them actually. I also hope Samsonov will claim Olympic gold in 2020. Because without her dreams, what is a girl?

I don't think coach is a toggle. It's a scale. Me, I'm an amateur coach. I sometimes train a group of cadets/juniors, more often assist in doing so. I frequently devise training schemes for fellow adults and take them through it, usually one on one. I do this often whenever a player returns...

I've owned the OCC and played with it for about a year. It's an inner layer composite type blade, and much more subdued than the TB ALC, which has ALC directly beneath the top veneer. Additionally, the TB ALC has an outer of Koto, whereas the OCC uses Limba (I think). The feel of the TB ALC...

Most people playing right probably use that arm more for other things too. As a kid I inclined towards lefthandeness, but that got "corrected" in my early school days, and when I picked up the blade first I was taught to play righthanded as well (and my right wrist is slightly thicker)...

Written it in my agenda. 2020 is still a way away, always the question how much playing time there's left with injuries and all that. Still, I'll be participating in the Dutch Veteran national championships, which will be held in a month or so. A pathetic old git I might be, but in doubles...

If you like that particular ZJK ALC, and like the ZJK handle (I do, but well, not really relevant) then why not go that way? You know what you're going to get. I've held the HL5 a few times, and found it to be fast beyond my skill level. I can master the Viscaria-class, sort of, barely...

+1 for ALC deeper down. FWIW, I have some, but limited, experience in hitting with the TB ALC, Viscaria, Ovtcharov True Carbon and similar blades and have played with the Treiber K (in that family) for a while. These blades are very similar, and to me, there seemed to be more individual...

Looked around a bit, saw pictures, and less than favourable reviews. What stood out for me was the remark by a user that sweat affected the bond between the foam and the handle, negatively affecting play. One user described it came loose altogether quite easily after a few months, and that the...

Yes, that's about it for the NL players too. Champion is world #216, runner op #150. There's one at #153 too. The tiny country of Luxembourg is doing better, in comparison. Belgium has 15 players in that list, in contrast, with 3 top 100 players. France has 33, with 4 top 100 players...