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That is a good point Garrison, probably not, you would argue I should pick one and improve at the weaknesses, and that would make me use Hurricane 3 Neo, but I find it awful with the new plastic balls, especially Butterfly. Also hurricane can become useless in very humid conditions or if the...

If you saw me play a defender (similar standard) with Hurricane I would probably lose, I would almost certainly beat that same player straight away in a second match with no practice with the same combo but with Tenergy. Now if I played a 20 year old two winged looper (similar standard) they...

Can you successfully use different FH rubber against different styles or conditions? Short Pimples on BH, same blade!! I have been using short pimples for 10 moths now. I have been using them on bh with Tenergy on FH on a Samsonov Force Pro Blue (classic 7 ply wood) or on bh with Hurricane 3...

Wannabe Pro, This forum is a wonderful source of information and help and friendliness. I have been playing with a little gap for nearly 40 years and am a reasonable player. I have been given wonderful and inspiring and sometimes tough advice from some of the people on here. Upside down Carl...

One of the issues I have with the short pimples is that you need to play close to the table for them to really work. In the first video the player is just off the table, I like playing at this distance but it is extremely difficult with short pimples, they have no affect here. Moving in and out...

I find that looping hard and hitting with the short pimples is very hard to do, to win points with a strong enough shot, everything has to be almost perfect. When this goes well it is very effective. But I am have to change my game to do this. Now I have been hit by the whammy of the poly...

Lula I try and get the ball short and high if possible for the pimple hitting, but if they just keep playing low and long to me it is hard to lift, but I guess this is always the ups and downs of short pimples!!

Langel that is a great theory but I find it hard to twidlle, ok on odd serve receive though. I am going to try not to EJ for a while yet Carl! I will buy some ABS balls and try to adjust!!

not liked any of the spinny pips i have tried, victas 102, waran, waran 2

TBH I am finding the new ABS balls almost impossible, its like the ball is always too slow and low for me to attack with my pimples. I am almost going back to reversed rubbers both sides!

Hi struggling with the ABS balls and short pimples! can't lift the ball finding my hits slow margin of error feels narrower? do short pimple guys think going to 2.0mm spectol red would help I use 1.8mm spectol red at the moment

Logic would suggest sticking with the bat and rubbers I have been enjoying using, and practising training with the newer abs balls. So for once I will try and be sensible and do this. If it does not feel better in several weeks then I will forget about the short pimples!!

I am going to persevere with my short pimples for now, but it will be hard work i think

well the seamed sanwei is horrible

there is no way the sanwei is the same ball as the joola flash? No way on this earth!! LOL

Interesting Martin, last year I played a tournament with SP and dhs 40 balls. I won 2 sets and lost 24, I could not play, it was so bad I gave up on using short pimples. And went into a mad EJ mode for a year. I think that the new balls will become more and more popular, so I am thinking what...

Well I thought that, but my pimples shots were awful, one my consistency went right down and two the shot was just ineffective even if I got it on. I mean really how can Spectol Red be slow on a fast carbon blade on a new fast table at a very fast venue. It is actually like playing a different...

Bit off topic, but earlier I had a practice with a different ball. A newer plastic one, not my trusty Joola Flash!! My bh was awful My fh was awful Ball was too slow, ball had not enough spin. To make sure it was not in my head, we changed the ball and my shots improved. So we went back and...

Thanks for all the great advice!! I have played for most of my life, but have only ever played for enjoyment/exercise and never played to improve or practice until very recently. I have a set up I am happy with now and have some direction to try and improve. Love this comment and it is so...

Would you advise me to stand more wide on my bh corner too and back myself to cover the fast one down to the fh on receive of serve? This may help combat the fast long serve and I guess might give me a chance to play a fh if it is served to my crossover? It would cover the wide bh serve better...