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You have already adapted your stroke plane to your stance - lowering your upper body is going to require some modifications to your stroke. I find the stroke itself interesting - very off the bounce and taking the ball early. Would like to see what blocking it would be like as most people...

Weaker players just by the nature of my club make up 50-80% of my playing time, possibly more. It does create some bad habits, but it creates an opportunity to develop good habits if you play with an emphasis on playing the right way and putting away the easy balls. It just takes less work to...

The bad knee posse doesn't get to do all those crazy wild shots often, so we take our highlights close to the table when we can ;).

So I have a friend who is USATT 877 or so, but has an advanced forehand stroke - I believe I have posted video of him before. He is still struggling with the 800-1200 crowd. Initially, I used to think it was spin reading, but I realized a good part of it was that he wasn't looping with enough...

I don't even think I am at the stage where I notice that :confused:...

4th ball counterloop off the bounce. I do it so rarely that when I do it, I know I am making progress with looping topspin.

If the rubber is really hard, I can do 1.8mm - trust me, in the end, unless you soften the sponge, it is not going to make as big a difference as you think it will.

To put Ilia's statement in perspective, my default preference is usually 1.9-2.0mm hard sponge or soft-sponge in max. I think the weight considerations affect me a lot as I am not a fan of head heavy rackets for how I optimally like to play. Even when I used OVA or MX-S or MX-P, the preference...

Where is Harimoto?

Of course it is possible. Kids do it all the time after a certain rating level. Few people do it at the very beginning. But the bigger point is that the feeling you are trying to avoid helps you learn how to make good contact with the ball. The issue that is also not discussed as much but is...

The Kenta Matsudaira is another blade with exactly the same composition and thickness according to the Butterfly spec charts.

I know other people may take you seriously, but for me to listen to you, you gotta display some evidence of your level of play/experience. While anyone can use anything they want, what you are saying is true for the shot you are playing, but not true for how you adjust to the next shot you...

Not that much fun. I thought I was happy with T80 and only tried Nexy Karis because of the hype. Nexy Karis totally changed my brain when it came to rubbers. I used to think I needed the spinniest rubber, but now my technique has improved enough that I need a consistent rubber that I can...

Hahaha... I will give you the blade to play with. And then you will tell me whether I am an EJ or have just discovered something special. It won't last but it will be good while it lasted. LOL.

Thanks. Their price is decent at current exchange rates. I just wiped out their stock.

Is there a shop there where you can find Nittaku Narucross GS Supersoft in a decent volume (10 sheets, 5 red, 5 black)? I will be willing to play a decent amount per sheet to get that.

I MO, unless you are leaving the rubbers in the freezer or in the sun, 95% of amateur players will play well with old rubbers that have been reasonably stored. They can't be worse than the used 1 year old Tenergy I can still play with.

Thanks for the video. The most important thing you can do to get better is coaching. In the absence of coaching, do whatever you like for fun, but at your age, using carbon makes it much harder to feel the ball and improve.

It's not easy to do. You need soft hands. You need to be able to place the ball outside the strike zones of attackers. You sometimes need to keep the ball short. You need to keep the ball low and heavy enough to avoid easy kill shots. You need to be able to move the attacker around. At...

Usually, when analyzing a match, start with serve and serve return. You mostly returned his serves poorly. Maybe not poorly enough to you to make you think about it, but poorly enough not to put him under pressure on the third shot and in most cases give him an advantage if you didn't lose the...