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I have the same question. How hard do I need to keep my core tight? Does my body need to be 100% rigid, so I only turn my hip? Do I do this all the time or only when I hit the ball? I think the idea behind this is to throw your body forward instead of upward when you generate power. But I don't...

Weight was the initial intent. The design criteria and technologies must have changed over the years. But generally, if two blades are at the same speed and power, composite blades should be thinner and lighter than all wood right? I don't have much experience with equipments. To me, composite...

From my understanding, the initial purpose of composite layer was to reduce the weight of the blade. Sweet spot, speed, etc, are byproducts.

When you do the spiny & slow open loops, don't focus on how much spin you put. Focus on how low the ball goes. If you can manage to loop the ball not much higher the net, it's not easy for the opponent to counter with high speed. If he/she can still do counters beyond your reaction, that just...

Oh I will pay attention to my tone. I didn't mean to be defensive or anything. I just saw the discussion going into me being over confident on my looping, which was not my purpose of the discussion. So I wanted to pull the conversation back to improving blocking. I am good at looping, bad at...

If someone is feeding me to make me think I am good at countering, then I should also feel easy to block because they are just feeding the ball. You are missing my point. I am not saying I struggle against lower level players. I am trying to say I identified my own weakness, which is defense...

Yeah, let me put it this way. I think my upper body movement is better than my lower body movement. So I can counter well if I can get in the right place at the right time, or if the opponent's displacement is not too uncomfortable.

Thanks for the suggestions! I currently have Fastarc G1 FH, Tibhar EL-P BH. I didn't consider an all wood blade because I heard they are slow on power hit/loop. I just don't want to buy another blade if I improve in a year or two. But since you mentioned it, I will do some research. For...

Hard to say without seeing you play. But I would guess that many of your techniques and decision makings are different from the professional way. So the spin and placement are unexpected to the professionally trained people. There are many people like that in the amateur world. You probably play...

Hi everyone. I don't play tournaments, but I am probably around 1500 USATT. I like to attack with loops on both FH and BH. I am rather powerful, so on a good day I could loop like a 1800 player. But I really struggle with defense and blocking. My blocking consistency is like a 1200 beginner. I...