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Most people, including Butterfly reps, discuss T25 and T25FX as rubbers that are specialized Tenergies. Most discussion is about T05, T64 and T80 as those are similar rubbers along a continuum.

If you loop everything and are active in the short game with spin manipulation, Tenergy 05. If you block more and are a bit more passive in the short game, the more linear precision of T64 and T80 might be more to your liking.

I thought it was just me scratching my head... it all depends on what you like and how you swing.

I loved the Blue one, hated the Black one. I just couldn't control anything with the Black one - bounciest wood blade I have ever played with.

Carl, your arguments are at least as reasonable as mine if not far more so.

Maybe I am a fan boy, but I thought Ma Long was the best player of the modern era before he won the WTTC and I think that the emphasis on *winning* the Majors is a bit overdone so the argument could not be made. After all, I consider WLQ the other greatest player of the modern era (and a real...

It really depends on what his current rating is - the adjustment formula is continually tweaked but it pulls you to somewhere that is often an average of your initial rating and the average of your best win and lowest loss or something like that. So if he started really really low, he will not...

MX-P feels too soft for me too when new. I prefer it when the booster smell goes away and it plays a little harder, but I doubt this would be the view of most higher level players. Higher level players want the hardness but still boosted, obviously. The topsheet grip is excellent. Someone...

The difference between MX-P and T05 depends on certain things. For me, I think T05 is better for pure looping and easy spin, but I can't complain about the price of MX-P and the quality and given my touch limitations and my desire to kill backspin, I probably play better with MX-P when the...

Mistakes, luck and tough losses are part of life and table tennis. I have been on both sides of the equation and may share a few stories if I ever get on a PC today.

What I remember someone said was to get a rubber that gives the ball more arc (which is not necessarily the same as more spin, per se) so that he has more time to cycle. Whether this is valid or not, that was my interpretation of what was said.

Basic physics/maths dictates that you can't make a bigger ball of the same weight rotate as fast as a smaller ball with the same weight, all other things being equal. Or you really think that the 40mm ball and the 38mm ball had the same level of spin and the smaller ball was only faster?

The bigger diameter is the simplest point, but in general, I don't understand the point Squareball is trying to make at all.

I start many of my students off with Dawei 2008XP in 1.8mm - the rubber is pretty heavy so it hardly makes a difference.

Can anyone watch this and conclude that FZD dominated XX? (okay, no one said that but my point is that this could have gone either way).

Carl, I think you have been terribly unfair to Xu Xin on this thread. I think Xu Xin has done everything that has been asked of him to improve and has done a magnificent job. The problem is that his strokes on his backhand side are currently not at the level to get it done and his forehand is...

It is hard to come from a country like Portugal and get to top 10 in the world. You have also improved almost every year in the rankings. What kinds of special experiences/insights have you had that have helped you get to a high level and continue to improve? What would you have done...

Tenergy 05 is the king amongst Euro-type when it comes to loop drive spin or easy spin, yes. Because of your blade, it might be the only real option. But I think that Tibhar Evolution, Xiom Omega and Victas V>15 come pretty close these days so that at our level, it is more about preferences...

It happens to everyone who is not a pro. You keep swinging with that Hurricane and then you swing with something like Tenergy and wonder whether your shoulder needs this sh*t. I quit MX-S for the same reason. But I heard Omega 5 Asia is a bit higher throw and more forgiving than MX-S so I...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but unless your sponge is over 40 degrees in hardness, your blade will weigh the same with most modern rubbers unless you use a much softer modern rubber. The real difference is the swing speed you need to get the ball moving once you modify your stroke.