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Character revealed can be built and rebuilt.:p

OK. Good luck. And write a review after so others like you can be informed.;)

And I thought I told you which one to get. But like I said, I know your type.:cool:

My recommendation to most people in your shoes is to buy a popular modern rubber. Vega Europe is a bit soft, and it was a popular but not very much so on the forehand. If you had used something more in vogue like Vega Pro or Baracuda or Tenergy, you would have had a more popular baseline to...

Terms like "faster" and "spinnier" are dangerous. There is the speed/catapult of the rubber, there is the grip/pips/spin of the rubber, and then there is the ratio of both. Something grippy and very fast will be fast and spinny, but if the speed ratio overwhelms the spin/grip, it may not be as...

Same as Marion Bartoli. Interesting.

Why????

Then with the criteria of relatively high speed/spin (I myself prefer high spin/speed), medium, 2.0mm, modern rubber that isn't Tenergy, then you are looking at things like Calibra LT, Rhyzm 42.5 and Andro Rasant. The problem though is that you may not be sure what high speed/spin is until you...

Everyone, For context: Andy has set a goal of becoming a ranked player in England in 3 years. He has ankylosing spondylitis. He has only been playing for 6 months. He has 3 very good coaches so let's give him advice but not lose sleep over whether he takes it or not. His blog is here...

I like the last two posts as well. TT always looks much simpler to the observer than it actually is. Even experienced players are guilty of watching higher level players and thinking that they can easily get to their level. What you can't see when watching high level players is the years of...

Yes, it often is. Especially when you know they have a good idea what they are talking about. You aren't the first or the last person to travel this road. I'm trying to explain to you that in the bigger world of TT, it is a road largely created by equipment manufacturers to take advantage of...

hopper, Andy has been playing for 6 months - he hasn't reached that level of awareness.

Which is why this thread makes me smile... like I said elsewhere, it all depends on your view of what equipment does for you game.:cool:

Thanks, SugaD. Thanks again, SugaD. The above things are what I have tried to tell Andy. Especially the part that if his teammates practice, they should know what stage he is at. The problem sometimes though is that people who have not significantly improved do not know what it takes to...

You have 2.5 years left. You can do it for 6 months and see if it helps but while I may be wrong, my experience is that the true practical learning comes when you make your practice more similar to matches. You haven't hit that stage yet, but part of the problem is that there is a difference...

The CCTV5 link provided has amazing quality.

In the same way you believe you can loop while killing spin on the ball? Sure. Not all of us are dumb enough to confuse language with knowledge. You are.

That is what happens to Tenergy 05 when you loop extremely hard. That said, it is clearly his technique. He could probably do similar things with spinny short pips with that racket head speed.

Thanks for that. The tennis backswing and the coiling of the wrist and elbow on the take-back is excellent. I hope the people trying to correct me can judge for themselves whether his stroke is a hit or a loop drive. Just because he is hitting the ball hard doesn't mean that the stroke is...

They aren't hits, they are loop drives, and the video only shows his makes, so you don't get to see the limitations of the technique. IT's good, but I don't know about the percentages. I have arthritis so I can't try that any more.