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At this point I am not sure what we should call hybrid rubbers. I've had 2 H3's in the last year and neither of them were even tacky, one of them lifted the ball for a fraction of a second but that was gone after one or two sessions. The newer one never lifted the ball, not even slightly. But...

Try to anticipate with your mind, not your body. Often I expect a ball coming crosscourt to the FH and I move my hand to there for a counter. Even if it's just a tiny bit early, the opponent sees it and switches to down the line to the BH and it's to late to move back there, I can only lob back...

I like to anticipate every ball attackable, works like a charm. You don't need to backswing for a push, so it's much easier to go from loop to push, than from push to loop. ZJK gives the same advice in some of his coaching videos. (He also says that during serve receive you should anticipate bh...

Hidetoshi Oya by any chance?

Satoshi Aida is a double inverted chopper and he is using Rakza Z. I only used it in 2.3, but in 2.0 thickness it might be better for chopping. And of course Tackiness C is very uncomfortable to play against.

I know a player who was sponsored, he got a few blades from the local rep. for tryout, choose one and that's it. They were from the same batch as commercials. Another person sources/ have sourced (idk if still) rubbers through JNT because they felt much-much better than the retail ones. I guess...

Mhmm...Kenta Matsudaira needs to get into the R64 or doesn't participate this year? I don't see Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Asuka Sakai and Kizukuri Yuto either.

Congrats to ZQH! I hope him, LJK and some older players can still compete with the new generation and participate in WTT competitions.

I don't follow any drama with JNT women's team, but I always root for them because: 1. They are always passionate and positive. 2. They are the ones who have a genuine chance at winning any tournament besides the chinese stars. 3. We have Sato/Hashimoto defending, S Odo with her stunning BH...

It's still early in the year, maybe we should start an elo style system in the forum for the wtt events. :D

I think the Joola Magic balls are very good to play with. They are light, but if you don't have to play with a given ball during league/competitions I think they are a very good option.

I am sure that spin and speed works together producing quality. The easiest to play against players for me are usually the people who play with (moderately) high spin + medium speed. Low speed + high spin is much harder to time well. High speed is just generally harder. If someone plays without...

I don't like to overcomplicate things: a significant portion of the training goes from open ups and a significant portion is random drills. Otherwise I like to touch every part of the game at least for 5 mins every session and close the session with a match or two. If I would train more...

ABsolutely, I was tempted to buy a xiom blade for more more money (than the alternative) just because of the design

Rakza Z (at least the normal hardness one) in my experience is less dynamic than the G-1 and doesn't bring any advantage, wouldn't switch to that.

You're probably above 2000 then, based on videos of USATT players I've seen (maybe 2100ish?). I am not an expert on blades, but Viscaria is the best bang for your buck amongst Butterfly blades. I don't think your level would limit what blade you can play with, try out your clubmates setups and...

I think 2000 would be around BP/1B or Megye A, but I am not sure either. What league are you playing?

It's hard to give advice without knowing someone's playing level and style. Fastarc G-1 is a rubber which grips the ball very well, isn't soft but isn't too hard either, it has enough speed but not too fast....if you would ask the forum members 95% of them would say it's a good (if not the best)...

I know a player who has been coached by Qiu Jianxin and ever her BH improved so much...I am not even sure if there is anyone who has a stronger bh counter in her age group.

Mine curled when I had them. I think it's truly the best balanced rubber out there. I wish V>20DE would be more durable because it's also similarly linear and easy to use but more dangerous.