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It's working to now. Everyone at the club is saying I've improved loads lately. The objective scoring performance backs it up; Division 5 and 4 players who I'd lose sets 2-11 and 3-11 to a month ago are struggling to get 9-11 and 10-12 out of me, and I will probably be tied with them in a few...

I did 6 layers of National White and 2 layers of National Black over about 2 months. That's total layers over time, not at one time. Blue sponge costs a bit too much to kill it by trying to shove 20ml into it LOL. I don't know what's the proper CNT wanker boosting method or whatever but I...

I wouldn't really agree that everything has the same importance when learning. If nobody tells you that you need to move your feet and that it's generally a good idea to have your eyes open when you play, you're going to have a hard time hitting any ball no matter how good you get your power...

I've been filming mostly everything with my usual partner and analyzing it then coming up with drills to fix the issues. My play level is going up maybe half a division a month right now, so I think it's working. There's a few guys at my club who can block for 30, 40 shots and that's where I...

Probably for the same reason they pick the socks or underwear they use.

AFAIK the wood sourced for DHS pro blades is uniquely different from the commercial ones.

I really would suggest to seal DHS blades, and all blades in general. A bit of polyurethane gel rubbed on won't really add mass or thickness but it will make the rubbers unstick just that little bit easier that you don't always tear the top ply off. I've gone WAY overboard with spray sealer and...

The top end speed and hardness reduction does go away quickly. In fact most of the hardness reduction probably reverts towards the unboosted level just from gluing, because the hardness goes way up as soon as I glue then measure topsheet when it's attached to the blade. I don't remember how much...

I hate square handles (why I stay away from BTY and use DHS :P) but this one I actually get along with. It's quite good ergonomically for me. My only problem with my W81 Pro Inner is that it vibrates really quite low-quality even compared to a bargain blade made with shit wood like my B2...

Sellers seem to suggest that the packaging changes are just branding changes and the product is the same. Maybe they've changed it, but at least it's not a separate version. So there's Training, Pro, Classic Pro and Professional. :P

Thanks. Using a hand ruler, my Inner measures similar, except thickness is 21.5mm at rubber and 23.0mm at flared end, and width is 32.0mm at flared end. Probably it's the same handle design and just variation on my part or more likely measurement error.

None of this is scientifically verified, but: The different National versions are more or less dense formulations of Seamoon with a dye. The order should be something like Black > White > Yellow > Seamoon. I don't know where Red, Brown, 2017 or any other obscure versions fall. The peak effect...

Not the sexiest (although it depends who you ask), but I got a pair of shorts. The very lowest of shots are not ideal in long pants, and mine are Finland-spec, so incredibly hot for this climate. I'd wanted to make the change for a while but couldn't be fucked to find suitable ones. I don't...

Do you have anything for when everything is stiff?

The one I am using is the "Classic Pro" 40A 2.20 version in the blue vac sealed packet, price around same as H3N Commercial. There are a ton of versions, and I don't know if they're just packaging updates or what, but there seems to be 3 basic grades, "Training", "Pro" and "Professional". I've...

I might have *tried* it at some point, but I couldn't tell you how it performs. Generally ESN stuff is farther than other Chinese brands IME. Mine is less tacky than commercial and provincial H3, and also slightly more bouncy. It might be slightly less grippy as well but I couldn't tell you for...

I'm trying Dianchi D right now and it's honestly very close to H3 but without needing to boost the first time. Much more-so than all of the other ones people claim are similar IMO. My mistakes are basically identical too LOL. I've also ordered Pinyui Cuifeng blue sponge 39-40 which I will try...

Glued on a sheet of Dianchi D Pro today. It's the first "feels like boosted H3" rubber I've tried that isn't completely false advertising. It really could be a replacement in a lot of ways. Granted I've only used it for a couple hours, will need to see what I think after 100, and how it holds up...

Yeah, I know. They're going really sharply downwards and popping up high because I'm not doing that. I haven't been doing serve practice at all for a while and it's starting to show LOL. Also been playing a lot of shit players who it doesn't really matter how you serve to... We have internal...

Some casual practice today. Playing really badly compared to monday, but it is what it is. I think my racket head speed and accuracy is slightly higher, but there's a ton of blindspots still overall, especially in transitions and in judging the ball. Today especially felt very heavy and slow and...