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Forehand is Hurricane 3 Provincial orange sponge 40 degrees hardness with 2 layers of Haifu Seamoon. Backhand is Hurricane 8-80 37 deg unboosted. Both rubbers suit the blade really well, backhand needs active play though…or punching blocks.

Boy this blade is well balanced. For the record: I also have older version of Timo Boll Spirit and it's too fast for my liking, there's less dwell time/catapult effect/call it whatever - my subjective feeling is that I can do full swing forehand top spin with Yinhe Pro 01 wihtout hesitation...

Hey, G-1 is FastArc, not HighArc! Jokes aside, I think G-1 has a good throw angle, but lower than Tenergy 05.

With tabletennis11 you can always ask what blades (in terms of weight) they have in stock via email. This shop is amazing :)

Through my experience I've found that there are definitely 'good' combinations and 'bad' ones.For example, I've played for 6 months with Hurricane Long 5 with H3 on FH and FastArc G-1 on the BH. Recently I've switched to H3 37 Provincial on the backhand and couldn't be happier, now all my blocks...

Balls (table tennis balls that is :D) is something that bugs me a lot. I remember those yellow'ish DHS 3 star balls where 8 out of 10 were consistently round and very durable. Now it's regular white'ish 3 star balls where 4 out of 10 are rather round, 3 out of remaining 6 are ok and other 3 are...

There is something in that rhythmical ball sound that's just so addicting...sometimes I catch myself enjoying drills more than actual games, just because I can place the ball 30 times without an error (rare case though :D). Also, self-awareness and self-consciousness. Table tennis is such a...

As thomas.pong pointed out, not that it really matters. Kids at that age are very flexible and can adjust to any kind of equipment really fast. IMO one shouldn't start with a rocket-fast equipment, but rather begin with 5ply-7ply all wood like Korbel/PG-7/etc. and then proceed to composite...

When your coach receives yellow card instead of you 😀

There are some 12 year old young talents at our club who play and win against other kids of the same age on the top 10 country level (Russia that is). They all use Viscarias and Tenergy 05 or Tenergy 05fx and it works fine. They train 3 hours in the morning each workday and 2 times a day when...

Zhao Zihao is not in a great form lately, many mistakes... Also, looks like they're playing with DoubleFish balls?

Also, in a match between Fang Bo 方博 and Geng Shupeng 耿舒鹏 the latter guy uses Butterfly rubbers on both sides, no H3 on the forehand. At least it looks so.

just my 2 cents on the topic of how factory booster evaporates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOeeyU-gIus I just boosted H3 with the way SFF_lib mentions (2 layers of DHS #15, 3 layers of Falco). I am going to apply it today and make a second video of my impressions. Remember, it's very...

I had Andro Treiber Q and it's definitely faster than Viscaria/Hurricane Long 5, which are used by the top professional players. It has koto outer ply and a carbon layer right after. Not ALC, plain fast bouncy carbon. To develop your strokes you definitely should switch to something slower...

I would definitely try out National DHS H3 NEO (both orange & blue sponges) and I think that would be covered by $120. :) Or provincial H3 NEO BS + booster + as many DHS 3* Busan balls as would fit into the budget.

Sanwei Target National(STN) vs H3NEO (provincial, orange sponge, no booster): - speed: STN > H3NEO. The pores in the sponge are bigger, it's more bouncy. - spin: STN << H3NEO - tackyness: STN << H3NEO - quality: STN < H3NEO (the sponge of STN is very brittle, be careful) Overall, I would buy...

That's a great post you've linked, but there's now DJ40+ as well...do you know how are those different ? World Cup and ITTF Finals will be played with these balls.

Generally, yes. But there is a lot to consider, main things to be skill level and play style. Looks like Nostalgic series have both Allround and Offensive versions, both being 5 ply wooden blades. I wouldn't go too soft on the forehand, so 44-47 degrees hardness should be fine(medium-hard)...

It's $33, but you have to buy booster as well, glue it every once in a while (once a month?) -> spend glue. They also say time is money, it requires some time :) But jokes aside, how often do you boost and how many times (in general) until a sheet of rubber is not boostable anymore and you use...

I am a big StarCraft:BW and StarCraft II fan. Though I do not play a lot myself (my best result was Diamond league in SC2 as a Terran), but I really enjoy watching Korean pros playing in ASL and GSL with Tastosis commentary. Best casting duo and best RTS of all times :)