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Well, here's some video. I'm the guy with the mop in the blue shirt. Yes I will cut it. Yes I am fat as fuck nowadays. People who have seen my really old videos are free to make fun of me for one (1) post. This is after about 4 hours of drills, so we're pretty hammered, but luckily a lot of the...

At least the inner voices are multiple and I assume they need to have consensus, so is it really a dictatorship?

Sure, but Battle 3 is more similar to H3 than D09c is, feel and price wise. Although D09c is more performant in some ways. I bought some as an experiment, but I'm probably not buying more to use seriously once it runs out. Maybe if I become a 2200+ player (lol good luck) my opinion will change...

"Just get a 3 times more expensive rubber" is one way to put it, but he did say price isn't an issue.

I had to go to a softer backhand sponge because I couldn't (reliably, safely) sink the ball enough, and it'd slip sometimes. The benefit from not netting some balls was higher than whatever largely theoretical performance gain from a harder sponge on shots that are already good enough. On the...

You'd need to ask them to get their answer, but I twiddle if I have time because the softer sponge feels like it's less spin sensitive and easier to control. Even if it's a bit slower, I can put more power into the shot and it's usually safer. I assume because the ball sinks into the sponge at...

There is no way for you to feel the difference between any of the fiber types without making some kind of control blade where every parameter is exactly the same except the fiber type. Good luck even producing two such blades. In reality that's not how blades are made and they're something you...

They probably don't hit it harder on average, but both of those scenarios are compressing the sponge enough to get into the progressive region. It really doesn't take that much normal force to do it. An amateur player with a big backhand can probably do it on his backhand too. I'm sure an elite...

You'd be surprised, but the gap between FH and BH is very small at the elite level sometimes. Plenty of players use the same sponge forehand and backhand. The speed and spin isn't that much lower, and they're definitely saturating their sponges on the bigger strokes. It doesn't mean everyone...

I've never noticed any kind of break-in period, apart from that some rubbers are extremely stiff for the first 3 hits or so. Certainly not for weeks. Speed and spin only decreases after that point. Definitely the case with H3 at least, and a few dozen other models I've tried. If I had the...

The term is correct, at least I assume it's referring to aromatic polyarylate which is used in "ALC". It's not some funny translation error.

Dunno what's with the mania around if people are bottoming their sponge or not. It depends on the shot and player. I feel like this argument about "can people bottom X sponge" is more feeling based than an honest empirically based discussion. Not all amateurs have lacking forehand mechanics...

I had to really simplify mine to make any kind of progress. I was dropping the tip and wiping horizontally and turning the core and all that. Just standing square-ish, elbow high, and only pivoting from the elbow while just letting the wrist do whatever it does, was more useful than...

@Der_Echte No video right now, but if my partner is alright with appearing on film online, I might be able to get some some day. If I post match video you will definitely see this scenario happen anyway. :p The huge backswing must be it. I get ready for them to push long most of the time due...

Haifu National White, whenever I feel like it. I'm EJing a lot right now so sometimes it might be every week or two if I swap cheap rubbers around, but for the H3 if you're really serious you'd do it every 2 weeks, but I'm probably okay just doing it once or twice during the lifetime of the...

Excellent. I'm not interested in blades (I like what I have) but maybe some time later I'll do the challenge anyway. :)

I don't really know anything beyond the very basics, which are to rotate the core from left to right, shift load slightly from left to right leg and to push upwards on both legs. Against backspin I'll exaggerate it and drop the right shoulder more so I can make a longer swing. I will say I...

Usually in the net. Pretty rare I smash it out. In fact I'm doing mostly 2, and that's probably *why* they net. Not enough forward energy. I just wonder what's the drill to correct that habit. I don't have problems smashing vs lob.

This is one thing you really just need to try yourself. Personally I bottom a 38 on most strokes and it's more of a backhand sponge for me. That might not be true for you. You might make a really thin contact and get major spin with the topsheet. I'm barely an average player although my...

I hate to talk about equipment in a technique thread; but changing to a much softer, easier sponge sped up my backhand development A LOT. I was using stuff that's just too difficult for me at the moment and I couldn't feel the ball and it kept flying long. The main key points for me have been...