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"2.4.6 The surface of the covering material on a side of the blade, or of a side of the blade if it is left uncovered, shall be matt, black on one side, and of a bright colour clearly distinguishable from black and from the colour of the ball on the other." I'm reading this as red paint being ok.

You need to have perfect consistency if you expect it from the opponent.

It's not super easy. If you haven't played a lot, you're probably not as consistent as you think you are, so it'll be harder for the blocker too. Beginners aren't capable of being consistent against even a little inconsistency, just a few cm in width is enough to throw them off. You may need to...

Ultimately it's up to the person receiving the instruction, but it may be that you don't know how to coach people.

They don't know how to block topspin because nobody has taught them.

Teach them how to block, or if they're not interested, then play matches with specific goals and limitations.

If you really care, you will calculate the pitch moment that the blade imparts on your fingers, based on its CG and mass. That way you will know the mass each blade needs to be. Of course finding the CG is sometimes impossible beforehand as it's not usually listed.

One issue I have is that I don't trust the backspin to be heavy enough when it's coming from relatively low level people, and I don't want to hit it too hard either, so it ends up in a thin contact that usually nets. Even if you're going for a slow pace, high arc shot, you need to engage the...

The performance differences between the sponge hardnesses is honestly not that high. Chances are you're also not getting what you ordered if it's not a National version. Your 40 might be a 39 and so on. If you can't spin the ball with 40, I don't really see how you'd spin the ball with 38. It...

Loan them to your friends and have them return them once worn out?

Fextra 5X Inner arrived. Can't glue rubbers on yet, waiting on varnish, but in the hand it feels much better to me than the Stratus Power Wood. The dimensions of the handle should be smaller according to online info, but it doesn't feel so. It feels much more secure in my hand. Online...

I doubt you will get a faster setup if you go to a thinner rubber. In general blades are not able to add any pace, they're just able to lose pace less. So I'd probably listen to the practical experience before theorizing.

I'd suggest an inner carbon blade if you have issues with looping backspin, although ultimately it doesn't matter what blade you have if you lack the commitment and body mechanics to lift the ball. Without knowing more, I'd tell you to find the most flexible 5 ply available and train with that...

The blade (and grip!) ultimately decides the installation stiffness of the system, although of course it's more complicated than that, but that's the biggest difference you'd see in strong strokes IMO. Ultimately it's going to be mostly sponge performance limited. It will probably still be...

I highly suggest finding a practice partner who is willing to block or drive for you, and just trying to get to 20 drives on the table. Then do a few sets of that. After that, continue with your normal practice. Doing 50 of them with a decently consistent partner should be like breathing...

Great to see that instead of just Igor, we have another schizophrenic here as well.

Yeah, it's just how it is. Not the first time that happens. I think a big part of it is fatigue: I can't really play hard for 3 days in a row yet. I used to play hard 5 days in a row, but that's just not possible right now. It probably won't be possible even next year unless I start taking it...

Seems I got a bit cocky, because today was abysmal! Nothing on the serves, tons of serve misses, backhand not working, forehand missing especially against easy popups; but at least my forehand block is more consistent... One of those days.

Wild advise honestly.

None of those are identical to eachother. Get the one you want to try the most or which is the most economical. You can get a W968 for less than that, just buy a higher batch number one. There's no difference between them, people just like being superstitious.