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  1. Friendship battle 2 provincial vs fastarc g-1

    I usually use tacky Chinese rubbers but I really like Stiga Mantra XH. It has a similar feeling to Chinese rubbers but has some catapult. Based on the things you want (power far from the table, control, higher arc than Battle II) I think this might be just what you're looking for. If you want...

  2. Penhold merge ideas

    As far as I know (and I've done a lot of searching) this racket does not exist. And I think there's a good reason why no one makes this racket. A jpen racket is supposed to line up with your wrist. Thus, their main strength is powerful driving. A cpen racket is supposed to make a ~45 degree...
  3. Meteor 845

    Meteor 845

    Meteor 845 is a blue-colored short pips rubber. It creates good topspin and is easy to control. It can add disturbing effect during counter-attack and blocking. It give mysterious arc while returning the ball, thus to make your opponent unable to attack continuously.
  4. Mantra Pro XH

    Mantra Pro XH

    53-degree sponge hardness provides more feeling and control in every stroke Mantra Pro HX = Extra Hard – The perfect balance between extremely high speed and control A very fast rubber with a unique geometry for offensive players Long-term durability due to the special combination of natural and...

  5. Recommend backhand rubber for dhs 301

    Stiga Mantra is good, once the boost wears off. Unwrap it and leave it in open air for a month. Yasaka Mark V is always good, with incredible control. Better than Sriver in my opinion. It's like Rakza 7, but more grip and less catapult. Hurricane 3-50 is softer than Hurricane 3. Personally...

  6. What butterfly blade should i get?

    That's my perspective, and it's the perspective of a lot of Chinese coaches who typically recommend that beginners use hard or medium-hard rubber without catapult. But you need proper technique and strength (getting power from the legs, using the whole body, engaging the sponge, etc) in order to...

  7. Need help choosing first short pips

    I tried Degu also and thought it had a weird mix of soft sponge and lack of grip. It seems to me that most short pips follow one of two formats: (1) If you use a soft sponge, it should be because you want to grip the ball and create your own spin, like inverted rubber, so it makes sense to add...

  8. What butterfly blade should i get?

    On some level, you have to play with advanced rubber in order to develop the skills that you need to use it. If you keep playing with beginner-tier rubbers like Vega Europe you won't learn the skills you need to play quickly and precisely. I think G1 or Rakza X should be a good choice for you...

  9. What butterfly blade should i get?

    Yeah, follows from some basic geometry. But with the racket turned down, (some say) you can control heavy topspin better than with an open racket. There is also some variability in how you hit the ball -- if you use a high-throw rubber you are more likely to hit the ball coming from above it...

  10. HUIESON ZLC blade , who's got one ???

    I have this blade and like it a lot. Skyline 2 FH and Hurricane 8 BH. Huieson did a great job with this one. I've never tried the Stuor blade they're cloning, but Huieson also makes a Viscaria clone which I cannot tell apart from a real Viscaria.

  11. What butterfly blade should i get?

    Rakza X is a little more advanced than Rakza 7. A bit faster, a bit spinnier, a bit harder. Rakza X is more difficult to control, but allows more precision when the player is skilled enough. Rakza 7 is a good rubber for beginners, and one can play with it as a beginner or intermediate player...

  12. What butterfly blade should i get?

    I think that the soft sponge is primarily responsible for your lack of precise placement. Soft sponges will produce a consistent shot, but it is hard to be precise with them. They are error-tolerant, meaning that they will adjust to small inconsistencies in your stroke, meaning that it is...

  13. Need help choosing first short pips

    Falco Tempo Long works well for consistent performance. If not, 802-40 38deg with no booster works fine, it'll just have a bit more pips effect than the soft sponge version.

  14. Need help choosing first short pips

    I'd recommend 802-40, it's a good transition from inverted rubber. Going immediately to a knuckleball pips will be very confusing. Spinfire is actually the closest thing you can find to inverted rubber. But Spinfire is very expensive, and honestly it doesn't really play like pips at all -- it's...

  15. What blade would you recommend for someone stepping down from carbon?

    Yasaka Extra Offensive, used by Ma Lin and subsequently known as Ma Lin Extra Offensive. It's the best available blade for penholders, in my opinion. Ma Lin Soft Carbon is fine. My brother has one and he let me use it. Not a bad blade but it's completely different from the Ma Lin Extra...

  16. What blade would you recommend for someone stepping down from carbon?

    YEO actually has a lot of flex -- more than pretty much any other blade I've tried. What you may not like is that it's very hard. There is a distinction to be made between hardness and stiffness. YEO is very hard but not stiff, and Clipper is very stiff (doesn't flex) but not hard (the surface...

  17. Beginner JPen blades - what's the YSE of JPens?

    I have a Garaydia Revolver, it's alright. I'll sell it to you for pretty cheap if you want, actually. It's slower than 1-ply but definitely still an OFF blade. You can put sticky Chinese rubbers on it to slow it down a bit. Garaydia Revolver will work well for you if you curl your fingers on...

  18. Backhand-dominant players: what are your favorite tactics?

    Yeah, you make a good point actually. Pendulum serve from the forehand side to your opponent's forehand side is maybe not the best tactic -- it's somewhat extreme in that it presents a good opportunity for your opponent to counterspin. It does usually put the ball to your backhand, though. I'm...

  19. What blade would you recommend for someone stepping down from carbon?

    Outer hardwood blades have the same kind of "pop" as carbon blades, but with more feeling and control. Ma Lin Extra Offensive is a good one. Neottec Voodoo Classic is pretty similar to Korbel, but a bit slower.

  20. Beginner JPen blades - what's the YSE of JPens?

    I use hot glue. If you want to remove it, just heat it up a bit with the tip of a glue gun or a hairdryer.
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