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If you are interested in penhold, I suggest that you start with a jpen racket and learn to play one-sided. Once you are comfortable with that, you can switch to cpen and try to add rpb. But rpb should be an afterthought. Find a way to play 1-sided, and then add the other side.

Speed matters, and you don't want a blade that's too fast for you, but I think feeling matters as well. You learn from the feedback that the blade gives you, and carbon blades give you less feedback. Ma Lin Soft Carbon would probably be fine as well

Short pips. But if you have suggestions for long pips I'd love to hear them as well.

Don't get a carbon blade. If you want something fast, get a hardwood blade. It will have much better feeling than carbon, and it's almost as fast as carbon. Carbon should only be used by advanced players. Hardwood blades order from softest to hardest: - Stiga Maplewood. It was discontinued, but...

No way you won't have enough power with D09c + Viscaria, so that shouldn't be a concern. D05 is a good choice. If you're worried about it being hard to control, you could try Dignics 80. Be warned, the throw angle on D09c is very high. I find it very uncomfortable to loop with (but other...

Question to experienced pips players -- do you prefer a heavy or a light blade? I have one Rosewood NCT which is 98g, and another which is 80g. I am wondering which to use with pips and which to use with inverted. I could imagine that a lighter blade will be good for short, quick, sharp...

If someone plays that game with me I will just push the ball back. If there's no danger of them attacking, you can just wait for a lower-quality push and then attack. Another thing you can do is make them push to your forehand. Return their push with a push down the line, and then step around...

Chop-blocking loops with pips is a chaotic tactic. You can do it with short/medium pips too, by the way, and it's probably better to start with short pips if you are used to inverted rubber. When playing with pips on my FH, I've been able to beat a few 1500-level players, but it's inconsistent...

Yeah that's a fair assessment but I do think that 1. Being able to loop all long balls 2. Being able to respond to difficult balls in more than one way are specific to the 1500 threshold.

I think the two biggest things which distinguish <1500 players from >1500 players is: 1. Varying placement. A lot of <1500 players only have one response to difficult balls. If you loop to their backhand, they will ALWAYS hit cross court. or they will ALWAYS block the ball short. This allows...

I have a question about the NCT sealing that Stiga uses on some of their blades (including the Rosewood blades). I bought a Rosewood V blade from TT11 and I was kind of confused that the NCT didn't show -- usually when I see photos of it, it's very clear where the blade was sealed, because it's...

I think this is a good perspective. It's fine to not be focused on war crimes or geopolitics all the time, and everyone has blind spots, mental lapses, etc. But when something is pointed out to you and people are saying you're being insensitive, you should make an effort to learn about the...

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I never tried the blue ALC, but I tried the yellow ALC and thought it was good quality. Very stiff and hard.

this is a joke, right?

I thought Hurricane makes brushing easier, and engaging the sponge harder ?

You can't actually criticize Israel in the USA. You'll lose your job. Police will beat you up. Even if you're Jewish.

I think it's odd that you can't make a counterargument without bringing China's atrocities into the conversation. I will condemn those atrocities as well. Condemning Japan's war crimes doesn't mean that I endorse China's. Why do you keep bringing up China? When Fan Zhendong starts endorsing...

Nope, I can't tell a difference. Americans who committed war crimes in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, etc are terrible people and I condemn them with my full throat. America is a fascist society in many ways and we are the global leader in war crimes. A lot of our war...

This isn't about Chinese atrocities, this is about Japanese war criminals. The fact that the USSR committed atrocities does not mean that we should celebrate Nazis for committing war crimes against Russian civilians. Come on mate. You understand this concept already, and would recognize this...