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Without seeing you hit, we can't really tell. You could be doing anything. If you want me to guess, not enough bat speed, not enough brushing, or too much brushing. :P

Huh, taking another look at it, it's probably the Japanese sponge one. Oh well; can always try both! Traditionally I've used sticky topsheet on the backhand, although Europe DF has not been an adjustment at all.

For what it's worth, my backhand flick was not landing at all and I was resorting to flat hits. Later I rubbed the ball on the sheet and it just wouldn't grab, the ball would slide easily. I replaced it with another model and now my backhand flick lands. The rubber had been stored improperly and...

A lot of people at lower amateur level give up games or matches because they stop what is working and "change it up" for no reason, especially if they happen to lose a point. Usually if I'm winning a lot, I will stay winning, unless I purposefully mess around, because I keep doing what's...

The Allround Evo is probably not the fastest with the modern ball when using conventional rubbers. It wasn't exactly fast with the cell ball either.

As far as I can tell, thinner sponge is less spin sensitive on block and push and tends to not throw the ball as far, so if the OP really likes Dignics 05, that might be a good idea. The smaller sponges exist for a reason but everyone pretends like only the max size exists.

You have those rubbers in your signature, so I assumed you had used it. Either way, I got years out of mine. It was still totally playable when I let go of it. Modern rubbers with much softer compounds probably can't do that no matter how you try. They have a lot more outright topsheet grip and...

Pretty lame ChatGPT summary, but either way, I've also opted to go for this rubber for my backhand for my next setup as I've found one for cheap. I bought a sheet of Vega Europe DF to learn to brush the ball in a more safe way on the backhand, so hopefully this can perform similarly.

The slopes seem pretty different too, although to me it largely seems like lower spin and spin reversal potential = lower slope, and the trend changes become less meaningful as a result. It might be why beginners are suggested to not begin with a 2.2 sheet and instead with a slightly smaller...

I'm talking in absolute terms for any sheet, but yes, adhesion is just an extremely rapid increase in the CF at low loads, which will help effective force a lot at those low loads, although there's only so much it can do because the input load is so small.

Sponge thickness has a huge effect on the throw angle and spin reversal on blocks according to some old testing. I'm not sure exactly how it works if the receiving bat also impacts power and speed onto the ball; probably more linear and comparable to thicker sponges; but there's definitely a...

I believe that lighter strokes utilize more hysteretic friction from the topsheet and are more dependent on pure coefficient of friction to generate good force at low loads, while heavier strokes utilize the sponge more just mechanically, to grab around the ball and launch it with a resultant...

In theory, a stiffer blade with a stiffer sponge and higher friction topsheet should be able to produce the most spin at some kind of impossible maximum speed swing at its specific maximum spin contact angle. In reality, it depends highly on the exact performance curves of the blade and rubber...

Wear is mostly oxidation of the topsheet layer and plastic deformation (?) of the sponge. Unless you're a pro who hits very hard into a very small area, I feel like you're unlikely to mechanically wear just one spot very noticeably. I played with your exact setup of Allround Evo + 729 Super FX...

Not a blade maker, will likely never be a blade maker, not planning to be a blade maker, but I still read all that. I particularly sympathize with the "different thing being called same thing as other thing", I have to wade through a lot of that and finding the truth is always satisfying...

Beware that modern Hurricane 3 for the last few years is effectively not tacky, or at most hybrid levels of tacky. It's still a bit easier to play short and serve with than tensors, but the difference is small IMO.

You must glue the rubber with precisely 2.81 layers on the sponge and 2.917 on the blade, or it's going to be no good.

Well, if you instantly play better with the old blade, then maybe the new one's not for you? It should expand your capabilities in areas you felt were lacking. The general idea I've gathered is that if you train for 40h/week or more and play tournaments regularly, it'll take you 6 months to...

Your handle is missing the bevel, so I'm inclined to believe it's a fake based on my research from comparing Aliexpress fakes to genuine ones.

When I played a lot, I would play about 25 hours a week, and I used the same sheets of 729 Super FX for about 3 years straight with only minor noticeable wear. Right now I play single digit hours per week, so I pretty much only plan to change rubber when I feel like it, but I did need to swap...