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All the above. You can have variation in how you play medium pips, They are just not the best at what long pips or short pips do. You also need quite a bit of stamina to keep attacking with medium pips. If you have it, it's great. Those pros make it look easy to attack but you also need pro...

@OP Here are some reviews of the Hurricane 3 series and H8-80 if you haven't read them already. I personally would skip the AK47 rubbers if you can afford Fastarc G1 but each must experience their own on the path of EJ, even if it means taken the same wrong turns. If you were in the US, I'd...

For more offensive capabilities, you can try the popular Nittaku Fastarc G1 on the BH and Hurricane 3 Neo on the forehand. I think the H3 is more offensive than classic 729 rubbers but may be slower than some of the newer 729 hybrids.

The game of table tennis has changed do to the plastic ball mandate as you know. I don't think Mark V would work very well now if you are interested in performance. You can get Nittaku Fastarc G1 for a better price at tabletennis11. One of the blades they recommend and what they use for all...

If you want an even slower setup, why don't you try replacing the Fastarc G1 with Hurricane 3 Neo. You'd be using tabletennis11s favorite setups. Alternatively have you tried flipping your blade to use the X5-M on your forehand?

A carbon composite blade will tend to have a larger sweet spot and, in my opinion, better feedback as the initial impact is clearer/crisper and the subsequent vibration is better damped. Whether that is better for you will only be known if you get to try your club mates carbon blades or take the...

Learn to keep looking at the ball and to adjust your positioning by bouncing off the ball of your feet in your low stance. If you are short, long or old sighted make sure you are wearing the right prescription. You can't hit what you can't see.

If you think the soft rubbers feel weird, then harder rubbers are more suitable for you. Don't let outdated ideas from people who don't realize the game has changed due to the plastic balls give you bad advice. I'd go with a medium hard rubber like the Fastarc G1 or even what you are using for...

Depends on your goal as a table tennis player and if you want to play offensively. If you just want to have some fun and just get the ball over the table, it doesn't matter really what you use. If you want to get good and play in the style of most professionals, then I would absolutely stay away...

There is a reason why long pips is considered the dark side. It can be seductively easy and powerful but ultimately limiting if you hope to get really good or win against really good players. Are you playing defensively with long pips or just blocking with it?

Tibhar CCA 7 is on sale at tt11 for around $45 now and it is very fast and fun but IMO not quite as controlled as a fast carbon blade unless paired with the right linear rubbers. There is also the Xiom Axelo at $75 which I have not tried. Then there is the Butterfly Sardius which is the fastest...

There seems to be the idea that tacky rubbers are the spinniest and even with the advent of hybrid rubbers that are tacky, that Hurricane 3 is still the king of spin.I'm not sure if this has been discussed before but I am assuming how spinny a rubber is has to to with how well it can grab on the...

unlike women, throwing them out when they are worn, old and used up isn't considered a crime against humanity. unlike women, you can try as many different ones as you like and don't have to settle with one, without a lot of risk and expense relatively. - single EJ.

Because Dignics has the Butterfly brand on it? :> Seriously though, many people forget the topsheet's (which could be close to as thick as the sponge) contribution to the feel of a rubber.

That's like some old wives tale, an outdated generalization for a situation that no longer exists. If you like what you tried, then it is right for you. With the plastic ball, a stiffer but still softish 7 ply is what I would go with if I wasn't already using a fast hinoki faced composite blade.

If you think only top level H3 players boost their rubbers, I can direct you to a video of Dmitri Ovtcharov making sounds with his Butterfly rubbers I have never heard out of a regular Butterfly rubber.

Honestly, I need a carbon blade to be able to play offensively with these old bones and extra unwanted 30lbs around the waist.

Does the ball also start to lose spin as it goes along it's trajectory due to this Magnus force somehow?

I'm assuming as an offensive player, we are trying to place the ball on the table somewhere with as much speed and spin (quality) as possible (or as little as possible depending on tactical situation) to increase the chances of the ball not coming back. All the crap about rubber and boosting is...

I find myself gravitating towards stiff, faster blades with soft feeling as it is better for me with the plastic balls and age and a closer to the table play style. Flexible blades loses control when you hit it hard as the flex makes it less predictable/linear to where the ball ends up. The...