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For context, I’ve been watching many videos of USATT tournaments from ratings of 1500-2500 and I’ve noticed that in 90% of the games, there is no umpire. This really surprises me as someone from England who’s been playing almost 7 years and never had a game that didn’t have an umpire. I feel...

I recently bought an xiom Hugo tmxi pro for about £50-60 as a ‘sponsored’ player and I really like the blade feels really good but after 3 weeks of use, one of the sides of the handle has come off. The same thing happened to my old blade but I’d been using that for 3 years so it was...

I’ve always shown interest in the long 5 as a blade due to how it plays when you hit through it from testing. It seems that when you hit hard, that sound is almost magical and it’s soo satisfying!! Although, would it be a better idea to go straight for a w968 clone, something like an xiom an...

I’m no equipment junkie, I know my stuff but recently I’ve been thinking about using tacky rubbers. I use an inner carbon blade with xiom rubbers, you can see on my account. It’s decent but certainly nothing special. I play in England but if I was to go off of USATT ratings then I would say I...

I made a similar forum before asking about what xiom equipment to use. That decision has been made and you cab check it out in my profile. What I really want to see is what everyone else is using and why plus why they choose xiom over other popular brands like butterfly, dhs, donic etc

I’ve been doing lots of training recently focused on my backhand drives and open ups. Regular and irregular drills but found that after a sustained amount of time, my forearms start to burn and I know this is normal but I feel like it effects my training and when I watch better players, it...

Hello, I’ve been sponsored by a company partner to xiom meaning that I have to use their equipment. Is there anyone who can share advice on what they use or recommend? Im not keen on the bouncy rubbers like tenergy 05. Also I need to get an xiom blade and am thinking about the one that Hugo...