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I played with the LSF for about four years, as did two friends, and we all liked the blade. It’s flexible, like a wood blade (e.g., Acoustic). Flexibility adds spin, so you can play with harder rubber, and still get the spin you want for looping and flipping. Flexibility hurts drives...

Emrathich recommends lightly sealing your blade. He tested sealed vs unsealed blades, and couldn’t tell the difference. The weight difference was also negligible. A thicker layer will make the blade slightly harder, and slightly stiffer. I’ve noticed the biggest causes of peeling up wood...

I’ve hit with both blades, and like them both. You may want to go with the handle you prefer. A longtime practice partner switched from an old IF ZLF to an Acoustic with a large handle, because that handle’s better for his larger hand. I recall the ZLF had a larger sweet spot, while the...

Mizuno Wave Medal models are wide, and excellent shoes. I own two pair. One with the BOA lacing system, which works great. Yonex makes some excellent wide badminton shoes, 65 Z3 is a great shoe.

Most Chinese ML5/W968 players use a softer, higher throw rubber like T05 on their backhand, and boosted H3 on their forehand. My Chinese coach uses 09c on his backhand instead, but still H3 National Blue sponge on FH. He loaned me his backup blade (ML5 Provincial) for six weeks, and I love it...

See PingShnday.com See PingSunday.com. A very thin layer of varnish has an imperceptible effect on hardness. A thick layer will make the blade feel harder. The ML5 has a limba wood outer layer, which is a softer wood.

DHS HH3 Blade -- Excellent; Use Adidas TenZone Ultra & P7 I began using the HHIII last Fall, on the recommendation of the coach at my club. At first I found it heavy, as the head size was a little larger than the blade I was using. Control is great -- it's very accurate. Feel is good (great...