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I'm in Southern California, and today was particularly humid. It felt humid, and it seemed like there was even mild dew forming on the tables today. When I touched my rubbers, they felt oddly slippery and I was wondering why. Later it hit me that maybe the humidity was causing the rubbers to...

I'm trying to enjoy and play with my outer alc blade, but I just can't seem to play well with it. Whenever I loop, I feel lack of control and lack of dwell time. I feel my loops are a little wild compared to when I use inner alc blade. Why do you like your outer alc blade and why do you...

Here's a bit of a unusual and quirky match. Ayano vs Tawny Banh. I actually saw Tawny play in person once when I was a child over 20 years go and was completely away from the sport the past 20 years. It's a bit surreal to see her play again, how quickly those years passed.

Anybody play with this rubber or like this rubber? It's a very attractive cool looking rubber, and supposedly one of the more modern ESN offerings with latest technology. I imagine it should be something similar to Victas 22 or MXP50. I tried it recently on my friend's brand new racket, but...

I have a V-14 Pro that weights 93g. But when I glue rubbers to it and hold it, it feels WAY heavier than my other blades, for example my 90g Fang Bo carbon. Also, the Fang Bo has a larger head, so there is more rubber glued to it. But still, somehow the V14 ends up feeling way way heavier and...

Recently a few long pips players have showed up, and I mostly don't understand what spin to expect from their long pips rubber. Can somebody tell me the basic advice for knowing the spin? So far, I have deduced that whenever I loop heavy spin to their long pips, it seems to always come back...

I recently boosted a underperforming rubber without much expectations, and the result was incredible. I had a sheet of 729 Aurora Max in medium-hard. This rubber was my least favorite rubber of all the rubbers I own, as it was quite slow, quite soft, and had no catapult. It just wasn't very...

Has anybody boosted the STN rubber before? How does it react to booster? Is there a best number of layers?

During a game when my opponent open loops against me, I typically block it back with BH and FH. I've practiced counterlooping my opponent's opening loop in practice, and I can hit them fairly well in a practice scenario. But I never feel confident enough to attempt it in a game scenario. Do...

Recently I have been trying to get more wrist action on my BH and get more acceleration through the ball. When doing so, my natural instinct is to choke up higher on the handle and grip the blade face tighter. Also my instinct is to go into a more extreme "continental" grip. All these put...

Saw this match posted. I think Kou Lei won 3-1. I'm surprised that the #1 ranked player in the country, a Olympian, would lose games to a 2200 youtube player.

Let's say you are boosting a Hurricane 3 40d. I assume that after a certain amount of booster layers, there is no longer a positive benefit. After how many layers of booster does the incremental benefit become basically zero? After how many layers of booster does the incremental effect become...

I believe ML uses 42d on forehand. How hard is the actual rubber he plays in competition after all his layers of boosting?

About 6 months ago, I felt my biggest weakness was by BH opening loop. After practicing it a lot, I now feel quite comfortable with this shot. I actually surprise myself with how many points I win in games with this shot. 3 months ago, I determined my biggest weakness was returning serve...

I just want to highlight this Yinhe Jupiter 3 rubber. It's not a rubber that I see get talked about much, but its honestly a really remarkable and great rubber. I recently started using it on my FH in 39 degree, and I'm playing much better with it. It is very much like a hybrid rubber, with a...

Has anybody tried this Phantom/M-Star rubber? How is it like? I was just browsing and it got my eye that the shop manager went out of his way to recommend this rubber. Is it really that good that the manager specifically called out this seemingly random rubber out of all his rubbers in stock?

Can somebody explain the hardness scale that Friendship is using here? The rubber is listed as 47. What would this be on the DHS scale or the ESN scale? Friendship also does the Battle 2 rubbers, which they list as 39 or 40 (same as DHS). Why would they use 2 separate scales for different lines...

This seems like a huge decision, that is oddly underdiscussed. Do you use overgrip on your handle? I hardly ever see people do this, but it seems like it could make a big positive benefit. Your control and grip over your racket could be much better. I imagine it would make a big difference on...

It seems that MXP along with G1 are the most popular tensor rubbers with MXP universally regarded as a very fast and catapulty rubber. Which rubbers are considered and accepted as faster than MXP?

https://www.donic.com/donic/en/rubbers/4147/donic-bluestorm-pro?c=33 Anybody tried Bluestorm Pro before? According to Donic's own ratings, this must be the fastest rubber in the world at 11+. Tibhar MXP is already very fast, but I think that was only given a 10+ speed rating. Is BS Pro...