A little opinion please! About my first custom bat

Hi players!

I'm new here and new at table tennis. First of all, excuse my bad english!

I started playing in a recreational club about a year ago and i bought my first custom bat. I did it the wrong way. First i bought, now i ask opinions!! lol. I was playing with a Tibhar Volcano X and in the last few weeks i felt i could use something faster. All the guys in the club (they only compete in recreational tournaments) play with pips out or with very fast bats (carbon blades and tenergy rubbers or razka 9, etc.). I wanted a better bat but i still can't control those rubbers/blades, so with some advice of my companions and with internet reviews i bought:

Blade- Yasaka Silver Line All wood

FH- Butterfly Sriver L 1,7mm
BH- Yasaka Original XHG 1,8mm

Please take in consideration that i didn't want to spend much im my first custom bat

Please give me your opinions.

thanks

Thank you Hamasaki.

I didn't bought max sponge thickness because they told me it could be too fast for me to handle. They told me to buy max sponge in the next rubbers.

Hamasaki_Fanz said:

but you've been playing for a year, I think you can handle the speed.

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I know i can't handle the tenergy 05 speed. I try it in the club and when i put in the topspin, i feel like the ball as left the bat before i finish the spin.

Another reason i bought thin sponges, is that fisically i can put a lot of speed in the ball because i'm tall and with thin sponge it would help me block.

But the next bat i will ask for all your advices first!

roger said:

Hi,
could you tell me your playing style?
Is it defensiv or more allround with topspin?

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UpSideDownCarl said:

A Yinhe Galaxy 896 blade with Dawei 2008XP rubbers would come to about $30.00 and then add shipping and that would be a very nice, inexpensive first setup.

But the real question here is, how do you like what you have? Does it work for you? Too fast? Too slow?


Sent from the Oracle of Delphi by the Pythia

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Roger,
i'm Allround player. But not by choice. I want to be an offensive player but still can't manage against better players (almost all in my club).

UpSideDownCarl,
I feel good with the blade but as kaizoku said, i never had something really good. Maybe it could be just a little bit heavier.
I like the Sriver rubber too. It allows me to attack very well and is easy to receive the ball. I'm sure i could manage 2.1mm. About the Yasaka Original xhg, i'm not very pleased. I feel it doesn't have the grip i want it to be. The good side is that it was cheap, so i can just put another rubber. With the BH i almost never put a lot of speed. I try to put the ball out of reach. The down side is that i have more difficult to receive spin in my BH. Can you recommend me a rubber for my BH?

roger said:

Hi,

I think it is because of your setup combination.
At first I would turn the blade: use the Yasaka rubber for FH and Sriver for BH.
Any improvement?

If you still get problem with your FH, then you should try another rubber eg.Yasaka Mark V 1.9
As for the BH I think you would get the control.

For the Dawei rubber, since it has harder sponge, you have to adapt another technique. (more harder swing and brushing the rubber)

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Thank you Roger.

I will try to change the combination and let you know!

Hello Roger.

Just to say that turning the blade worked! i can block well with the Sriver and still manage to attack with the Yasaka Rubber. Now i just have to get use to play with the red rubber in my FH. lololol.

Thank you very much!