Here is some background on me. I am 1600, improving fast. Have not played in a long long time. My previous set up many years ago was some Stiga allaround blade with Stiga rubber on one side and Donic on the other. That was MANY years ago. Don’t remember the specs and don’t have the paddle, its long gone.
I started playing again 3 months ago and play 6-8 hrs a week. My brother gave me Stiga Evolution as a gift, which is what I am playing with now. It is way too slow for me.
My style is an attacking style, probably a combination of looper/smasher, however, I block aggressively as well. I hate long pushing and backspin points, and I am working on not getting in trouble trying to reverse them too soon because of the aggressive nature of my playing style.
I am not big and not physically very strong. I am a former pro athlete, so I have decent footwork, but I am not the youngest, so don’t know how long its going to last, but I am expecting to be ok for the next 6-8 years in footwork department
I am looking to get a good blade that I will use for a while and can really get used to as I go up to 2000, and play around with different rubbers setup to give me control and speed.
Last week I played with Carbonado 45 with Tenergy 80 on FH and Yasaka something on the BH. I had absolutely no problems handling it since min 1, but I wish T80 was a bit loopier.
At the same time I don’t want to spend way too much money on the paddle, and not sure I want to start with Tenergy series.
My idea was to get a faster blade with good control that can give me good speed, and play with rubbers when it comes to speed and spin.
