Been lurking on these forums a little while and thought I would ask advice, if you guys don't mind. And sorry for the long post!
Had a hiatus from table tennis for over 10 years, used to play a quite lot recreationally in my teens to 20s, not competitively, but used to practice sometimes with a team who played in the Liverpool (UK) league and did ok with them. I used to be quite attacking on the forehand, trying to get into loop attacks early, backhand I would be a bit more defensive, it was my weaker side back then, so I would chop, take pace off the ball, try to get placement to get a 'weaker' shot back to me that I could attack.
I originally started with a cheap Dunlop bat and worked up through different pre-made bats, until I got a Petr Korbel Off blade and I had a version of Yasaka Mark V FH, Tackiness Chop BH then onto Bryce FH, Tackifire Special BH. I also have Primorac Carbon Off+ blade, it was sent by mistake instead of normal Primorac blade which was ordered, which I have used with Butterfly Cermet FH, Bryce FX BH.
Since I started playing again, I am a reserve for a league team, so get to play competitively now and again, but I can't get back into playing like I used to. I need to practise more, that's a given and something I am doing. I have stubbornly been using the Primorac carbon blade (just a bit of sentimentality really, my Dad bought it, as I used to play with him and he passed away a few years ago) and so as the old rubbers had been on for about 15 years and pretty dead, I tried some softer and possibly slower rubbers to try and tame the carbon blade a bit, so have Stiga Airoc S FH and went back to Tackiness Chop BH. However, I still don't feel like I am getting back to anything like I used to be, I don't expect to get there without a lot of practice, but I don't even feel like I am making in-roads. It could just be an age thing now!
After reading these forums for a while, I think I need to go back a few steps, get myself back to basics, as it were, put the Primorac carbon blade back in it's protective box with the rubbers on, see if I can work back up to using it, but in the mean time start using the Korbel blade again. I took the rubbers off it a while back, as they had gone funny, so it's just the blade. So, I am thinking maybe try something like the Mark V on FH again and Tackifire Drive BH, I seemed to remember really liking the Tackifire Special, but you can't get it anymore.
So firstly, I am wondering if going back to the Korbel blade is a good idea? And then any rubber recommendations are most welcome, it's a minefield out there!
Cheers!
Had a hiatus from table tennis for over 10 years, used to play a quite lot recreationally in my teens to 20s, not competitively, but used to practice sometimes with a team who played in the Liverpool (UK) league and did ok with them. I used to be quite attacking on the forehand, trying to get into loop attacks early, backhand I would be a bit more defensive, it was my weaker side back then, so I would chop, take pace off the ball, try to get placement to get a 'weaker' shot back to me that I could attack.
I originally started with a cheap Dunlop bat and worked up through different pre-made bats, until I got a Petr Korbel Off blade and I had a version of Yasaka Mark V FH, Tackiness Chop BH then onto Bryce FH, Tackifire Special BH. I also have Primorac Carbon Off+ blade, it was sent by mistake instead of normal Primorac blade which was ordered, which I have used with Butterfly Cermet FH, Bryce FX BH.
Since I started playing again, I am a reserve for a league team, so get to play competitively now and again, but I can't get back into playing like I used to. I need to practise more, that's a given and something I am doing. I have stubbornly been using the Primorac carbon blade (just a bit of sentimentality really, my Dad bought it, as I used to play with him and he passed away a few years ago) and so as the old rubbers had been on for about 15 years and pretty dead, I tried some softer and possibly slower rubbers to try and tame the carbon blade a bit, so have Stiga Airoc S FH and went back to Tackiness Chop BH. However, I still don't feel like I am getting back to anything like I used to be, I don't expect to get there without a lot of practice, but I don't even feel like I am making in-roads. It could just be an age thing now!
After reading these forums for a while, I think I need to go back a few steps, get myself back to basics, as it were, put the Primorac carbon blade back in it's protective box with the rubbers on, see if I can work back up to using it, but in the mean time start using the Korbel blade again. I took the rubbers off it a while back, as they had gone funny, so it's just the blade. So, I am thinking maybe try something like the Mark V on FH again and Tackifire Drive BH, I seemed to remember really liking the Tackifire Special, but you can't get it anymore.
So firstly, I am wondering if going back to the Korbel blade is a good idea? And then any rubber recommendations are most welcome, it's a minefield out there!
Cheers!
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