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Spin and more spin.
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Spin and more spin.
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Look Dominus. Here is the thing. At a certain point you have to know if your technique is not good enough for you to have a valid opinion on equipment. And it is even more important to know, there is no way anyone can have a valid opinion on a piece of equipment that they HAVE NEVER EVEN TRIED.
On line there are lots of people who try to pretend they know what they are talking about and then you hear something or see them play and realize they actually do not have any validity behind their statements.
So, here is a story. This is from YEARS ago before I could loop and when my technique was terrible and I was trying to learn how to play.
A friend had two blades. They were both Off-. They both were Hinoki blades. They both had the same rubbers on them. My friend had me try both to see what I thought. I liked one A LOT more than the other. Then he had another friend of ours who is a woman who is a Pro TT player. She tried them both and here is what she explained:
1) The blade that I had liked more: she said it was too slow for what bad control it had and she would never use it. It didn't grab the ball well. It didn't have good dwell time. It didn't generate good spin. It had inconsistencies. And all it was really good for was hitting flat. (Exactly what my technique allowed me to do at that time).
2) The blade I didn't like as much: she said it was excellent. It had good dwell time. Good control. Grabbed the ball really well. Generated excellent spin. And it was way faster than the other blade. (I had found it slower because my skill and contact were low level at the time).
So, several years later, when my technique and my looping were much more solid and I had started becoming decent at the game, I had a chance to hit with that second blade again and I realized just how good, how magical the blade actually was. And when my level was lower, I could not feel it at all. I had no idea why this woman liked it so much more. But I also was sensible enough to realize she knew and could feel things I HAD NO ACCESS TO.
So the question is, do you want information about what rubbers or blade are good based on the random opinions of someone whose level you don't even know, and WHO HAS NOT EVEN TRIED THE EQUIPMENT that they are saying is GOOD or not GOOD enough to warrant the price?
Think about it.
Dominus, we have seen footage of you. And I am really glad you are working hard to try and improve. But I have serious doubts about the validity of anything you say about equipment when, in every single video I have seen of you, it was quite clear that your equipment is always completely wrong for your needs.
On line there are lots of people who try to pretend they know what they are talking about and then you hear something or see them play and realize they actually do not have any validity behind their statements.
So, here is a story. This is from YEARS ago before I could loop and when my technique was terrible and I was trying to learn how to play.
A friend had two blades. They were both Off-. They both were Hinoki blades. They both had the same rubbers on them. My friend had me try both to see what I thought. I liked one A LOT more than the other. Then he had another friend of ours who is a woman who is a Pro TT player. She tried them both and here is what she explained:
1) The blade that I had liked more: she said it was too slow for what bad control it had and she would never use it. It didn't grab the ball well. It didn't have good dwell time. It didn't generate good spin. It had inconsistencies. And all it was really good for was hitting flat. (Exactly what my technique allowed me to do at that time).
2) The blade I didn't like as much: she said it was excellent. It had good dwell time. Good control. Grabbed the ball really well. Generated excellent spin. And it was way faster than the other blade. (I had found it slower because my skill and contact were low level at the time).
So, several years later, when my technique and my looping were much more solid and I had started becoming decent at the game, I had a chance to hit with that second blade again and I realized just how good, how magical the blade actually was. And when my level was lower, I could not feel it at all. I had no idea why this woman liked it so much more. But I also was sensible enough to realize she knew and could feel things I HAD NO ACCESS TO.
So the question is, do you want information about what rubbers or blade are good based on the random opinions of someone whose level you don't even know, and WHO HAS NOT EVEN TRIED THE EQUIPMENT that they are saying is GOOD or not GOOD enough to warrant the price?
Think about it.
Dominus, we have seen footage of you. And I am really glad you are working hard to try and improve. But I have serious doubts about the validity of anything you say about equipment when, in every single video I have seen of you, it was quite clear that your equipment is always completely wrong for your needs.
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