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Edit: I used today at the club a friends paddle using quantum s on fh and rakza po on BH.
I used it the opposite way and made some FH shots with rakza po. OK, many of the went onto the net, but when I asked for the guy with the best topspin on the club to make some topspins against me , I could smash through his spin easily.

The only problem was that I could give any rotation to the ball, so when I was out of position I had to twiddle and loop with the inverted.
The serve receives were effortless. I think I should try it.
 
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Edit: I used today at the club a friends paddle using quantum s on fh and rakza po on BH.
I used it the opposite way and made some FH shots with rakza po. OK, many of the went onto the net, but when I asked for the guy with the best topspin on the club to make some topspins against me , I could smash through his spin easily.

The only problem was that I could give any rotation to the ball, so when I was out of position I had to twiddle and loop with the inverted.
The serve receives were effortless. I think I should try it.

Very important with good footwork if you want to play with short pimple. After the highest point the shortpimple is somewhat useless.
 
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Very important with good footwork if you want to play with short pimple. After the highest point the shortpimple is somewhat useless.

Ye, I got that, we played a set and I had to twiddle almost once every 2 points. Sometimes I didn't, the ball ended up onto the net, or I was just lucky. In low levels it is pretty strong, but I don't aim staying at low level of course. But I'll give it a chance.
 
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Ye, I got that, we played a set and I had to twiddle almost once every 2 points. Sometimes I didn't, the ball ended up onto the net, or I was just lucky. In low levels it is pretty strong, but I don't aim staying at low level of course. But I'll give it a chance.

I do not think you should twiddle, will never be good with the pimple rubber if you do. Can still lift/loop with the short pimple, but just not as good as with the inverted, but it is still possible to get a somewhat good lift/loop with the short pimple if you practice it. And you also notice that the smash is much better compared to lift/loop so you are forced to be fast on your feet.

Would be interesting to hear how it will work for you. Remember you need a pretty fast blade and rubber. Othervise it will be difficult to smash hard enough.
 
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I do not think you should twiddle, will never be good with the pimple rubber if you do. Can still lift/loop with the short pimple, but just not as good as with the inverted, but it is still possible to get a somewhat good lift/loop with the short pimple if you practice it. And you also notice that the smash is much better compared to lift/loop so you are forced to be fast on your feet.

Would be interesting to hear how it will work for you. Remember you need a pretty fast blade and rubber. Othervise it will be difficult to smash hard enough.

Well, I didn't know that. My blade at the moment is an off-site all wood with limba outer, so quite flexy and soft
 
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Well, I didn't know that. My blade at the moment is an off-site all wood with limba outer, so quite flexy and soft

Okey, i think it should somewhat obviously that you can not twiddle all the time haha. But now you know! Lifting/looping against low balls is one of the reasons why you want a grippy short pimple rubber, and if it soft you can easier still smash if you are somwhat out of balance.

You can try it on that blade! But i still think that if you are going to use it on the forehand the equipment need to be pretty fast. I can do the correct technique but if the short pimple and blade is way to slow, not much will happen. Since we do not have spin as a weapon the racket need to be fast enough instead.
 
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