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When considering the flex of a blade, should swing speed be considered? I ask this for a few reasons.
1) I play with a Xiom Offensive S and I switched to the Allround S one night and I couldn't control it. I was throwing everything long and I wondered if it was flexing too much.
2) When I check out reviews for blades, I notice that a lot of the blades pro supposedly use are more stiff than what I normally play with (Offensive S and TSPW). Especially Stiga blades. Is this because of swing speed?
3) When I bought my first set of golf clubs, I was encouraged to buy stiff shafts because of my swing speed. Regular shafts had too much flex so it messed up my shots. I was wondering if the same effect could be seen in table tennis (I do understand there is much more flex in a golf club because the swing speed and length of the shaft is greater than a TT blade.)
So based on these observations, my question is, if you have a faster arm swing, can you handle a stiffer blade when playing a topspin game? Should arm speed have any impact on blades I choose to buy (let it be noted that I love playing with the Offensive S. Has everything I want).
When considering the flex of a blade, should swing speed be considered? I ask this for a few reasons.
1) I play with a Xiom Offensive S and I switched to the Allround S one night and I couldn't control it. I was throwing everything long and I wondered if it was flexing too much.
2) When I check out reviews for blades, I notice that a lot of the blades pro supposedly use are more stiff than what I normally play with (Offensive S and TSPW). Especially Stiga blades. Is this because of swing speed?
3) When I bought my first set of golf clubs, I was encouraged to buy stiff shafts because of my swing speed. Regular shafts had too much flex so it messed up my shots. I was wondering if the same effect could be seen in table tennis (I do understand there is much more flex in a golf club because the swing speed and length of the shaft is greater than a TT blade.)
So based on these observations, my question is, if you have a faster arm swing, can you handle a stiffer blade when playing a topspin game? Should arm speed have any impact on blades I choose to buy (let it be noted that I love playing with the Offensive S. Has everything I want).
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