LF new Blade Currently playing Keyshot

Most blades come in a range of weights. Either go to some shop with good selection and ask for a Harimoto (or whatever blade you like) around 82g. Or order from some online seller that lets you specify desired weight.

Fwiw my Hadraw SK was selected @86g from a set where the lightest was 81g and the heaviest 92g.

My $.02 says: don’t obsess on weight.

It’s the balance that matters, when equipped with the rubbers of your choice.

Viscaria St can be found around 80g if u want a light blade

yoass said:

My $.02 says: don’t obsess on weight.

It’s the balance that matters, when equipped with the rubbers of your choice.

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I do agree with this. When I realized how much better blades that are a little heavier feel, and I thought about how, when I was a kid I used to swing a 34 inch baseball bat that weighed a lot more than the heaviest of TT rackets, I realized I had the strength to wield a 95 gram TT racket with heavy rubbers like H3 or MXP. And when it was in my head that I didn't need something too light as long as it was not too heavy (89 grams sounds like a good weight to me), then it became easy to get used to the added weight.

At some point I found out that a lot of the top players prefer blades in the weight range of 90-95 grams, it made sense to me giving that denser wood allows for better feel.

It was interesting to me how much of it was in my head when I didn't want to get used to a heavier blade. For a long time I had been led to believe that lighter was better. And when I decided that in that weight range above 90 felt better and gave more power into my shots, I decided that I wanted to get used to the heavier setup. Once I wanted to, I got used to the heavier setup pretty quickly.

However, if you cannot get used to something that is 89 grams, then Giang's advice is excellent as well.

Giangt said:

Viscaria St can be found around 80g if u want a light blade

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