Donic defplay senso V3 FH rubber question

Hi Merlin el mago,

I assume that you play defensive style, so do I. I don’t know if you cut both wings, with pimples and with your Hurricane III. I suggest that if you like very much the rubber you are playing with stay with it. Instead of that, why don’t you change the blade?
A friend of mine plays with the same model of blade you do, DONIC Defplay senso V3. I gave it a try and I found it slow, it has a good control and good speed, perfect for the celluloid ball. With the introduction of the plastic ball many things have changed. I used to play with the Butterfly Joo Sea
Hyuk FL, which is now discontinued, and with Tenergy 05. My current set up is: Diode V FL, Dignics 05 2.1, Curl P-1 1.4-1.7.
At the end it’s a question of personal preference, feeling, etc. my friend likes a lot his set up, Defplay V3 with Thibar Evolution 2.1 EL-P.
His chops are ok, but IMHO I find them slow. The opponent has enough time to adjust, read spin on the ball and prepare for the next stroke.
Personally I don’t like that, I prefer fast chops on both wings. Then is the technic.

Cheers !

merlin el mago said:

Thanks for answer. I use my LP in the BH to block and push rarely or occasionally to chop because I play close to the table for my style play it's ok for BH but with my FH only do stop or side spin rarely chop. I tried a lot of comby blades (one side low to defend & one side fast to attack) but all very fast for the BH. Can be I need other kind of OX LP because now I use low friction pips L.S.D. and it's not the more suitable to block close to the table. As you can see I'm really lost.

Greetings!

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Merlin el mago,

Without a coach we are all lost but not alone.

Here are some ideas.
Have you ever watched a match of Manika Batra? Here a set of her. Nice angle to watch.
She mostly blocks, pushes, and smashes with the LP. That might give you an idea of some shots you can adapt to your game.

https://youtu.be/MLwEUpj9stM


Long pimples close to the table

I also add some links with a Korean coach that explains how to play with LP. Very interesting.




https://youtu.be/9CVTOFKU9gY




https://youtu.be/E2KwDgtkVmU




https://youtu.be/VhoTP-I-7yc

Cheers !

merlin el mago said:

Thanks for the links, unfortunately I don't understand Korean

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Neither do I, but you can imitate the position of the racket, body, change the angle of your blade, watch the final trajectory of the ball and why not, record yourself and compare it.

So your style is attacking long pips and seldom chop? You should be using an all+ or off- blade.