This user has no status.
They would still be thick. I wonder whether a 1.8 Nittaku Orange turbo might be quite quick and relatively soft, but the thinner rubber might make it a bit easier to drive with on that type of shot!! And maybe a better to push with when required.
The problem is Carl, the spin insensitivity of short pimples compensates a little for me and gives me confidence.
So maybe a thin evolution fx-s or soft andro hexer might be not too sensitive too spin incoming, but would allow me to impart backspin and more importantly give me arc to topspin the ball, so I could take ball later. But I prefer to impart lots and lots of spin with my bh which I can do better with Hurricane. It is a merry go round.
But I like having contrast form bh to fh which I think is why I like Hurricane on bh. But when I struggle with monkey players (only joking, I know I am being rude) my brain explodes and melts and it messes up my whole game and I do not enjoy it.
Monkey players are players that I am technically and in almost always better than in every way and at every shot if we get to a rally (I realize I am being horribly arrogant) but they have really good serves (legal or illegal) and they beat me easily just because I return badly and then collapse.
It is ruining my life at the moment quite literally!!
Carl
it has been suggested that I should try and get a girlfriend!!
Maybe you could try Hurricane 3, if has great control and spin, and if you like it you can get the provincial versionI have been using Short pimples for 12 months+, Long pimples for 12 months before that, but reversed for most of my time before that.
Initially I switched to lp out of boredom and frustration, I then switched to SP as it allowed me to still play attacking and open, which lp do not.
So Sp is great for hitting through spin, great against lp, gives a different paced ball which gives contrast to the fh (something I like), however my feet are not always the best and I have a tendency to want to spin up and play up through the back of the ball.
I prefer a bh rubber that really grips the ball and have a very wristy bh if I need it.
So i think my problem with tensors is they are just too fast and dont hold the ball long enough when opponent is playing fast so when I used reversed both sides I actually used Hurricane Neo on bh.
This is bad from the point of view it is too sensitive to incoming spin for me.
But it is good for spinny pushes which means I can often get a spinny push back which I can loop or a spinny topspin (slower) which I can attack.
I find modern rubbers like Tenergy, Evolution are easier to flip and drive with though on bh but they are too bouncy for me if the game gets faster and opponent likes this game.
Does anyone think that for example playing with Mark 5 on bh might allow me to play similar to short pimples with a bit of spin in sensitivity but still allow me to apply spin myself, which I need to lift the ball, especially when I am a little late taking the ball.
My fh seems to be better when I play a meter back off table (close to mid distance). This is not a good place to play with short pimples.
I wondered whether maybe an orange Nittaku Hurricane in 1.8mm might be a good idea or maybe a tensor in 1.7 or 1.8 for a bit less bounce.
Baal, would be interested in what you have to say, as you have been there and back again.
When I use Sp I have more confidence in attacking serves, the trick is finding a way to transfer this back to reversed rubbers, obviously short pimples are a bit spin resistant which helps with hitting through spin.
At the other extreme I am thinking of trying Mid pimples (spinlord Keiler) and trying to learn to twiddle.
BTW how are you receiving? Are you trying to attack, push or drop?
There are quite a lot of those threads, but I've only managed to find video in this thread (https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...tting-with-Long-Pimples-or-should-I-use-short) and the video itself has been deleted by the user.Search threads by MOG and look for video footage. There are loads of them. It will be easy to find.
I will not accept that someone with good serves that beats me but loses to anyone that returns there serves, never. I can't do it.
Just like I do not respect players that just whack everything but don't know what spin they were hitting through.
[...]
I do not accept they are better than me.