I would start a new topic and add a hash tag #control
It is a misleading figure of speech. I just want to make sure that forum members do not think the equipment will make them better.
spin and speed should be thought of as tangential and normal coefficients of restitution. If I desired, I could compute these number. Then we would have real data for spin and speed. However, it is up to the player to control the spin and speed.
This doesn't bother me. It is an opinion. Dan is a very good player and can hit fast spinny shots with many different rubbers as shown in his many videos. So what makes D09 better?
I agree with Dan's assessment that D09 is faster and it is easier to hit the ball fast. That could be important in a long tournament and especially if playing back from the table.
What I saw was that H3 commerical is relatively dead and I thought that Dan gave H3 commercial a too high rating for spin. H3 does have a high spin to speed ratio because it is so slow..
It is the control part that bothers me. Put D09 on a new player's paddle and see if they do better with that over and old Mark V. They will be able to hit the ball faster when they have a line of sight flat hit but after that the extra speed will result in balls going off the table and the extra spin will resulting in many more unforced errors.
Definitely start a new thread. I am looking forward to it. It will be really useful information.
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You know I agree with you on the rest. It is okay to explain how the term "control" is often used as a shortcut that, when you really look at it, is misleading, and misleading in sooooooo many ways.
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For instance: even if we grant that what is meant is that a rubber is easy to control rather than that it has control, you still need to ask the question: EASIER TO CONTROL in WHAT INSTANCES.
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Long pips make it very easy to return certain high spin serves. So, it makes it easy for you to control those serves. But if you tried to COUNTERLOOP with Long Pips--if you were trying to produce heavy heavy topspin in response to a heavy heavy topspin shot coming at you while using long pips--you would realize that a rubber that is easy to control in one instance is very hard to exert control over in another circumstance.
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So, the question of what a rubber allows you easy control over is also important to enunciate when talking about "control". And all of these things require the skill of the person holding the racket and his facility in using the equipment in his/her hand.
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So, yes, control is not a very accurate or precise term. That being said, it is easy to express this without it being directed at any one person.
And, when it is used in a way that the meaning seems clear enough, I just ignore the issue.