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My friend has Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon. It's fast as hell. I wouldn't call it for mortals necessarily. He has got Vega X BH and Joola GTPS FH. FH is hard for me to control (I would prefer Jupiter 2 for example), but BH is perfect.The Joola Rossi Emotion has been a very popular blade for many years.
It is well priced!
Good Control, Good Speed!
Possibly a carbon blade for mortals!!
Does anyone still use this blade now?
Is it still relevant for the new ABS balls?
Is it fast enough? Can you loop well enough with it with the ABS?
It looks like it has a new design, so it must still be selling well I assume!!
I can loop well enough when my feet are working and my knees remember to bend.
I am more interested in how it might play with Spinlord Keiler on bh, want something sharp and crisp and fairly stiff!!
My medium pips are called strange short pips so not 100% sure if they are short or medium anyway.
Interesting Sedis, I used Spectol Red first, bur find these Keiler much more versatile!
I feel like they hold the ball a little longer than other short pimples, allowing little roll shots etc. But they still seem great on the blocks and hits.
Sedis what level do you play at, local league Premier are you a vet?
Some general tips from a pretty advanced short pips player.
Carl,
what happens is a bit of a circle, when I can and I have someone capable, I practice hitting with the sp hard and flat, without any back-lift, invariably after this I play better with SP and play more SP shots. But then my old bad habits come back and I start looping with them. Thing is I can only really flat hit well on shorter balls, which I think is a theme of mid pimples. When people give me long balls or the ball is low it is not always possible to hit with SP. Lula has told me to try and keep the ball lower if I can not hit with Sp.
Reversed are no good for me. Like I say serves, when I use reversed I do not return as confidently and players just play on auto pilot. I prefer to have variation from bh to fh, I do not think I will ever go back to reversed, although I often think of it.
Basically if get better at the flat hits I will be fine.
The other thing I should do is twiddle TBH!
That would be give me another dimension.
I have seen the second video but not the first. I will look later!
I do not believe I have ever stated I do not want to learn to use pips better.
I think possibly what happens is in a match I sometimes revert to 40 years of muscle memory and try and loop.
I also think if you look at video of me playing it is the longer balls and chopped and lower balls I try to loop.
In all the videos you guys linked, when the players hit/drive with the pips the ball being fed is generally short and often not low, I can drive these myself. I am not as good as these players at driving the lower balls.
Also the bloke in video drops his hand and hits up through the ball on his short pimple stroke, admittedly not a loop like mine.
Why would I use inverted and not return serve as well (illegal or not), when I spent 30 years losing to every player with a couple of tricky serves, that now I regularly beat.
It is not just serve that I like about pimples anyway, it is the ability to play with different spin and speed.
I think the way forward for me is the odd twiddle and lots of footwork improvement.
Thanks for the videos though I enjoyed watching them!!
Agreed I already have the right blade and rubbers, it is the practice now.
It is a 12 step program.
First step is to accept one is an EJ!!