You are correct Thomas, that is how i started with the inneforce blade.
But that 37 neo did simply do nothing as a BH but kinda worked for me on the FH.
As for my "homey blade, it is also an innerforce but just something I glued together with bits and pieces I had left over.
No, I am moving the 37 to my favorite blade simply to check if it makes an improvement to the 39. I will find out tomorrow
at the club session. If it does not make a difference I will go back to the original setup.
I am just dong it because the 37 does not really work on the butterfly.
BH is working fine with 40 on my favorite- and 39 on the butterfly blade (.Not NEOs)
The 37 so far has been disappointing. I got it because the common wisdom seems to suggest to have a soft rubber on the BH and a harder one on the FH and when this did not work for me i just turned the blade around.
I might even give up on the NEOs altogether and just run maybe a 38 standard H3 on the backhand.
Might also have a try boosting the BH-rubber but I am not sure what boosting a rubber would do to its blocking -qualities ???
i can most definitively accept the horses for courses explanation 😁 or maybe i am simply an insensitive Klotz and can not feel any difference.
I do the bounce test with the dirt protecting plastics on, as otherwise the stickiness won't let the balls back up.
With both blades side by side on the table i let the ball drop from about 30cm
All 4 rubber bounce 5-7 times there is no difference.
This of course regardless of the fact that on 1 sides we have 2 red NEOs ( 37 and 40) and 2 black H3s on the other sides. ( 39 and 40)
It is kinda weird ..............but interesting
My apologies if I do not have the proper words to explain what i mean. I am not experienced much in the TT-jargon. 😐
A few days ago I did a FH - topspin session against the club robot. I found that I did much easier and better with my homemade blade
with the red 40 NEO than I did with the Innerforce Butterfly that had the 37 NEO on. This confirms what happens to you when you compare
H41 to H37.
It is not the lack of speed , both blades and both rubber give plenty. It just seems that it is easier to get a precise hit over the net and closer
to the point that I am aiming for with the harder rubber. (Maybe not a surprise !!!!)
Anyway, the 2 NEOs have now been swapped over and I will have a try with them tomorrow.
The conclusion might well be that harder Hurricanes, or at least the middle ones like the 39 are better suited to my style.
Just quickly about """My STYLE"""", my style is trying to hit the ball....
wanted to put a giggling emjoi but it does not work
Yogi, my skills are at best mediocre and I might still be bragging here. 😁
Maybe , if I want to stick with the Hurricanes I should go to about 39degrees and go for the thinnest sponge they make. I seem to recall
having seen a 1.8mm version, maybe on Tabletennis11-shop. I might also have to forget about the NEOs and stick with the standard version.
It all is a journey and i am not disheartened , just confused.
for backhand, try 729 Focus III Snipe. It's available in three hardnesses 42, 44 and 46. It's linear, but it gives you a bit more bounce than H3N 37 deg.
If as you say it gives more bounce, how do you go for blocking ?
It's a different bounce.
Perhaps it has something to do with that the top sheet is softer than in the H3N rubbers, and it's less spin sensitive, but blocking was great for me with F3S. For a While I altered between TinArc 3 and F3S, but I must say that I found the F3S a bit better in all aspects and cheaper and lighter. It's a bit like European rubbers, but linear. I had the 42 and 44 deg for backhand. Started with 42 deg, but after a while I found it a bit slow, so I went for the 44 deg wich is very nice. I think that both the 44 and 46 deg works fine for controlled forehand lopping style game, but some like it faster on backhand as well, so maybe the 46 deg would be right for them?
