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Hi. I am returning to table tennis after a four year hiatus. Currently, I use the "hunter flame" which is an extremely lightweight balsa blade. My rubbers are extremely dead tibhar rapid. I enjoy the lightweight feeling of the Hunter paddle, but the rubbers are so slippery, my form is not great...

I am using the Sweden extra blade and the Rakza 7 rubbers on both ends. What are your opinions on upgrades...I'm trying to decide if I want to only update my blade, and keep (or buy) the same rubbers. Or vise versa or just upgrade all at the same time. I've been interested in the Timo boll alc...

I am considering to switch my rubbers in the near future. Currently I play with Nexy Etika, Japanese made Tenergy like Rubbers. I love how they play and feel, but it is just too fast for when I have a bad day or am just not fit. I also felt like the second pair I purchased feel not the same as...

Hey all, beginner here. For some context, I've been playing for about 2 months now, but I think I've been able to improve extremely quickly. I'm able to consistently backhand rally with either blocking or looping with intermediate players. On the other hand, while I'm able to consistently block...

Hello, everyone! I am glad to join this community. I am a fairly new player from Lithuania and I've have started and made incredible amount of progress in 7 months period. My love for table tennis has also reached new heights. In short and straight to the point - I've been using a pre-made...

Hello! I have been into table tennis quite eagerly for the last year - continuously training and understanding the whole theme. I started with the first version of Pongfity Samurai and after half a year I upgraded to Stiga Cybershape which I play with right now. For the backhand, I use Nittaku...

I'm currently suffering my a minor non-swelling wrist injury. I play C-pen and my technique is not very good that i have a very tight grip and use too much wrist. I recently purchased a C-pen racket but because of my wrist injury I'm starting to consider to switch to shakehand. I love playing...

Hi everyone, I want to own a new combo racket and the racket I am considering is: Blade: Andro Novacell All/S First Rubber: Andro Rasanter R45 Second Rubber: Andro Rasanter C45 Will it be a problem for me to get used to this new racket (it can be said that it will be my first combo racket...

Helloooo! I've been playing for 7 years now and know in a general sense what I want, I have been looking at this for a while because the price is pretty enticing and seems to fit my demands for a more specialised change/upgrade, according to my coach's recommendations. I've been playing with...

Hello everyone! I'm new to penhold and I decided to buy a blade to see if I like it. I started playing with the robot and the edges were cutting, I couldn't play. I decided to look for solutions and I saw many people, if not all, were doing a light sanding on the wings of the blade. I did...

Hello everyone, I'm a returning player from 7 years ago (21 y.o. now) and was intermediate level and i have an old racket and dont know if i should train with it or make another one because its kind of old. I think i'm an all round player but focus more on the defending but i also attack...

Right now im using medium pips 1,5 on my bh. But im really missing the chance to open up with soft loops, or over the table with my bh. My main weapon is my serving and fh attacks. So if i should try a cheap but good bh rubber again, what would your suggestion then be???

I was playing with a bluefire m2 and I felt it was very soft so I switched to a vega x but now I feel I am just playing with the rubber and not the blade just feel the ball bouncing out of the paddle I really liked playing with a rakza x but I dont know if its the right decision, because I dont...

Hi, My son has a Yasaka Sweden Extra with Mark V 2.0 on the FH and BH. He'd been playing for about 9 months at a club up until corona hit and so apart from a bit of playing on our outdoor table his progress is very much on hold. I'd say he's at the stage of progressing but still very much...

Any advice, criticisms or compliments?

I address this thread to those with experience that will enable them to advise me. I am 73 years old and lucky enough to be quite fit and active; enough to play the modern game with off blade and rubbers I am about to buy new Tenergy rubbers but the lockdown has got me thinking that I cannot...

Hey everyone, I hope I can get your opinion on buying a setup. First, I will address my skill level. Unfortunately, I don’t have any videos of myself playing- I would film but as we know, it’s quarantine right now. However, I have played about 2 years. I have taken it seriously since September...

Hello! I am 25 years old, used to get some lessons about strokes technique, got some decent practice vs robots and had access to a coach for couple of lessons. There he explained proper technique in basic strokes and helped me understand how to take a shot. This was over 1.5 years ago. Before...

Hello, I would like to know if anyone has any experience with the hurricane 8 soft, I would like to buy sheet but there's not even one review about it. DHS site states about the hurricane 8 rubbers that the hardest one is for power and the softest one is for spin. Would it be good without...

Was looking to get my first custom paddle - is xiom vega intro + W6 a good combo?