Blade advice with short pips BH

[Kaioh]

Hi,

I'm looking for advice regarding a blade choice.

My current setup is:

• Blade: DONIC Appelgren allplay
• FH: Rakza Z 2.0 black (will switch to rakza 7 2.0 soon)
• BH: DMS Spinfire 1.8 blue

I like to attack a lot, i love the short pips game play (flat hit, block deception, fast long push) but also enjoy looping with FH or BH (on backspin only). Even if i consider myself as beginner, i'm improving fast. One of my strength is serve so any setup i choose must allow me to generate a lot of spin on serve (mostly using hook & pendulum serves).

The blade i have is fine for me but since i swiched from inverted to short pips on my BH i always wondered if i could get more of the "short pips effect" with another blade.

What I have in mind is a more hard and stiif blade to enhance the short pips effect or a balsa blade for the light weight. I have a tennis elbow injury so i would like to keep my setup as light as possible.

I am considering a Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive blade, reviews are quite good and price is OK. Regarding balsa blade which are also known as good with short pips i am just wondering if it won't affect too much looping & serve in a negative way (but i would definately enjoy the light weight due to my injury).

What do you think ? Any advice is more than welcome

 

[Rumo]

Hey,
I am playing Tenergy 80FX FH & Spinfire BH on a Donic Opticon RS, which is a OFF Balsa blade. I can tell you, I want to change it, because you are loosing a lot of spin potential. You do win better smashes with the pips and the low weight is great. Balsa is a very special feeling. Slow is very slow and fast is really really fast, it is linear.

 

[Ultravisitor]

My vote goes to donic persson powerplay. Its stiffer and harder than your current blade and feels better than balsa. Also can be gotten pretty light. Same handle? As your current blade.
7ply blades in general pair well with short pips

 

[Rumo]

I played the Person Powerplay and it felt quite wobbly and instable. Topsin were excellent. But right now it is laying here and collecting dust

 

[Topspinslinger]

ONLY SP attack style? The higher level you are the more you see balsa or soft fast carbon blades. Such as Yasaka Ma Lin soft carbon. Providing extra control in high quality shots.
I can't talk about personal experience, as I don't use SP

 

[Rumo]

I do love the balsa für the SP, but for FH I do play spinny and loopy TS, which aren't that spinful with my balsa and therefor quite easy to block for my opponent. So right now I am looking for something different like a xiom zl pro for example

 

[merlin el mago]

If you use balsa forget spin but good to smash for short pips, BTW I like more SP better as FH rubber.

 

[Tembel]

I played the Person Powerplay and it felt quite wobbly and instable. Topsin were excellent. But right now it is laying here and collecting dust

But look at what the OP is using now. Persson Powerplay will be super stable compared to an Appelgren allplay. I think it is probably a good natural progression for a relative beginner.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

I'm not a short pips player but I think Sanwei Fextra 7-ply is a nice one to try at a reasonable price.

Edited to add: I have 802-40 Mystery III on it and is easy to play with (but that SP is supposed to be very similar to inverted. I know Spinfire is more frustrating to play against).

 

[Rumo]

But look at what the OP is using now. Person Powerplay will be super stable compared to an Appelgren allplay. I think it is probably a good natural procession for a relative beginner.

I don't know. The persson is quite soft and the spinfire likes firm/stiff blades. But it is definetly better then the applegreen

 

[waros]

https://blog.tabletennis11.com/what-blades-should-short-pips-players-use