Blades for short pimples

[Karl Erik Rasmussen]

Hi

- I have seen that some players with short pimples use stiffer and harder blades. Any reason for that?

- Any blade you can recommend?

Thanks!

 

[yogi_bear]

Because sp is for hitting and you need harder blades to have better killing shots.

 

[thomas.pong]

Hi

- I have seen that some players with short pimples use stiffer and harder blades. Any reason for that?

- Any blade you can recommend?

Thanks!

7-ply all-wood blades. They can vary in speed and stiffness, so it's good to choose one based on your level.
TSP/Victas Swat, Butterfly SK7 Classic, Yasaka Falck W7 for example.

If you're high level, some carbon blades can also be great for pips: Nittaku Acoustic Carbon Outer, Joola Rossi Emotion, Yasaka Falck Carbon.

 

[Lula]

How do want to play?

 

[Brs]

Flexible blades with short pimples give very unpredictable results. The combination is both slower and harder to control. So many short pimples players use the stiffest blade they can still loop with, as almost nobody uses pimples on both sides. The blades already listed are the standard ones.

 

[Short_Pimple]

You want a stiff blade. If it is hard as a rock or has a soft feel depends on your liking.

But you don't want a flex blade.

With short pimples it is about consistency in blocking, driving and hitting. A flexy blade will never give you the needed consistency.

Good SP Blades are 7 Ply Woods with little flex like clipper wood or samsonov force pro black edition. The TSP Swat is way to flexy for sp.

Also Blades with carbon or Arylate carbon should be fine. But the trajectory can be very low with these blades. For sp with soft sponge or tensor the most carbon blades are fine.

 

[Haito]

Need to summon MOG for this one. He has a lot of experience in this regard

 

[Lula]

Do not encourage that man 😀

 

[The Pong Professor]

Yeah, as mentioned: Stiffness/hardness for BH pips, flexibility for FH loops. My favorites - after sampling 30+ 7-ply blades: Samsonov Force Pro Black Edition, Stiga Rosewood NCT VII, Andro Gauzy SL, Andro Gauzy BL, and my current favorite....which I will reveal in an upcoming video review

 

[yogi_bear]

Xiom Extreme Speed, Falck W7, Clipper CR or Fextra.

 

[DragonOwen]

I liked Butterfly Innerforce ALC when I used to play short pimples on BH, great control and speed on attack with short pimples, block with it is also nice... Also know a couple of players (amateur level) in my city that play (at least used to play) with short pimples on BH of this blade.

 

[lugi2000]

Just use falck setup works for him 😅

 

[SorryForTheEdge]

My friend uses thick OFF balsa blades with short pips on both sides and is very happy with the combo. I tried it also and noticed how light the racket is, allowing me to swat the ball easily and play fast pace exchanges close to the table.

 

[MOG]

Need to summon MOG for this one. He has a lot of experience in this regard

So my input is this!
Assuming the short pips are going on your bh, it depends what you want and what you can do with your fh.

If you have very good technique on fh 7 ply wood is fantastic for pips bh or solid carbon like boll alc or viscaria.
Personally think Falck is absolute garbage.

Personally I have just switched to Innerforce Layer ALC because I need a good looping blade for my fh!

Other consideration IMO is how you will play with pips.
If you're blocking and countering a lot - 7 ply might be better
If you are very attacking with pips carbon blades are ok and IMO often give a flatter skiddier hit, but you do lose some control in blocking!

 

[MOG]

Yeah, as mentioned: Stiffness/hardness for BH pips, flexibility for FH loops. My favorites - after sampling 30+ 7-ply blades: Samsonov Force Pro Black Edition, Stiga Rosewood NCT VII, Andro Gauzy SL, Andro Gauzy BL, and my current favorite....which I will reveal in an upcoming video review

But we have to take in to account Pong Professor you're almost certainly a better player than the guys asking the questions (myself included). Your pip skills are very good, and I am not even mentioning your fh loops!

 

[POPTWEEK]

Try considering Sanwei Fextra 7, it is an 7 ply all wood blade (similar to Stiga Clipper wood structure) its wood layers are Limba, Limba, Ayous, Ayous, Ayous, Limba, Limba, I use it with Der Materialspezialist Spinfire soft 2.1mm on my FH, I can flat hit, loop and block with control.