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Last night:
1) Played with "E" - in the past, she has beaten me all the time but we have had close games. She is a PH who has long pips on her backside. Last night, she won a 3-1 win over me. First game, I decided to serve mostly rocket serves to her BH with some to her middle and a few to her FH to keep her guessing. I won 11-4. Then, intentionally or unintentionally she jedi mind tricked me ... she complained she couldn't see my serve and with my new bat (like that Yecats?
) the ball came back to her unexpectedly (not sure how to translate what she said, but it wasn't meant that my returns were like longpips or something). That first game, I had a few lucky blocks ... perhaps the MX-P and/or soft wood of the Amazon bat threw her off.
Previously when i used my Avalox bat and DHS H3 rubber, she complained the ball came back dead ... which is funny cos, her regular hitting partner i call 'si hing' (and he always beats me but in close games), when i hit with him, his chinese rubber comes back with dead balls... i find it hard to warm up with him as he doesn't add power or spin to his shots, just passive blocks and ball dies out. So in a way, i think E is jedi mind tricking me... when i was way younger, i literally had no mercy when it came to games... friend, young, old, male, and female ... all the same to me, if it was a game, i will do my best to win it. Now in my maturer age, I seem to go easy on some partners especially females. So yeah, lost the next 3, 1 close, and 2 lopsided wins for E.
Vs E, I had some good loops/punches/blocks/smashes, but too few after her jedi mind trick. No video, nowhere to set up my phone/tripod.
Hindsight is 20/20 they say, instead of waiting to play the winner of E and si-hing, i should've waited on the table with the 1900 LP chopper. He was playing "G" whom I played once before, ~1900 - 2000... SH power looper ... his Ma Long serves and power loops were too fast/powerful for my game. But my reasoning was that I'm still inconsistent and especially now moreso with me adjusting to the new bat, I didn't want to screw myself up playing the chopper.
2) Hit with J next for about an hour. Added the shortpips back on to see if i can get used to the weight. I blocked for him so he can work his loops for ~40 mins. Seemed ok with the weight. Didn't use the SP. My hand didn't hurt aftewards.
I then tried looping for ~20 mins with the SP on the back --- very strange... either weight or still getting used to new bat/rubber. Didn't loop well but did land some. Frustrated, took off the SP and seemed to loop better albeit inconsistently. Lucky J didn't mind picking up balls on my misses. I tried to loop controlled, slow and easy but either light bat or bad looping form/stroke, i was 50/50 or even 40/60. I decided to just let rip with power loops... landed a lot more consistently. Rally didn't continue much though as J was not able to block them all.
The ups and downs of my journey back into TT ... a bit frustrated last night. But all part of the (re)learning process of my game in general and now also of the new bat/rubber.
Will be putting on the longpips ox for some weight to the bat tonight. Will see if that helps.
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Der_Echte,
I have to sand/file the wings a little... wood is biting into my index finger too much. My concern is that the bat is already light already, I don't want to sand too much lol
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Continued thoughts/review/evaluation on Nexy's Amazon CPen bat with MX-P rubber:
Excellent BH blocking ... excellent smashing ... punches are good ... responds well to my close-to-the-table oldschool one-sided Cpen game.
My FH loops, when my stroke/form is 'on' is great too. But lately, my looping has been off... too much mental baggage in my pea brain.
I highly recommend the Nexy Amazon CPen with MX-P for anyone who plays like me with the close-to-table PH attacking style.
Looking to rid my mental baggage when i slap on the LP OX for weight tonight and will test out this combo of Nexy Amazon/MX-P/LP OX
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I am da worst LOL
Thank you as always TTD CCers!
1) Played with "E" - in the past, she has beaten me all the time but we have had close games. She is a PH who has long pips on her backside. Last night, she won a 3-1 win over me. First game, I decided to serve mostly rocket serves to her BH with some to her middle and a few to her FH to keep her guessing. I won 11-4. Then, intentionally or unintentionally she jedi mind tricked me ... she complained she couldn't see my serve and with my new bat (like that Yecats?
) the ball came back to her unexpectedly (not sure how to translate what she said, but it wasn't meant that my returns were like longpips or something). That first game, I had a few lucky blocks ... perhaps the MX-P and/or soft wood of the Amazon bat threw her off. Previously when i used my Avalox bat and DHS H3 rubber, she complained the ball came back dead ... which is funny cos, her regular hitting partner i call 'si hing' (and he always beats me but in close games), when i hit with him, his chinese rubber comes back with dead balls... i find it hard to warm up with him as he doesn't add power or spin to his shots, just passive blocks and ball dies out. So in a way, i think E is jedi mind tricking me... when i was way younger, i literally had no mercy when it came to games... friend, young, old, male, and female ... all the same to me, if it was a game, i will do my best to win it. Now in my maturer age, I seem to go easy on some partners especially females. So yeah, lost the next 3, 1 close, and 2 lopsided wins for E.
Vs E, I had some good loops/punches/blocks/smashes, but too few after her jedi mind trick. No video, nowhere to set up my phone/tripod.
Hindsight is 20/20 they say, instead of waiting to play the winner of E and si-hing, i should've waited on the table with the 1900 LP chopper. He was playing "G" whom I played once before, ~1900 - 2000... SH power looper ... his Ma Long serves and power loops were too fast/powerful for my game. But my reasoning was that I'm still inconsistent and especially now moreso with me adjusting to the new bat, I didn't want to screw myself up playing the chopper.
2) Hit with J next for about an hour. Added the shortpips back on to see if i can get used to the weight. I blocked for him so he can work his loops for ~40 mins. Seemed ok with the weight. Didn't use the SP. My hand didn't hurt aftewards.
I then tried looping for ~20 mins with the SP on the back --- very strange... either weight or still getting used to new bat/rubber. Didn't loop well but did land some. Frustrated, took off the SP and seemed to loop better albeit inconsistently. Lucky J didn't mind picking up balls on my misses. I tried to loop controlled, slow and easy but either light bat or bad looping form/stroke, i was 50/50 or even 40/60. I decided to just let rip with power loops... landed a lot more consistently. Rally didn't continue much though as J was not able to block them all.
The ups and downs of my journey back into TT ... a bit frustrated last night. But all part of the (re)learning process of my game in general and now also of the new bat/rubber.
Will be putting on the longpips ox for some weight to the bat tonight. Will see if that helps.
------------
Der_Echte,
I have to sand/file the wings a little... wood is biting into my index finger too much. My concern is that the bat is already light already, I don't want to sand too much lol
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Continued thoughts/review/evaluation on Nexy's Amazon CPen bat with MX-P rubber:
Excellent BH blocking ... excellent smashing ... punches are good ... responds well to my close-to-the-table oldschool one-sided Cpen game.
My FH loops, when my stroke/form is 'on' is great too. But lately, my looping has been off... too much mental baggage in my pea brain.
I highly recommend the Nexy Amazon CPen with MX-P for anyone who plays like me with the close-to-table PH attacking style.
Looking to rid my mental baggage when i slap on the LP OX for weight tonight and will test out this combo of Nexy Amazon/MX-P/LP OX
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I am da worst LOL
Thank you as always TTD CCers!
