have you tried D05 before?
And no I haven't but I plan to when I next need new rubbers I'll get Tenergy 05 on the forehand and Dignics 05 on the backhand
What do you mean by national ranked? Care to share your TTE ranking? Depending on the club but a lot of high end players are sponsored by teesport in UK and get free equipment hence why I’m curious what you mean by national rank as my understanding of national rank is amongst the top players in the UK?!
For anyone else reading this, and wondering quite how good this is..... Let me try and explain.
Now, this is based on first hand experience of other juniors around this ranking - I don't know Jamie personally.
Typically, juniors will have learnt an all out offensive game.
They will *look* very good when you see an offensive style vs offensive style and when knocking up (like, really good!)
They'll have the ability to beat a lot of top players in local leagues, and if I'm looking at the right thing, Jamie has a 75% average this year in the top division of his local league, which is very good.
I generally find juniors at this level to fall down against "awkward" players - Which goes back to what @Carl said the other day about experience, and how players who don't play a traditional style can look pretty average on film.
They can also come unstuck when it comes to consistency.
They might have an absolute unplayable period where they can't miss, but then lose 3-2 because they can't sustain it (they may of course do just enough to win 3-0 though!)
But.... On balance, I would say Jamie will be a better player than most on this forum, and it's nice to see him learning about equipment.
@Jamie - You are clearly playing very well..... Don't overthink things, and if I were you, I'd make any equipment changes long before you have any important matches or tournaments (for me, that's usually in the summer).
Thanks mate you have done your research on me aha but thank you and I will take your advice, thank you I haven't been feeling well at the moment so haven't been playing much as I have glandular fever I went back to play in the local league but I just couldn't move my legs properly and my legs were really hurting so I lost 2/3 games so won't be returning to table tennis until I get better. So my average will go down which sucks but that is what happens I'll just have to come back stronger
Always preferred flared. I have tested few blades over past 2 yrs during covid but definitely found LGY best allround for me. Well I say that till FZD ALC comes out lol…
but after having IFLZLC, Apolonia, IFLALC, Harimoto ALC, Mizutani ZLC and now LGY ALC. Apolonia I had longest 2.5 years I definitely prefer ALC and it’s control.
Aha lol have you tried Viscaria as I'm interested to know what the difference is in Lin Gaoyuan ALC and Viscaria
Only a very quick hit but was well prior to getting my LGY. The handle is thicker which is main reason I didn’t look to getting one.
Darius knight who at times trains at my club and plays for our premiere British league team.
Interesting!
That it's slower is (almost) given, but it does not have to be by much, BTY list them with identical speed and spin.
Are You saying that when two rubbers are the same except by hardness, the slower ALWAYS has a lower arch?
I.e. Rakza 7 soft vs Rakza 7?
Cheers
L-zr
From memory (and looking at the flight of others who use it), I would say that FX is slightly lower, but there really isn't that much in it.
I feel FX is a touch slower as well, which contributes to the lower arc.
