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Thanks for the detailed post Carl.
I play at national level in u15s. I have a few spare sheets of tenergy at home that I would try booster on first and I also have 2 sheets of H3 to mess around on aswell. I wanted to boost as I like softer sponge rubbers however I have become used to tenergy and like it's capabilities so I will not be changing rubber.
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Do you really need faster rubbers? You are still very young, and i do not think the level in England in u15 is crazy high, but maybe im wrong and you are very good. I also think Tenergy is already pretty fast, i would understand more if you had old worn out rubbers.

I do not trying to be rude, but what i am trying to say is that if you still developing your technique i think you can really limit your possibilities to develop your game if you boost your rubbers. Maybe you will win some more points now but i think you will become better in the future if you play with a little slower rubbers. With slower rubbers it will be easier to learn technique, learn to play hard with the technique and not the rubbers and put more balls on the table which equals more times you will practice each stroke which equals better developement. If you have trouble killing the ball maybe you could try to come out more from the table and use the body more.

I do not think i would give this advice to older players, but you have the future ahead of you, and have the possibilites to become really good since you already play at a national level at this young age so i think you should think this through. When i was your age everyone speedglued and i think i would have become a much better player if i did not speedglued. I am also a part time coach and have seen alot of players with to fast equipment and how this limit their chances to become better because it is harder to learn the proper technique.

But of course you should do exactly what you think is best, and your coach proably know you best, what you should do or not do so i think you should advice with him her before taking any decision.
 
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Well, if you are U15 national level in UK, here are things I would do:

1) Find someone who is experienced with boosting and have them help you. At that level, you should know lots of people who can show you first hand.

2) If you are going to try yourself, start with one layer and see what it does. After feeling what that does to T05, then if you feel you want more, try a second layer. You probably won't need more than that. But if you want to try a third layer, it should be after you feel what 2 layers does to the sponge.

Falco is probably fine. Rubbers like Tenergy are very sensitive to boost oils so I don't think you need anything else.

But oils like Haifu and DianChi are more expensive and better. If you were boosting H3, they would be worth it. I don't think they are worth it for T05.

And yes, you want to put the boost on the sponge, not the top sheet. Probably if the directions said "on the rubber" they were just being lazy and meant sponge, not top sheet. How boost works is, when you apply it to the sponge, it causes the sponge to expand. This makes the air spaces in the sponge larger and more compressible and it also stretches the topsheet making it more elastic because of the extra tension. This increased tension and elasticity only lasts for a little while though.

What I just explained is also why boosting T05 makes it deteriorate more quickly.
 
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