Hello,
I'm new to this forum so I just wanted to start off by introducing myself. My name is Eric and I am from London, Ontario, Canada. I have been playing table tennis recreationally for the past 6 years. I have never had any professional training. I've learned everything I know from friends and youtube videos. I consider myself intermediate level. I was in a recreational tournament a few ears ago and placed 3rd.
I recently decided to purchase new rubbers for my paddle. I have been using the Stiga Titanium premade paddle for around 3-4 years now. My rubbers were pretty much all worn off so it was time for me to replace them. I did a lot of research online and decided to go with a black DHS Hurricane 3 Neo rubber for my forehand and a Butterfly Sriver FX rubber for my backhand. I like to play an offensive game with a lot of forehand drives and loops. I figured the DHS Neo H3 would be a good rubber for this playing style. I chose the Sriver FX for my backhand because I was looking for something with more control. I chose Sriver FX instead of Sriver EL because the Titanium bat is quite stiff so I figured the softer sponge combined with the stiff bat would feel close to the Sriver EL. My reasoning for choosing black as my forehand is due to what I've read online about rubber manufacturing. From what I've read, certain chemicals go into black rubbers which make them more tackier then red rubbers. I figured that I could use the extra tackiness on my forehand side for better spin on my loops. I've had a hard time with my back hand drives and I was hoping that the Sriver FX would help improve my backhand but I'm still having some difficulty getting the ball to hit the table on my backhand drives. The rubber has definitely improved my backhand; however, not significantly where I am confident to perform a backhand drive on a regular basis. I keep going over the table by ~1-3 inches. I am very happy with my forehand; it's the best it has ever been. My friends have a really hard time returning my forehand loops and drives.
Based on hat I've mentioned above, are my rubber selections good? Should I be using different rubbers? Any suggestions would be great. I'll provide link to each of the rubbers. I purchased everything on ttnpp.com.
Unfortunately my butterfly Sriver FX shrunk a bit after gluing. I think I accidentally stretch it while rolling the rubber on. I wanted to try moving it up a bit but it's glued on really well and I don't want to damage the rubber by peeling it off. I figured the 2-4 mm loss at the top wouldn't really affect my game that much.
Edit: It won't let me post the links, so I'll have to do that after I have posted 5 times.
I'm new to this forum so I just wanted to start off by introducing myself. My name is Eric and I am from London, Ontario, Canada. I have been playing table tennis recreationally for the past 6 years. I have never had any professional training. I've learned everything I know from friends and youtube videos. I consider myself intermediate level. I was in a recreational tournament a few ears ago and placed 3rd.
I recently decided to purchase new rubbers for my paddle. I have been using the Stiga Titanium premade paddle for around 3-4 years now. My rubbers were pretty much all worn off so it was time for me to replace them. I did a lot of research online and decided to go with a black DHS Hurricane 3 Neo rubber for my forehand and a Butterfly Sriver FX rubber for my backhand. I like to play an offensive game with a lot of forehand drives and loops. I figured the DHS Neo H3 would be a good rubber for this playing style. I chose the Sriver FX for my backhand because I was looking for something with more control. I chose Sriver FX instead of Sriver EL because the Titanium bat is quite stiff so I figured the softer sponge combined with the stiff bat would feel close to the Sriver EL. My reasoning for choosing black as my forehand is due to what I've read online about rubber manufacturing. From what I've read, certain chemicals go into black rubbers which make them more tackier then red rubbers. I figured that I could use the extra tackiness on my forehand side for better spin on my loops. I've had a hard time with my back hand drives and I was hoping that the Sriver FX would help improve my backhand but I'm still having some difficulty getting the ball to hit the table on my backhand drives. The rubber has definitely improved my backhand; however, not significantly where I am confident to perform a backhand drive on a regular basis. I keep going over the table by ~1-3 inches. I am very happy with my forehand; it's the best it has ever been. My friends have a really hard time returning my forehand loops and drives.
Based on hat I've mentioned above, are my rubber selections good? Should I be using different rubbers? Any suggestions would be great. I'll provide link to each of the rubbers. I purchased everything on ttnpp.com.
Unfortunately my butterfly Sriver FX shrunk a bit after gluing. I think I accidentally stretch it while rolling the rubber on. I wanted to try moving it up a bit but it's glued on really well and I don't want to damage the rubber by peeling it off. I figured the 2-4 mm loss at the top wouldn't really affect my game that much.
Edit: It won't let me post the links, so I'll have to do that after I have posted 5 times.