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After 4 years of playing garage-style table tennis as a young highschooler, I stopped playing table tennis altogether for 10 years. I started to play again by joining a local club since February, and focussed on improving my technique in training sessions of the club by asking the coach every time what I was doing wrong. Since then, I’ve improved greatly in my technique; but I also learnt that not everything can be improved. I have problems with my knees and hip due to my extra weight, so the improvement in my footwork is quite limited. Nevertheless, I think I have reached at least a level to recognize where I’m going wrong, and what habits I need to correct to improve. I’m now playing a lot of competition games, but I look at them as practice opportunities. So even if I don’t score very well, I try to do the correct stroke rather than the safest stroke. One aspect of the game that I was interested in was to try different equipments and see which of them seems to be more fun playing with. I already got some very useful advice here in my previous threads, and I knew which setup would be best to help me improve my game. But still, I was itching to know firsthand what the difference between each particular setup is. To reduce the financial burden of EJing, I limited myself to Chinese blades and rubbers, and anything I can find in a sale. In total, I spent around 250€, which I assume is a good budget to learn the basics of equipments. I will post my impressions in this thread little by little to (i) share my experiences with others, and (ii) keep a diary for myself. Here’s a list of equipment I’ve tested, and will test once they arrive by post:
Blades:
Rubbers:
Reviews coming soon! (I try to record some videos, but I can’t promise since our club is not very camera friendly!)
Blades:
- Yasaka Max Carbon 3d
- Andro Trunom Aratox
- Sanwei CC
- Palio CAT
- Friendship C-5
- XVT Dragon Wood
- Yinhe Y-13 (to be received)
- Yinhe N-11s (to be received)
- XVT Rosewood Nano 7 (to be received)
- XVT Ebenholz 7 (to be received)
- HRT Red Crystal (to be received)
- Huieson Arylate Carbon 7ply (to be received)
- Huieson Hybrid Carbon 7ply (to be received)
Rubbers:
- Donic Barracuda (2.0, MAX)
- Stiga Calibra LT (2.0)
- Palio CJ8000 (2.0)
- Kukotaku 868 (1.8)
- Friendship 729 Cross (2.0)
- Artengo 920S Speed (MAX)
- Cornilleau Drive Spin (1.8)
- Stiga Calibra LT Sound (2.0)
- Yasaka Mark V (2.0)
- Yinhe Mercury II (2.0)
- Palio AK47 (to be received)
- DHS Hurricane NEO 3 (to be received)
- Zeus Long Pimples (to be received)
- KTL Pro XP (to be received)
- KTL Rapid Soft (to be received)
- Huieson Training Rubber (to be received)
Reviews coming soon! (I try to record some videos, but I can’t promise since our club is not very camera friendly!)