There is no magic formula Foxy, unfortunately. Otherwise there wouldn’t be that many rubbers and blades floating around on the market with similar prices. There are a few things you can take though
- Unless you pick something a little too far, too crazy, like fast outer carbon blade, very very hard rubber like H3 41 degree or XYZ Hard version. A choice that is not perfect won’t harm your development. You gotta work with your choice.
- Blades that are direct competitors, rubbers that are direct competitors, for you, are the same. People may say otherwise because people have tuned their feeling too far. But you are not them. So don’t be too fuzzy about the fine details.
- After a long time, if you have enough focus, your technique and feeling will change. You won’t be the same guy today. That day you may say, for example, “my backhand is a little too soft”. But that’s for it to come.