Should I boost my rubber with baby oil ???

[Lazer]

Boost it or play with a brick.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[lodro]

I will only boost if I need to boost. I don't think the way hu glued and boosted effected how he performed

I ordered a sheet of hurricane 3 neo prov (blue sponge) with 41 degree hardness do I need to boost or should I leave it be?

How could anybody recommend to you what to do without seeing you play first. My very personal approach with any (to me) unknown rubber is to glue it on unboosted but leave a few mm overhang. If I like the rubber I then trim it to the blade. If I think I would prefer boosting or use the rubber on another blade then I take the rubber off and proceed like Heming.............but better 😁

 

[zhzhzhz]

How could anybody recommend to you what to do without seeing you play first. My very personal approach with any (to me) unknown rubber is to glue it on unboosted but leave a few mm overhang. If I like the rubber I then trim it to the blade. If I think I would prefer boosting or use the rubber on another blade then I take the rubber off and proceed like Heming.............but better 😁

but better ofc 😁

Honestly when I heard him say that he was a 3 time olympian I expected more but in the end his methods were the exact opposite of dima and boll.

 

[zhzhzhz]

Boost ir play with a brick.

Cheers
L-zr

I want to try playing with a brick first and seeing how it goes for me

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

with all due respect to my friends from Oceania who qualified for the Olympics (which is quite a few of them), I can think of a dozen non Olympians from my players list that are all high level then Oceania Olympians after William Henzell's retirement.

Being an Olympian from tier 2 or tier 3 table tennis countries for table tennis at Olympics, doesn't make you a pro, it just means your qualification to such prestige event is gifted by geography and not table tennis ability.

Pro should have 2 definitions
1) playing at an elite level
2) playing for a living (earning an income for playing)

if making the Olympics makes you a pro, but you don't play at an elite level or can earn from your elite level playing ability, then the question of Geography does kick in.

Making the Olympics has always been a Geo problem with cap limits enforced,
Winning it is skills, making it is not always skills.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

but better ofc 😁

Honestly when I heard him say that he was a 3 time olympian I expected more but in the end his methods were the exact opposite of dima and boll.

What methods were the opposite of Dima and Boll?

 

[zhzhzhz]

What methods were the opposite of Dima and Boll?

He said it doesn't matter if the stroke is mixed up left to right or right to left while gluing. boll or dima said to always stroke in one direction.

 

[Lazer]

He said it doesn't matter if the stroke is mixed up left to right or right to left while gluing. boll or dima said to always stroke in one direction.

This is correct, the important thing is to get it even.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[zhzhzhz]

baby oil is evaporates very fast.

some people moan about booster being inconsistent performance when it "wears" out over time.
well, baby oil is worst.

baby oil is very wet, don't use too much, but its very inconsistent too.
if you are a lower level player, then maybe it doesn't matter if the rubber is inconsistent i guess

I did it. I boosted a used Tenergy05 with baby oil...
It worked. Its not too mushy but since its T05 the bounce is insane. I am giving this rubber to my friend who just started playing.

I was given a sheet of Tenergy when I first started now I am giving a boosted 05 to my student...

 

[lodro]

I was given a sheet of Tenergy when I first started now I am giving a boosted 05 to my student...

HORROR !!!!!!!!! 😂
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

 

[zhzhzhz]

HORROR !!!!!!!!! 😂
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

Just tested the baby oil boosted T05. It was pretty good. had more spin and was more bouncy.

 

[TT Lover]

Just tested the baby oil boosted T05. It was pretty good. had more spin and was more bouncy.

How many layer of baby oil you put on your TG05 ?

Thank you sir.

 

[lodro]

Just tested the baby oil boosted T05. It was pretty good. had more spin and was more bouncy.

A bouncy rubber is about the last thing i would give to my students 😁 hence the horror.😂

 

[zhzhzhz]

How many layer of baby oil you put on your TG05 ?

Thank you sir.

one decent layer of oil and rubbed it evenly. It actually worked so I am surprized. but I am not using it rn and will see how it plays in the near future. maybe after 2 weeks I will make a report.

 

[zhzhzhz]

A bouncy rubber is about the last thing i would give to my students 😁 hence the horror.😂

Meh, it's fine. Tenergy 05 is my first-ever forehand rubber. I switched to H3 Neo a while back.

 

[lodro]

Meh, it's fine. Tenergy 05 is my first-ever forehand rubber. I switched to H3 Neo a while back.

and of course there is a reason why you now feel better with the H3, right ??? 😁

 

[netdriver]

seamoon better

not worth being cheap using baby oil