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ExactlyNo difference. I only put on the half that is closest to the table on FH pushes, because that is the side most likely to get dinged. I don't need to protect the other 50%.
It does, I ripped the surface on my precious SDC blade when pushing. The rubber caugh on table and tore the top layer. Since then I always use edge tape and I have pushed into the table many times after that and still my blades are intact…indeed. and whether it really does protect the edge is open to debate as well/
Well, I might have to give you that one. I really was having reservations against people claiming the tapes are protecting against being hit.It does, I ripped the surface on my precious SDC blade when pushing. The rubber caugh on table and tore the top layer. Since then I always use edge tape and I have pushed into the table many times after that and still my blades are intact…
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Yeah, it was hide glue on that one. But it is impossible to tell any other difference than weigh. One gram at the head you can definitely feel…Well, I might have to give you that one. I really was having reservations against people claiming the tapes are protecting against being hit.
Still, your "event " does indicate that the glue you use for your rubbers is stronger than the glue Sergio uses to laminate his blades 😁
Could be some kind of mistake maybe? I feel like you as a player getting slower, but not the racket, because the balance shifts towards the blade, therefore it feels A LOT heavier all of a sudden, therefore you miss more balls because racket feels heavier. But who am I to argue with Dima, he should know bettermy couple of cents on this topic. I was watching the gluing tutorial video from Dimitrij Ovtcharov
In that video he mentions that if you use tape all around the racket, blade gets slower. So he puts tape only one 1 side
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To me, that makes a lot of sense.When you spend a lot of time doing the same thing with the same tool, tiny differences appear more significant to you, so I would not be surprised if some people can feel the weight difference. I work with tiny parts that I have to weight, and after some time you can easily tell between 1g and 2g...
Another thing that has not been said on this thread, and this is an hypothesis, but I feel like applying edge tape tightly around the bat and rubber edges would affect the ''vibration'' of the rubber? The vibration waves (ripple effect) when the rubber hits the ball would be contained by the tape and not be able to escape freely.... Does that make sense?
It might help explain the slight difference in feeling between edge tape or no edge tape for some people, making the strike a bit slower with the edge tape.