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I just wanted to share some of my thoughts about TT, my experience, burnout and soft return. Perhaps others can relate.
Back around 2012-2015, I became obsessed with TT. Around 2013 I stepped away from premades and started assembling my own. I had a few coaching lessons to develop some basics, and turned to chinese style cpen. Had my ups and downs with it, enjoyed it and hated it... and when the poly ball came around I noped out. One of the things that sucked for me was service return. Playing with tacky, high throw rubbers and off blades was fun in rallies, but sucked for service return. I was both good at the game and sucked at it, and around 2016 I was just burnt out.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend just assembled a TT table in his game room, and we hit a few using some sucky cheapo premades... but you know what? it was fun! Nearly a decade and and 20 pounds later, Ive realized I don't care anymore about hitting USATT 2000 or pulling xu-xin style FH bullets (which I had my amazing moments), or playing competitively. All I want now is an allround blade with decent, high gear rubbers, go to my friends and hit some rallies. I'm even abandoning cpen and tacky rubbers, because its too much work!
The same day, I taught my 11 year old daughter a decent backhand. In less than an hour she went from being unable to hit the ball to decent rallies! (I'm a good coach). Now I'm looking to assemble her a paddle with focus 3 snipe rubbers so she can play and not be hindered as she gets better. I'm also looking to assemble a similar paddle for my friend and myself, just so we can have some fun getting together with friends.
So my question is:
What is a decent allround+/off- blade with cheap rubbers good for both control and looping? I've been happy with the yinhe w6 and e3vb, I'm thinking some focus 3 snipes or some yinhe moons, idea being non-tacky, low-mid throw so service return isn't hell. Should I go with soft sponge for my little girl, or will medium work? What are some other decently priced good equipment worth trying? SHIT! MY EJ IS RETURNING!
Back around 2012-2015, I became obsessed with TT. Around 2013 I stepped away from premades and started assembling my own. I had a few coaching lessons to develop some basics, and turned to chinese style cpen. Had my ups and downs with it, enjoyed it and hated it... and when the poly ball came around I noped out. One of the things that sucked for me was service return. Playing with tacky, high throw rubbers and off blades was fun in rallies, but sucked for service return. I was both good at the game and sucked at it, and around 2016 I was just burnt out.
A couple of weeks ago, my friend just assembled a TT table in his game room, and we hit a few using some sucky cheapo premades... but you know what? it was fun! Nearly a decade and and 20 pounds later, Ive realized I don't care anymore about hitting USATT 2000 or pulling xu-xin style FH bullets (which I had my amazing moments), or playing competitively. All I want now is an allround blade with decent, high gear rubbers, go to my friends and hit some rallies. I'm even abandoning cpen and tacky rubbers, because its too much work!
The same day, I taught my 11 year old daughter a decent backhand. In less than an hour she went from being unable to hit the ball to decent rallies! (I'm a good coach). Now I'm looking to assemble her a paddle with focus 3 snipe rubbers so she can play and not be hindered as she gets better. I'm also looking to assemble a similar paddle for my friend and myself, just so we can have some fun getting together with friends.
So my question is:
What is a decent allround+/off- blade with cheap rubbers good for both control and looping? I've been happy with the yinhe w6 and e3vb, I'm thinking some focus 3 snipes or some yinhe moons, idea being non-tacky, low-mid throw so service return isn't hell. Should I go with soft sponge for my little girl, or will medium work? What are some other decently priced good equipment worth trying? SHIT! MY EJ IS RETURNING!