Time to upgrade my YE + MarkV

[huoenter]

I currently have Yasaka Extra with Mark V 2.0 on both sides and playing two-side loops mainly. I am told my loops are very very spiny and my fh on-table chop(push?) is also spiny and my bh can also do good block and flick. Here are the my concerns that made me thinking about a new paddle.
1. for very heavy backspin, my fh loops sometimes hit the net while the ball is very very topspin-ing. maybe I need higher-throw
2. I've heard that YE and Mark V are for speed-glue era so that when you put them together, the speed suffers. Maybe there are other combos I can get same spin and control with higher speed. IMO, I turn my waist much when doing a fast loop, the speed seems okay.
3. The paddle is almost 2 years old. at least I need some new rubber.
For new rubber, I am thinking about donic baracuda max on fh and 2.0 on bh, only 2.0 to get more control. For the blade, I ordered Galaxy t-11 by mistake yesterday and knew it is not good for my style. If I were to buy a new blade, I will consider donic waldner senso ultra carbon.
So,
1. Do each of my concerns make sense?
2. Shall I keep YE and put new baracuda (fh:max, bh:2.0) on?
3. Shall I change the blade also?
Thanks

 

[Tinykin]

The Yasaka Mark V was not designed to be used with speed glue. Applied properly, speed glue will intensify the speed/spin of any inverted rubber so not exactly true to say that MarkV are for speed glue era.
It seems to me that you only need new MarkV rubber and more coaching. But human nature being what it is, you are more than likely simply bored with what you have and want a change.
The easiest path to follow is to change your rubber and keep the same blade but maybe not the same physical one.
My suggestion is to buy a new YE + Bty T05 max both sides. Keep the old blade as spare.
Invest in a twice weekly (or weekly if cost matters) appointment with a coach.

 

[vvk1]

There is nothing wrong with Mark V. Some of the best players in the top division of our local league use it and have no problems generating both spin and speed. It is also a very durable rubber, more durable than many modern tensor/tensioned rubbers.

You wrote that a) your FH loops are spinny enough - according to your opponents; b) sometimes you're not lifting heavy backspin when you FH loop. This is not a indication that your rubbers need replacing. All this means that you need to either open up the bat angle more when you loop heavy underspin and/or swing faster when you loop heavy underspin.

Don't get suckered into buying new equipment (testing which is admittedly a lot of fun) - this could turn out to be an expensive waste of time while you keep adjusting to new blade/rubbers. If you do decide to try new equipment, definitely don't change both rubbers and the blade, change one thing and see how it goes.