Hi TTD,
Long time lurker here.
I am going to buy a new blade for long term practice and have some questions
TLDR: looking to buy bty innerforce alc, am i overestimating my patient to learn and practice, or is there other blade recommendation i should look into?
firstly, blade in consideration are in a range, may be inner carbon types (bty innerforce or yasaka atletico) or wood blades like Clipper CR or Azalea or Sweden Classic, and will probably sticking to tacky rubber both sides.
some background, i have been learning to play for about a year with a coach. Now i am able to generally do the basic stuff like drive, push and fh loop. haven't really developed a playing style preference, just trying to win points by keeping the ball on the table, keep pushing until i have to loop or moved too far from the table. I am able to do all the training drills at decent rate, but in games i always either rushing my shot or cannot react in time. not sure what else to describe
current setup is DHS PG7 blade with 729 Bloom Power and 729-05, but the handle is too uncomfortable, and while i like the blade vibration, hitting anywhere not the dead centre of the blade feel very inconsistent and the ball flies all over the place. I have tried my friend Timo Boll ALC with T05/T05FX and my friend said my shots are far more consistent, but i don't like the muted feel of the blade. Also, i feel i play the same, with the same level of control between both the PG7 and TB blade. before this blade i trained with Sanwei M8 with 729-05 both side, and i felt everything is so slow.
Hence, i am thinking of getting the innerforce for less flex blade while still having the wood feel, and better quality blade for training for next few years (the PG7 and M8 blades both feel very low quality though, with splints and rough finish). However, i keep seeing people saying that a blade can be too fast for beginner to control. Would innerforce be too fast? what does it feel like being able to control the ball? honestly besides the speed and woody feel, i feel the same using M8 and PG7 and TB in term of my spin output and short game push and keeping the ball on the table, or may be i simply don't produce enough spin even with M8. But i am able to loop backspin balls in drill, so either wrong technique or i do have some sort of control there. I got a chance to try Sardius with T64 both sides, and indeed the ball just fly off every time it touch the blade, so hard to play with. Coach say just get whatever blade that looks good to me and i will just need to practice harder, which is true but also some input will be helpful.
TLDR: looking to buy bty innerforce alc, am i overestimating my patient to learn and practice, or is there other blade recommendation i should look into?
thanks
Long time lurker here.
I am going to buy a new blade for long term practice and have some questions
TLDR: looking to buy bty innerforce alc, am i overestimating my patient to learn and practice, or is there other blade recommendation i should look into?
firstly, blade in consideration are in a range, may be inner carbon types (bty innerforce or yasaka atletico) or wood blades like Clipper CR or Azalea or Sweden Classic, and will probably sticking to tacky rubber both sides.
some background, i have been learning to play for about a year with a coach. Now i am able to generally do the basic stuff like drive, push and fh loop. haven't really developed a playing style preference, just trying to win points by keeping the ball on the table, keep pushing until i have to loop or moved too far from the table. I am able to do all the training drills at decent rate, but in games i always either rushing my shot or cannot react in time. not sure what else to describe
current setup is DHS PG7 blade with 729 Bloom Power and 729-05, but the handle is too uncomfortable, and while i like the blade vibration, hitting anywhere not the dead centre of the blade feel very inconsistent and the ball flies all over the place. I have tried my friend Timo Boll ALC with T05/T05FX and my friend said my shots are far more consistent, but i don't like the muted feel of the blade. Also, i feel i play the same, with the same level of control between both the PG7 and TB blade. before this blade i trained with Sanwei M8 with 729-05 both side, and i felt everything is so slow.
Hence, i am thinking of getting the innerforce for less flex blade while still having the wood feel, and better quality blade for training for next few years (the PG7 and M8 blades both feel very low quality though, with splints and rough finish). However, i keep seeing people saying that a blade can be too fast for beginner to control. Would innerforce be too fast? what does it feel like being able to control the ball? honestly besides the speed and woody feel, i feel the same using M8 and PG7 and TB in term of my spin output and short game push and keeping the ball on the table, or may be i simply don't produce enough spin even with M8. But i am able to loop backspin balls in drill, so either wrong technique or i do have some sort of control there. I got a chance to try Sardius with T64 both sides, and indeed the ball just fly off every time it touch the blade, so hard to play with. Coach say just get whatever blade that looks good to me and i will just need to practice harder, which is true but also some input will be helpful.
TLDR: looking to buy bty innerforce alc, am i overestimating my patient to learn and practice, or is there other blade recommendation i should look into?
thanks
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