Which setup should I invest more time in?

[pedro.dantas]

if it is too fast, then yes. I mean, beginners always start with ALL+ blades usually. I started with Butterfly Gruba ALL+ blade. so you learn to create your own power and spin ... but I doubt ALXi is too fast, it is quite a controlled blade.

do you have a feeling that the ball is running away from you when you are playing? like you haven't even finished a stroke and the ball is already gone? it's hard to explain in my native language, much less in English ...

With ALXi i can feel the ball staying in racket for a long time.

 

[Julzig]

How do i know if the bat is a limiting factor?

For example you mastered your game, know how to play properly and have good strategy.
But even though you give it all your might, all your spin but your opponents just dont seem to care. Then you should consider an upgrade idealy.

I know that this is rarely the case and people just gradually do it when they feel like it or are unhappy with something regarding their equipment.

I also really liked what Tyce said. If you dont care if you will loose often, choose what is the most fun.

 

[jk1980]

Is it really that bad to play with an inner carbon blade?

its not that bad to play with it, if you want to stay with your current technique and skills, but if you want to improve rapidly, yes i think an all wood blade would significantly boost your rate of improvement.

 

[pedro.dantas]

Is it ok to have one more 36.5 ALXi as spare blade? Or am i overstressing?

 

[Yurifi]

spare blade is always welcome, especially if you are competing. if a rubber gets damaged, you can just swap the blades. it won’t be exactly the same, but should play pretty similar.

 

[Equaaz]

Visc is quite a strange blade, it's hard to control mostly because how it changes throw angle drastically on different levels of power. I hate blades with inconsistent throw angle and find them hard to control even when they are slow. I played with a lot of blades much faster than Visc but still control them better. Nittaku Acoustic has the same problem for me.

But a lot of people would find Visc more controllable than N301, which is a lot faster, but in my hands it's the opposite because N301 has extremely consistent throw angle. So it's deeply subjective matter. Take the setup which has more control in YOUR hands. More control gives you room to improve technique. With blade that you find hard to control it's hard to distinguish exact reasons why this shot was bad and other was good.

I have the same feeling with my Acoustic and my Viscaria Clone (Tibhar MK Carbon). Do you have a recommendation for a blade that doesn't have this problem, with a view to progression?

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

i wouldnt get a spare blade until you are absolutely sure of sticking with given blade

 

[BlotOnPaper]

I have the same feeling with my Acoustic and my Viscaria Clone (Tibhar MK Carbon). Do you have a recommendation for a blade that doesn't have this problem, with a view to progression?

I can recomend to try Yasaka Atletico Speed. Even though it is a visc clone they're nothing alike. Atletico speed has consistent medium-low throw on all gears, also the balance is much better for my taste, commercial visc feels too light in the head. Also it cost only about 70$ on Ali and quality is good, much better than DHS in this price brecket. Speed is good, little bit faster than Visc, but deffinetely not as fast as N301. Feeling is better than almost any other blade I tried that was under 100$. So overall just a great blade, I can't say anything bad about it, especially for the price.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Which one let you win more?

 

[jk1980]

I have the same feeling with my Acoustic and my Viscaria Clone (Tibhar MK Carbon). Do you have a recommendation for a blade that doesn't have this problem, with a view to progression?

if you have the same feeling with Acoustic and an outer ALC then the issue is not the blade but you not having developed any feeling at all. you better stay for at least for 6 month with the Acoustic to get a base feeling for it. Don't bother changing something faster, if you dont even feel the different with two very different blades.

 

[Equaaz]

if you have the same feeling with Acoustic and an outer ALC then the issue is not the blade but you not having developed any feeling at all. you better stay for at least for 6 month with the Acoustic to get a base feeling for it. Don't bother changing something faster, if you dont even feel the different with two very different blades.

No, no, we speak about the feeling of the throw angle. With the Acoustic (and sometimes with the Viscaria), the throw angle is a bit unpredictable.

 

[JJ Ng]

Which one let you win more?

I agree whole heartedly.

When I am confused about which set up to use, I just play a couple practice matches and the answer becomes very obvious. Then I just stick with the set up until I feel that I understand the equipment well.

 

[vossi39]

I agree whole heartedly.

When I am confused about which set up to use, I just play a couple practice matches and the answer becomes very obvious. Then I just stick with the set up until I feel that I understand the equipment well.

That method has a good chance to lead to wrong results. At least if you play against the same people in trainings matches over and over.
I found that changing my equipment most of the times, confuses my trainings partner more than it does for me, which ends up in wining more matches until they adapted. Which of course does not mean, that the setup would be better for my play.

 

[NakiMaki]

I have these two setups that I believe are good for me overall: viscaria + H3 39º FH + dignics 05 BH, xiom 36.5 ALXi + H3 39º FH + fastarc g1 BH. I really like both, but honestly, I still can't control the viscaria even in the FH with the Hurricane 3. I've been training for a little over a year, so I think this is normal given the short time.
With the 36.5 ALXi, I feel like the ball stays on the racket longer, and with that, I have more control, more confidence, and even more speed and spin than with the viscaria. But since my main goal isn't winning yet, but rather improving, I'm not sure if investing more time in the viscaria would be a good type of training. In this video, I'm warming up (and still waking up, lol) with the viscaria.
I feel like i have 2 major problems with viscaria, first, when i send the ball fast to the opponent and he blocks i don't have time to react, second, if i try full power strokes it will often miss the table. I don't think short game is a problem.

With this level of playing you should still have a beginner/intermediate allwood offensive blade with soft to medium soft rubbers. Your technique is nowhere near good enough to benefit from these setups. You probably will say to yourself "It feels okay, and its expensive" or "thats what pros play with, i will just learn with this setup" and that will be the first step into EJ'ing. If u want to really get better fast, go with a slower blade and softer rubbers. Keep the blades and return in a couple years when you're ready.

How to know when you need to upgrade?
If you hit your 10th topspin loop in the rally and they still keep getting the ball back.
on a real note, when you have enough consistency and the ONLY thing you need is a bit more speed.
Your level of play i would say is not even worth having an innercarbon blade

 

[merlin el mago]

First master the feeling to spin the ball, once mastered look for speed there is no other way to improve.