Wingspan blade

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Has anyone really tried one out before?

As a serve/receive + BH oriented chiquita player I am really intrigued by this blade.

So apparently the grip can be held in a shakehand manner (thumb and index finger on rubber), but because all the fingers are closer to the rubber relatively, it seems to play with a lot more flexibility just like a penhold grip!

What is the blade composition of this ommadawn blade thing? Is it like outer ALC?



I think it depends how you grip it. If i put the ball in my palm then fh is much easier and you can force your opponent very wide, but down the line shots need your body more open. For backhands blocking is ok but anything with force needs either an RPB type shot or a 90 degree bat angle change, having the ball at the top to open the blade, with the arm vertical otherwise its quite closed. If you are backhand orientated I would hold it ball up, but that means quite a closed face on the forehand, which means you hit more of a hook shot. You can also grip it penhold style or between index and middle finger, ball down. I stabilise the grip by wrapping grip tape between the ball and the blade. Overall its great for serving spinny wide balls, but for general play you need to practice a lot to deal with the awkwardness of switching from backhand to forehand shots and visa versa. I think it favours players with pips or anti on the backhand to provide some disruption to compensate for the weaker backhand, if you grip it ball in palm.
 
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Some news about my wingspan experiences.
As I said I have 2 main problems using the wingspan.
1. FH lacks Power
2. When using FH the racket angle is open too wide.

So I build 2 more blades and tried to combine with rubbers to eliminate these cons.

1st one is a 1-ply Kiri blade with G1 1,8 on BH and R50 ultramax on FH.
Backhand is great and I feel I could use any rubber with high arc.
The R50 on the FH promised to have more power than hybrid rubbers and a lower arc to compensate the open angle.
This blade works fine at 1st glance for the FH loop and I could overpower my opponent quite a few times despite he plays 3 leagues above me.
Short game and receive was a little inconsistent as the blade has a strong trampolin effect.
I will try 9,5mm Kiri instead of 11mm next session (blade is built already).

2nd blade is unique.
From FH:
Koto-Kevlar-Abachi-WRC-ALC-Spruce-Cedar, 6mm in total
FH with Nuzn50 max and BH with Hybrid MK.
FH loop wasn't as consistent as with the 1st blade, but everything else was better.
For FH loop I have to focus on this totally relaxed no effort swing then loops are great and hard to block. Way better than with the K3 setup I had before on the other blade.
Playing drills is fun, but in practice matches I overshot quite a few balls so power is there!

This is a setup I will definitely play more often.

Right now I only build the bare blades with a hole to screw on the handle- this way I can customise them (ordered 35 and 40mm balls to try) and they are switched between the blades in a few seconds.
I also implemented a slight tilt to the ball as it closes the angle on FH a little more.

Tennis elbow is still no problem😀
 

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