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I use a Yasaka Ma Lin carbon blade and Yasaka Mark V rubbers (max thickness) on both my backhand and forehand. I am an agressive player and like very much the Yasaka products.

Blade: JZ Excalibur 5.0 (german manufacturer, made of  balsa/carbon)

rubber fh: Stag Explosive 2,2mm

rubber bh: Kokutaku Tuple 007  1,8mm

Very light and very good control with enough acceleration for attacking 

I USE MARK VM2 BOTH SIDES MAX 2.00MM

I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT RUBBER FOR MY STYLE WHICH IS LOOPING AND BLOCKING

I am an attacker

my two rubbers are stiga drive

hehehehe

what should I replace? 

Try replacing your rubbers with Mark V, Sriver EL, Skyline 3 or Hurricane 2. Or if you have a wider budget, Nittaku Hammond, Bryce, Omega or you could even try Andro\'s Plasma series.

I use a M. Maze blade, with a Mark V/Sriver El on backhand, and DHS Skyline 3 on forehand.

I've boguht a new bat . Was it worthy

JOOLA Chen-Weixing+ 2 JOOLA MAMBO classic MAX (2.1mm)

Is it a tradeoff between the thickness of the rubber and the control that you get with it ?

What is the ideal thickness if my game is more attacking and top spin is being one of the powerful weapons of mine.

which is the best blade out of this 3

BUTTERFLY PRIMORAC OFF-

FRIENDSHIP 729 HAO SHUAI CHAMPION CARBON

TIBHAR SAMSONOV ALPHA 

Butterfly VSG Twist 2 blade

Yasaka V-Stage max thickness black

Mark V  mark v 2.0mm red

blade:  Andrzej Grubba all+ FL

rubber both bh and fh:   Sriver FX 2.1 mm

 i find this combination extremely effective because i'm an agressive player but i love to play with some control.

pranav,

i understand u. in cyprus we have the same problem.ONLY READY RACKETS!!!

i HAVE DONIC WALDNER LINE 900 AND BTFLY TIMO BOLL PLATIN PLUS

Hello this is loveleen from New Delhi,India

i use STIGA BOOST TP  on  Forehand and on Backhand I use STIGA ALMANA with STIGA TUBE CARBO BLADE.

After that tournament I entered, I changed to:

Blade: Butterfly Primorac

FH: Sriver 2.1 mm

BH: Mark V 1.8 mm

 Actually I broke my racket that day in the tournament and I had to buy something cheap.

I just got my new bat today.

It is a Stiga Hybrid Wood with Yasaka Mark V 2.00mm on both sides.

I find the Yasaka Mark V's Rubbers are very spinny when there is hard contact. The Stiga Hybrid Wood is a great blade because the sweet spot is big and you get the explosive contact with the ball.

HI

         I USE A DONIC WALDNER CLASSIC 5-PLY BLADE

         SCHILDKROT SPINMAX 2.1MM

         BUTTERFLY TENERGY 2.0MM

I use a Butterfly something or other

with red pimples on one side

and shiny black stuff on the other

It is GREAT to see the this thoroughly professional website.

Thanks guys!

Hey, I just bought my new TT bat,

Blade: BalsoCarbo X5

FH: Sriver G2 2.1

BH: Cermet 1.9

Is it a good combination oO?

hi

im still using a pre made bat and it works perfectly but i dont know much about table tennis im slowely improving my knowedge

this website is a great help.

 thanx alois and jeff

jamie champion

I have a Tibhar Rapid Carbon blade and Tibhar Rapid 2.0mm rubbers on both sides.

Its a very light bat with good control on both attacking and blocking:) 

Hi Michael,

Good to know you are using Tibhar Rapid.  If from 1 to 10, how do rate it for brushing-oriented looping (more brushing, and less knocking) against the incoming heavy back-spin ball?  10 meaning fairly easy, without much consideration in terms of racquet-ball contact angle, and not needing swinging hard and vertically upward to get the ball over the net.  And 1 being very hard, and almost all attempts get to the net.

In short, is this rubber a High Throw angle Rubber (which is close to 10) or low throw (which is close to 1)?

Thanks, am considering to get one Tibhar Rapid or Rapid D-Tecs Soft.....

I use LKT Instict+

For FH : 729 Friendship FX-729

For BH : Kokutaku Taiwan Magic Rubber with seperated sponge

Blade: Timo Boll Spirit

FH Rubber: Tenergy 05

BH Rubber: Tenergy 05

It was quite expensive, but I find that it was worth every single dollar! 

I changed from Primorac with Srivers to Timo Boll Spirit with Srivers. The reason why I have Srivers on TBS is that I need to get used to the feel of the blade first before I try anything else. I know that Primorac to TBS is a big leap in terms of power, spin and technology but I am confident that I reached my potential with Primorac and need to transfer to another blade. I'll also change my rubbers from Sriver to Tenergy since I read reviews saying Sriver and Tenergy have some similar characteristics.If Tenergy will be too fast for me, I'll just do an experiment. Remove the topsheet of Tenergy and Sriver and stick the topsheet of Sriver to Spring Sponge. The reason is that Tenergy has High Tension which means that the topsheet isn't Sriver but Sriver G2. So if I replace the topsheet with Sriver, that will slow down things and still get Spring Sponge. If my experiment is a sucess, I'll write it here.

Forehand: Tibhar Nimbus Sound

Backhand: Butterfly Sriver FX

Blade: Donic Senso V2

i use

FH:Donic coppa gold

BH:Butterfly Inspirit

Blade:Xiom Stradivarus  

i get asked a lot of questions on the butterfly inspirit i use it on my back hand for people who like to smash i just have to worry about hitting the net and the angle because the heavy topspin just doesn\'t effect the rubber and its not long pimples so good for attacking to 

Hi Mario and Jackson....

 Good to know both of you are using some rubbers which I am researching...

Now to Mario... Tibhar Nimbus Sound --> how's the throw angle, high throw or low throw?  If high throw then is it very easy to loop heavy backspin balls?

Now to Jackson... Donic Coppa JO Gold --> same question above, throw angle, high or low?  If high throw then is it very easy to loop heavy backspin balls?

 Thanks in advance to both!

Thanks a lot Mario and Jackson,

Both your answers are affirmative to me because indeed, my playing style is exactly a thin brushing spin loop category.  I always play with top spin using friction brushing rather than knocking onto the ball during looping, thus I am quite glad either of the rubbers you are playing now is suitable to my style.  All the best to both of you in your experience with the equipment you have.... Thanks...

Thus, I think I might be using a combo like this..,

Blade:  Currently Butterfly Chinese Real

FH (RED) :  Donic Coppa JO (either platin or gold depending on the sponge hardness, I will go for the softer sponge considering my style of brushing spin loop)

BH (BLACK) :  Currently Friendship 729 Geospin Tacky

Got many combo\'s my main ones are

1.

Blade- Ma Lin Carbon

FH- 729-08

BH- Bryce FX

2.

Blade- YinHe Mc-2

FH- Haifu Whale II (Ma Lin\'s Forehand)

BH- Cream MRS

3.

Blade- H-WL Hurricane

FH- G666

BH- TG3 Skyline  <-(havnt tried this yet, is it good?)

All my FH rubbers are black while my BH are red

I have two bats, one for an agressive and one for defensive play.

 First bat:

Blade: Stiga Optimum Sync

FH: Donic Sonex JP Soft

BH: Stiga Innova Premium

Second bat:

Blade: Donic Cayman

FH: RITC Friendship Cream

BH: Globe long pips

Please comment on my combinations. Thanks!

hello guys im thinking of what rubbers to use...

im between donic jo platin soft  and butterfly sriver fx

the blade im going to bye is butterfy timo boll forte...

im an attacker but when needed i chop, block, lomb etc

my weapon is spin especially in serves...

which rubber do u reccomend for me... ?

Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll Tricarbon

FH: Butterfly Tenergy 64

BH: Butterfly Bryce Fx

So, what do you guyz think?

I changed by combination last week.

Blade: Butterfly Amultart

FH: Haifu Whale II

BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05

Hey,

Eric here from Mumbai, India.

Blade: Timo Boll ALC - FL

Forehand: Mark V XS Max

Backhand:; Mark V Max 

Alex

interesting combination!

I did play around with the TSP Curl P1-R once upon a time.  Do you use OX?  Pretty cool being on the junior squad, and having the opportunity to be coached by Simon!  Love watching videos of Simon's matches, and especially his 'cho'!  ;)

Style of Joo Se Hyuk?  Fantastic!  Would be fun to watch your matches too.  If I were a teenager again, I wouldn't mind trying to model my game after him.  Need a lot of fitness I expect.

Good luck!

Setup 1:

Donic Senso Appelgren Allplay (Chinese pen); FH:Donic Vario Big Slam; BH: XIOM Yanus DF

Setup 2:

XIOM Fuga (Chinese pen); FH: Andro Plasma 380; BH: JUIC 999 Elite Ultima

I'm a Chinese pen style attacker and I found that my earlier setup, with a Wang Hao blade and Hurricane 2 and Skyline 2 rubbers, was a bit heavy, and not really forgiving enough for my level. So I went totally the other way, and went for slower rubbers. The Appelgren is really light and well-balanced, and the wood is pretty soft. The Vario Big Slam feels great on it. I should probably have put the same rubbers on the other racket so that I could compare the blades. The Yanus DF feels OK on the backhand, but I'm thinking perhaps going for Vario Big Slam on both might make things easier.

I use YEO and mark v on the backhand and DHS H2 on the forehand. i like to loop on my forehand with control on the backhand

hi coach! i'm using bty korbel sk7/sriver el on fh

wonder for my BH wich one is better ; kokutaku tuple 007 vs geospin tacky

all comments are welcome.. 

Im using JAPSKO RACK NEW GENERATION. Very good racket. Love it!!!

Im using JAPSKO RACK NEW GENERATION. Very good racket. Love it!!!

Hey Alois, Jeff and PingSkill supporters,

I\'m using RITC 729 2040 Blade, DHS Neo Hurricane 2 on the forehand and Palio CJ8000 Biotech 36-38 degrees on backhand. I have an looping + counter driving/attacking style, and plays a mixture of passiveness and aggressiveness, level of aggressivness depending on the opponent and timing, but most of the time aggressive.

i dont know much about table tennis rackets

i live in china so i stick to the good chinese company(i think its called double red happiness)

Blade : Timo Boll ALC

BH : Tenergy 64

FH : Tenergy 64

For me it\'s good for serving , blocking , pushing, smashing .

I have good topspins especialy from my forehand but with this rubbers I feel a little bit ucomfortable , I can,t feel the ball . I thinck that this rubbers are too hard for me and I want to buy something softer - Andro plasma 380 or Tibhar Sinus sound . Can you help me? may be tou have some advice . What rubbers do you advice ?  ( Sorry for my ENGLISH!!! _I am not a English speaker-I am from Moldova)  

Blade: TSP Baricco Offensive

Fh: TSP superspin pips21

Bh: HurricaneIII

hi everyone, especially you guys at pingskills.com! i enjoyed a lot watching your videos - especially Alois and Brett in the exhibition. The last point beats everything...

Ah, this is a forum about the blades and the rubbers we all use. Well, ok, back in the times, when I was playing, i used this combination:

a) Stiga Johannson with both Srivers, then

b) Bfly Tamca Gergely with Srivers 2.0 (as far as i remember). It was a good blade, very quick, I liked the combination with these "hall of fame" rubbers - it gave me a lot of speed, if necessary, still being able to maintain control, i am (or i was) more of an allround player type, not too aggressive.

After i finished playing tournaments i got myself an another blade, not a carbon as Tamca, it is 

c) Bfly Mazunov OFF+ also with Srivers (I guess there wasn't any other rubber we could buy back then...). A stiff wood, very quick, but i personally think it has a wee bit more control than Tamca. Don't know, it's just how I feel about it.

Ok, so that's it... Good luck and God bless you all!

Just got my first combination racket, decided against Waldner 1000 premade, and bought Nimbus sound off blade, and Banda sigma rubber on both sides. So far very impressed

I use the Timo Boll ALC blade professionally made with Tenergy 05 rubbers

Speed = 9

spin = 9.5

control = 8.5

£181.70

I use:

fh: donic gallardo sound

bh: donic gallardo sound

blade: donic testra.

I do think that is a good combination but I want to change rubbers often cause i think that rubbers are v ery imp in the game. 

hI

I use a Joola Carbon blade

MarkV- FH and Sriver BH max thickness.

Its good to play an attacking game.

have joola mc1 blade,

buying new rubbers but at the moment i have

fh, sriver g3

bh, yasaka pride,

any other rubbers out there better for around same price

I use:

Blade:Stiga clipper wood

FH rubber:Sriga boost tx(2.2)

BH rubber:Stiga boost tc(2.2)