Friendship blade
Table Tennis Equipment
Last updated 10 years ago
basit mazher Asked 10 years ago
how's the friendship 729 v5 carbon blade for beginners with sriver fx on forehand and 729 xl on backhand?
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Basit,
I will have to hand this over to our readers to help out. I don't know the blade at all.
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Xariuz Cruz Posted 10 years ago
OMG, if you're a beginner don't try to get those. It is too fast to practice. Get a cheaper blade and use Friendship Super 729 FX on both BH and FH, trust me, it is a good rubber, but sriver fx is too fast for beginner!!!
Sammy Serea Posted 10 years ago
Or you could just get it, and practice hard until you catch up and are able to use the full potential of the blade ;)
You see, sometimes it's not a good idea to start with something very fast and very good, but sometimes IT IS - Andre Agassi's father made him play with a very good tennis racket (heavy and head light) from a very young age, and told him to always hit the ball as hard as he could... "- I don't care if it goes out, I don't even care if it goes over the fence" he said... And, as unconventional as it sounds, it seemed to work ;)
I myself also when starting to play table tennis at a very young age, I started with a very good Chinese bat - I can't remember the make, but I do remember that my father spent one month's salary on 2 table tennis bats (and his salary was a good margin above average at the time) and he started teaching me ;)
The same with tennis rackets - tournament rackets are heavier, softer and head-light, while amateur-beginner rackets are lighter, stiffer and head-heavy, and you just cannot learn proper technique with a light, stiff and head-heavy racket.
So, I would definitely go for the advanced bat and grow into it, rather than getting a weaker bat and then having to upgrade and re-adapt... ;)
Just my 2 cents,
Sam