Good blade for new rubbers
Table Tennis Equipment
Last updated 5 years ago
Bero Beba Asked 5 years ago
Hi,
I just get two new rubbers,Joola Rhyzm-P 2.0 and Joola Maxxx-p 2.0. The blade that I want to use is 5-ply allwood blade Yasaka Sweden Extra. Since this two rubbers are 45 and 42 spoonge hardness I wonder should I go for stiffer blade.I have good offer for another 5-ply allwood blade,Gewo Zoom Balance ALL+ or Gewo Zoom Pro OFF- (witch is simillar to Butterfly Primorac OFF-,very popular in Croatia, but it is hard to get Japanes version of that blade),or I should stay to YSE ? I was using previously Yasaka Mark V rubbers with YSE but now as my game goes up I want to try something faster so I want to know is my blade good for this rubbers,will I got the full potencial.
Thanks for the answer !
Alois Rosario Answered 5 years ago
Hi Bero,
I would stay with the same blade and just change the rubber initially. If you then feel that you want to change the blade then you can.
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Rohan Keogh Posted 5 years ago
Hi Bero. Why did you select those particular rubbers? If you are just looking for more speed and spin than the Mark V delivers, but you still want to retain the feel and control you have, I agree with Alois - stick with the YSE initially. Once you feel you have pushed that combination to the limit you can either go for even faster rubbers on the YSE or change to a slightly faster blade with the same rubbers.
Nigel C Posted 5 years ago
Bero,
You can spend years trying new rubbers on new blades and it can become an addiction! I think the above from Alois and Rohan is very good advice. The right blade the right rubbers can make a difference but overall, technique, training, mental toughness and a relaxed action will count for far more. Good players at my club can use my bat and play amazing shots, then I use it and it might as well be a fish! (N.B. I have never actually tried using a fish, maybe if I put sticky rubbers on it.......)