Minimum thickness for topspin Mark V
Equipment
Thomas Kunzfeld Asked 11 years ago
Hi Alois,
I am 52 years old and a beginner ((obviously a very rare and unusual species :-) ): According to your experience...what is the MINIMUM thickness of sponge of Mark V that you would recommend to learn with? More specific: I´m more interested in control than in speed, but at the same time I don´t want the sponge to be too thin for learning top spin....and...I´d like the same sponge thickness on forehand and backhand.
Thanks for your excellent website !!!
Thomas
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Thomas,
You are not such a rare breed. We have discovered a lot of these creatures lurking around the internet...
Regarding the rubber thickness, probably 1.5mm but even 1.8mm won’t be too fast to learn the strokes. I would go for the 1.8mm on both sides. If that is not available go for 2mm.
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Thomas Kunzfeld Posted 11 years ago
Thank you very much! Then I´ll go for the 1,8mm.
I´ve got two blades: A Stiga Allround Classic Carbon (very light exemplar: 70g) and a Donic Waldner Senso Carbon. Do you think it would make a difference which one of them I use for learning? (Maybe the Allround Classic gives better feeling?)
Hi Thomas,
Either of those blades will be fine.