it was all a lie...

Edited by pingpungpeng - 05/18/2019 at 8:14pm

Not a lie, it depends on player´s level.

Basically I think either you have a fast setup and have really good touch for soft shots, or have a slow setup and hit very powerfully...

pingpungpeng wrote: Used t05 with viscaria.....used joola rhyzer.... Butterfly rozena....andro rasant....Carbon, zlc, you name it. And I lost many times..... What did I use today? Tibhar lebesson, a slow blade by all standards. Similar speed to a stiga allround classic. Rubbers? Dhs hurricane III no boost in fh. Sanwei target provincial in bh (no boost). And I played great. Didn't feel a lack of power at all.

hunkeelin wrote: pingpungpeng wrote: Used t05 with viscaria.....used joola rhyzer.... Butterfly rozena....andro rasant....Carbon, zlc, you name it. And I lost many times..... What did I use today? Tibhar lebesson, a slow blade by all standards. Similar speed to a stiga allround classic. Rubbers? Dhs hurricane III no boost in fh. Sanwei target provincial in bh (no boost). And I played great. Didn't feel a lack of power at all. It's not fast, slow, whatever. It's the fact that you found the "right" blade for you. That said, if you stick with one setup long enough it will become the right blade for you because your skills will develop around the blade. I have my longest rating/skill stagnation when I start EJing. As soon as I just pick one setup and stick with it my level increase regardless whether I am using h3/t05/xiom etc...

Not entirely true. If you use a fast setup you might be able to adapt and manage to play the balls on the table, but you can’t increase the speed and not on, because you don’t have proper technique to do it. Once you take away the blades speed, you’ll have bad technique without any quality. Your performance with the blade might increase, but your level wont

I read somewhere recently that for amateurs problems tend to arise from lack of proper shot shape, which is a combination of wrong contact point, no use of body in shot and then poor recovery. All of which need good footwork so that the shape of the shot can be more consistent. 

so who lied to you?

I used to play with faster than I could handle setups, but recently I've started to go slow and my unforced errors are fewer.
For most of the amateur level players an OFF- setup is more than sufficient. A guy I know play more offensive with a DEF wood and slow/soft rubbers. With TB ALC and Tenergy he's playing defensively because he can't control the equipment.
A faster equipment doesn't help you when you're in a bad position and can't the hit the ball at the right angle. A slower setup helps you when you are in situations like this.