Personal greeting for everyone
who enjoys table tennis
Here we are again. My name is Maxim Cherepnin
At this video I will talk
about types of blades which are destined
for playing short pips
Of course
there is no ideal blade for pips anyway
Also there is no
absolutely perfect blade
for all types of pips
Based on my observation
and experience
I would like to share my own opinoin
about the most suitable kind of blades
In the beginning of my experience and practice with short pips I played with Butterfly Innerforce ZLC blade
and everything was pretty good for me
perhaps I thought so
At some point
Alexey Sipachevskiy has recommended me one
really interesting product
It was an oversized blade
Dr. Neubauer High Technology
Its thickness is about 13 mm
and it weights 62 g
The main layer of this blade
is balsa Dr. Neubauer High Technology is destined for
strong driving and smashing
due to
low dwell-time of blade
If we decide to glue to
Dr. Neubauer High Technology
some inverted rubber and at the same time
decide to glue inverted rubber to (for example)
similar balsa blade like
"Carbon Strike" from Spinlord
with thickness 6 mm
inverted rubber will produce
a lot more spin on Spinlord Carbon Strike blade
Also inverted rubber
on Spinlord Carbon Strike may seems more grippy than
on Dr. Neubauer High Technology or other balsa blades
My personal blade is
SpinLord Ultra Balsa It consists of
balsa layers and
carbon layers
So why balsa blades are preferable
to another types of wooden blades? Balsa blades such as SpinLord Ultra Balsa provide
additional acceleration
for pushing
for сounter smashing
Balsa blade is more xomfortable in smashing lobs
compared with non-balsa blade
Because for non-balsa blade or for too thin
blades with thickness around 5.6 mm
like almost blades from ButterFly
Player needs to regulate the angle of table tennis racket
during driving or looping
very attentively
and player needs to provide a stiffer gripping technique
But balsa blade doesn't need so
thorough control of racket angle You can even overclose the racket a bit
and you won't get a drop shot 00:02:58,610 --> 00:03:01,610 thanks for generated by balsa layers acceleration
During one of my experiments
I have glued inverted rubber to Spinlord Carbon Strike
which is fabulous and
extremely good for short pips
it is a super choise if you are playing close to table
with chop blocks and drives
Spinlord Carbon Strike is also great
variant for anti-spin rubbers
Of course this blade is perfect for
for different inverted rubbers It has a lot of control
gives comfortable feeling
and phenomenal sensitivity
With Spinlord Carbon Strike you can vary the distance from close to table zone to mid-range looping
I have glued to this blade
short pips SpindLord Waran for forehand and
another SpindLord Waran short pips for backhand
And I tried to stick looping-style
to counter loop topspins
I tried to impart topspin to ball
It is a bit paradoxically because
most short pips
are oriented to flat gaming and dead balls
But despite this belief it was pretty comfortable for me
to play in
looping-style
and counter looping tactic
I have easily returned
and counterattacked heavy topspins from backhand/forehand
in practice training mode
But in game with score keeping and
equal competitor
generated by short pips spins
were not difficult
for my opponents
It gave them an opportunity
to make loaded strokes and attack by even heavier topspins each time
It caused huge problems for me because
short pips have some spin-limit
I cant impart more spin to ball
due to individual properties
of such rubbers
So in summary
short pips require from player
flat gaming with
with dominance of dead balls,
flat smashes
As a result blades with thickness around 5.6 mm
which are intended for inverted rubber won't be
suitable for all kinds
and types of pips-out rubber
Obviously it is not an axiom or strict rule
And notice please I'm talking my own opinion about short pips and medium pips only
Thin blades can't provide needful sensitivity
and comfort as much as thick balsa blades
Thin non-balsa blade works towards needless short pips overspining
on the one hand extra spining is not so bad
but on the other hand
you are not be able to deaden the ball totally
Short pips feel like inverted rubber
and the player is losing
certain advantages of short pips strategy
My tennis performance have been deteriorated
so thats why
I have switched back to blades
with balsa layers
and new winnings
were not long in coming
Depends on manufacturer
balsa blades may consist of different layers
There are layers of balsa with layers of limba
Here is also balsa with
two inner wooden layers Now I am using
Ultra Balsa blade from SpindLord
with carbon layers
It is composed of
two inner wooden layers
two layers of carbon after it
and layers of balsa inside the structure SpindLord Ultra Balsa is a bit more grippy
in comparison with analogs due to
two synthetic layers as part of this blade
It allows me to counter choppers
and loopers more effective
I am going to continue my researching
I like doing experiments
Now my preference is given to SpindLord Ultra Balsa
but it is possible that in future I will change it to another blade
Another interesting question is
Why did I decide to switch from
Dr. Neubauer High Technology blade to SpindLord Ultra Balsa after 1.5 after years of playing
At first nothing prevents me to try and
play High Technology again
Everything depends on me
But with High Technology blade I had difficulties
with my favourite
high toss serves And this issue is acute
not only for myself
In spite of large sweet spot of this blade
it was too hard for me
to make a short or half-long serve
with so massive
and powerful blade
The thinner blade the easier serve
For example this one is non-oversized
and also conditionally thin blade
so high toss serves with it are simple for me
By the way I have scored a lot of points
right after high toss serves
My opponents usually made the most commonly mistake
and gave me a great chance
for third ball kill attack
At the same time Dr. Neubauer High Technology blade
is perfect instrument for
any reverse sidespin serves
During the third ball attack I get an easy way for
blocks, drives and counter smashes
In total with Dr. Neubauer High Technology
is one of the best blades for
flat gaming style, drives, 183 00:07:35,239 --> 00:07:36,349 convenient for smashing
Table tennis industry
is growing rapidly
Now we have a wide range
of various short pips
but I am sure that soon companies like SpinLord
may release a new generation of
short pips with unique properties
So
If you decide to test short pips
I would like to recommend you to get an initial experience
with balsa blade
Balsa blade should be composed of
balsa layers which are provide low dwell-time and required acceleration
Such types of blades are the most suitable variant
for playing short pips
That's all
See you next tutorial video
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