MYTH: Thicker sponge = more power

sidofmillenium wrote: 1.  Tacky rubbers create less spin n speed b/c they dont use the incoming speed/spin...   2.  Sponge can increase speed n spin b/c instead of increasing damage to the ball, it rebounds it.  Now, what I hadn't realized, is that it is possible to have a very active spring that will work on all velocities...so Jonan...now I hate less sponge as well.  (tension sponge+tension topsheet)   3.  Pip out r 4 ppl who r so old, that they cant catch up to the physique of another athlete.  So it cannot be considered a serious equipment...so rare athletes use it now.

1. Most everyone on the forum would be in consensus, that at least on most shots (especially serves, short game, and brush loops) tacky rubber is easily spinier than normal inverted.

2. Yes, offensive sponges actually do make the ball go faster.

3. I never had to work harder than trying to play as a chopper. Pips require a lot of work, both physical and mental. They are hard to learn how to use, hard to master, and hard to play with. I say few people use pips because they are so hard to use, and few people are in good enough shape. After playing for 4-5 hours in a non-airconditioned warehouse, trying to chop, I am dead, my shirt literally dripping sweat, and I am skinny. Not only do I have to run around all the time, back and forth and forwards and backwards much more than a looper, I also have to bend over to stoop down and chop long shots and still rush in to attack. I'll readily admit that some old people use junk rubber as a crutch, but what an you say? I've also seen old people or people in wheelchairs switch to the latest, fastest thing to compensate for their loss in arm speed.

Guys, I have already realized my mistake and admitted that thicker sponges DO create more power.

Wait..I suddenly discovered a weakness in this argument...a thicker sponge means bigger spring effect, but since the sponge is not allowed to complete absorb the impact, blade disrupts it, therefore it cannot impart the whole collision.  Hence, the only way to make sure complete elasticity takes place so there is no damage through collision is tightning the grip at the impact which would produce maximum speed and spin.  And equipment vise, unify the blade and the rubber by making blade extremely soft and rubber extremely hard and the dealer actually sealing them together through heating or something....what do u guys think?

Myth ?

Its possible stats r messed up b/c of lack of technique....