Hmm... yeah... but then... percentage might be different for different types of shots?  Like it might not do as well on pushes...  And with things like short pips, I guess throwing arcs is not a specialty...

 

Confused Usagi

 

As a beginner with new high tech equipment... (i used to play with 1970's rackets)  I have found that when manufactures or players describe "Control"......it may be something other than what I was thinking.  

 

For me.....I thought control reffered to being forgiving, like if i mis-hit a ball with bad stroke or hit off the edge of the paddle......i want the ball to hit the other side of the table still.    But as I realise what it may really mean to most is.....ability to spin, place, or play a desired shot as you are trying to. 

 

So,  as a beginner,  I want a blade and rubber to be very forgiving....making my actual control of my landing shot to be much higher.

 

This really confused me at first....how the word control was used about different products.  When I first started with a good setup....I was told to use a thinner sponge layer....I started out at 1.5 or 1.7.   Then I got a racket with 2.2 on it......I had control of where my ball went after I hit it with the thicker sponge.   So I actually had less control of where my ball went with the thinner sponge.  The racket with thinner sponge was too sensitive to my mistakes of hits.  

 

Still after 7 months now of using top of the line equipment.  I play so much better with 2.2 sponge than even some 2.0 sponges. 

 

You are right. Some rubber/blade/setup gives good control for topspin or smashes or chopping or pushes or a combinations of those shots. I suppose a setup is considered good control if it let you do what you want with good control. And remember, most players will excel with certain type of play, eg defenders as opposed to offenders. I don't think there is a setup that will give good control for all types of play. There is always a compromise. It is up to you to know your kind of play and therefore look for the right rubber/blade to suit your play.

 

Take for example Steven Lee and his Xiom II saga Just last Tuesday night, he was showing off his new rubbers. I naughtily took his blade  with brand new rubbers and had a hit with it. I just love the control of his setup. So much so I had his Xiom II as an alternative in my mind. Tonight, he told me he can't handle the bounce and decided to sell the rubbers. That came as a  shock to me because I thought if I being such a low level player can handle it, how come him, being the No.1 player in our club cannot??? I would have bought them off him if he had not already sold to someone else

 

Cheers.

 

 

Lesser vibration...better control...(harder wood the better...even though you don't feel vibration on a lot of shots...carbon will add consistency)

 

Speed glue makes the rubber wet...which adds consistency through feel due to softness increasing dwell time and tension increasing sharpness on accuracy.

 

The grippier the topsheet....the more control you have over the ball's spin...tackier the topsheet...the more control you have on the speed.

 

Knowing what shot to hit before hitting it even at high speeds increases the consistency through lack of confusion thus no nervousness.

 

Looking at the ball instead of the opponent and the table helps the person figure out what spin there is on the ball by trajectory....how fast it is....and what exactly am I doing to it.

tommyzai wrote: Mu g/f stole all my ID, changed my online banking PIN#s, threw out all the food I like and replaced it with stuff she likes, erased my queue on Netflix and added chick flix, then set my alarm clock for 6AM. When I woke up in shock she yelled, in a heavy Chinese accent, "Take trash out NOW." That's my definition of control.

 

Of course that is tough to beat. It is actually a definition for 'freak control'

 

Cheers.

Or Wife!

 

Coach: "Primorac wants to try these new carbon blades"

Booth:"Well, these are very fast and powerful blades you're choosing, they are not be right for Primorac because they might lack the control he needs."

Coach:"You will provide the power. Zoran will provide the control."

Booth:"Choose any blades you like."

 

 

 

Yep, this pretty much sums it all up. I have a rpb bat with Tenergy on one side which I am pretty used to already. And then I slapped on a piece of Solcion considered one of the best control fast rubber by Butterfly on the back side. I played really nicely with the Tenergy but kept hitting into the net with the Solcion.

 

Cheers.

 

Great minds think alike

 

Cheers.