blade for short pips?

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speedy wrote: I play short pips on my BH most of my life.  It all depends on what type of short pips you are using.  Here are the general combination: 1.  With soft sponge with 1.8-1.9mm pips, you can use an OFF composite blade (i.e. TB Spirit, M. Maze, Keyshot, Acoustic Carbon, or Barwell Fleet).  This is my favorite combination.  This type of combination allows you to counter hit and counter block very well. 2.  With medium or Hard 1.8-1.9mm pips, you can use all wood blades with 7 or 9 plies.  I like Stiga Royal on Clipper CR non-WRB. Why didn't I mention anything thinner than 1.8mm or anything 2.0mm and thicker?  Well... it's personal preference plus experience.  Anything too thin, I can't attack well.  It doesn't have the power to put the ball away.  Anything 2.0mm and thicker seems to be too thick.  They don't give the dead blocks and hits.  For my game, I stay close to the table (2 to 4 feet).  Pips with 1.8 and 1.9mm thickness fit my game perfectly. Good luck,

Hi Speedy,
I don't know if you still read this forum, but i'm interested to have your opinion about the bh - wood combination for short pimps, regarding the plastic ball.
Did you change your point of view with the new plastic balls or not ?

If someone else have ideas, give them !

For SP play Nittaku P700 (better quality), Avalox P700, Stiga Clipper CR. Also you cant go wrong with Yasaka Ma Lin soft carbon.

I think you have to be careful as you might still want a good fh loop and you might lose that if you to much on the stiff blades

Pr1nc wrote: mykonos96 wrote: Pr1nc wrote: For SP play Nittaku P700 (better quality), Avalox P700, Stiga Clipper CR. Also you cant go wrong with Yasaka Ma Lin soft carbon. I think karlsson must use a stiffer blade I think Karlsson knows better whats best fits him then us.

What I meant is that people think a flexy blade would be right but karlsson is not using off the shelf stuff

I'm thinking to try a spinlord gipflesturm for my backhand.
On forehand, i want to keep my chinese rubber, bit similar to a boosted h3 (tuttle vip 2018 boosted).
My current and prefered blade is an osp ultimate 2, and i also have a barwell fleet, a clasic clipper, a bty zhang jike blue dragon, and some others that i don't like for my forehand.
Some friends recommend to me to swtich to a new balsa carbon blade for mastering my backhand short pimples. I'm oriented to use the SP mainly to block and counter hits.
Not sure what to test...
Thanks for your advices !

I don't think balsa is good for short pips, feels too bouncy and hollow. I never tried balsa carbon blades other than the Gergely (which I don't believe is balsa). For SP you want a solid blade, but many players use whatever they feel comfortable with. I say use your Clipper then go from there. Thin carbon blades work but in the end its down to personal preference.

If you're willing to give up spin capabilities for ease of hit and trickier blocks, try YinHe Pluto. Its a raw medium pip but its dirt cheap and is a blast for flat strokes. Just don't count on being able to spin well.

David_from_Gers wrote: speedy wrote: I play short pips on my BH most of my life.  It all depends on what type of short pips you are using.  Here are the general combination: 1.  With soft sponge with 1.8-1.9mm pips, you can use an OFF composite blade (i.e. TB Spirit, M. Maze, Keyshot, Acoustic Carbon, or Barwell Fleet).  This is my favorite combination.  This type of combination allows you to counter hit and counter block very well. 2.  With medium or Hard 1.8-1.9mm pips, you can use all wood blades with 7 or 9 plies.  I like Stiga Royal on Clipper CR non-WRB. Why didn't I mention anything thinner than 1.8mm or anything 2.0mm and thicker?  Well... it's personal preference plus experience.  Anything too thin, I can't attack well.  It doesn't have the power to put the ball away.  Anything 2.0mm and thicker seems to be too thick.  They don't give the dead blocks and hits.  For my game, I stay close to the table (2 to 4 feet).  Pips with 1.8 and 1.9mm thickness fit my game perfectly. Good luck, Hi Speedy, I don't know if you still read this forum, but i'm interested to have your opinion about the bh - wood combination for short pimps, regarding the plastic ball. Did you change your point of view with the new plastic balls or not ? If someone else have ideas, give them !

You're welcome !
Thanks a lot for all your answers and opinions.

But the joola seems too thick for me.
I think i'll try on my current blade, osp ultimate 2, and may be on the SpinLord Ultra Balsa v which was recommended by frenches and russians.
For the clipper, i like its control, but i'm fed up with the small sweetspot for my forehand topspin.