What is the deal with blades really?

bbkon wrote: Hozuki wrote: bard romance wrote: I can assure you there are countless high level players who use such rackets and have no problems with "no spin".  It's called user error.  Lol, what's your point? Countless high level players use tenergy. You think that's a soft rubber? You haven't even specified what you think is "such" a pro racket. And yes, some players, even high level might be using soft rubber because for example their backhand is underdeveloped so they just play passively. Doesn't take anything away from the fact that really soft rubber (<40 deg) + hard blade is not optimal for an offensive minded player with good technique. coach of a top 40 ittf player also said hard rubber flexy blade

Edited by koshkin - 09/25/2017 at 3:19pm

I think that last part is not really true at all since composite blades caught on in Europe sooner than China, and European and Japanese and Korean players don't use hard tacky Chinese rubbers although pretty much all the top CNT players do.

First part is key. Find something that works for you. Some people are never satisfied, though.

jpenmaster wrote: There really is no right or wrong rubber and blade combo. It is what works best for you.

A friend of mine tried pairing some medium pips on a one-ply RSM Special. Unheard of, right? Yup, because it was a disaster and he said he saw it coming yet he still wanted to try.