Suggest a non-hollow feel all-wood blade

Stiga Allround Evolution, Friendship V6. both have very good feel

stratus powerwood, a steal for the price, one of the best

GabrielTopspin wrote: stratus powerwood, a steal for the price, one of the best

Edited by slevin - 04/26/2018 at 11:58am

He might like Darker Hinoki blades. They have a solid feel without being too stiff. I played with 5P-2A for a long time.

ILya

Edited by koshkin - 04/26/2018 at 12:09pm

Maybe he should make the switch to ZLF, ALC or maybe a thin 7 ply since he doesn't like the feel of 5 ply all wood.

DHS Fang Bo

Clipper

Last week I tried Xiom Offensive S and It was surprisingly solid and stiff for a 5 ply / 6mm blade like that. I was looking for something with more flex and catapult so I sold it.

Interesting....

I never would’ve made the connection of Violin or Acoustic feeling hollow. When I think of hollow, I think of Stiga’s Offensive Classic or Boll All+.The Violin flexes under pressure and Acoustic is fairly stiff for the most part, but I wouldn’t call them hollow.

Maybe we should focus on an understanding of what hollow means to the player? Sure, it is a subjective term. When I think of hollow in the sense of table tennis equipment, its a little bit feeling, but mostly sound. The feeling is like a sharp pulse in the palm area upon contact and the sound is .... well.... hollow.

The one thing I can think of that your friend might find in common between the Violin and Acoustic is felt on hard contact shots like drives or loop drives. That would be flex. Violin flexes a lot, like a whip, whereas the Acoustic is much less noticeable.

To rid of flex, select a thicker ALL wood blade, 6mm+. The hollow sound can be lessened by selecting a heavier weight blade or using heavier rubber.

MindTrip wrote: Interesting.... I never would’ve made the connection of Violin or Acoustic feeling hollow. When I think of hollow, I think of Stiga’s Offensive Classic or Boll All+.The Violin flexes under pressure and Acoustic is fairly stiff for the most part, but I wouldn’t call them hollow. Maybe we should focus on an understanding of what hollow means to the player? Sure, it is a subjective term. When I think of hollow in the sense of table tennis equipment, its a little bit feeling, but mostly sound. The feeling is like a sharp pulse in the palm area upon contact and the sound is .... well.... hollow. The one thing I can think of that your friend might find in common between the Violin and Acoustic is felt on hard contact shots like drives or loop drives. That would be flex. Violin flexes a lot, like a whip, whereas the Acoustic is much less noticeable. To rid of flex, select a thicker ALL wood blade, 6mm+. The hollow sound can be lessened by selecting a heavier weight blade or using heavier rubber.

usually you get hollow feel from blade with hollow handle. for example Infinity

piligrim wrote:   usually you get hollow feel from blade with hollow handle. for example Infinity

Matt Pimple wrote: All of them happen to be carbon blades though...

Stiga Ebenholz,OC, AC and ALL Evo, Yasaka Extra Offensive to name a few All woods.

My Hurricane Long 3 feels great. I don't think it feels hollow.

Edited by mickd - 04/27/2018 at 12:14am

flamingmdn wrote: Japanese Korbel is not hollow at all but is more OFF rather than OFF-

TT newbie wrote: flamingmdn wrote: Japanese Korbel is not hollow at all but is more OFF rather than OFF- Never mind... I´ve read some recommending Clipper, P700 and others very far from OFF-.  I don´t think people pay attention on what the OP wants.

What was OFF with a celluloid ball is more like OFF- with a 40+ ball, and that is why I recommended a Clipper.