I have played 2 times so far with it and it seems like my looping ability has been reduced by 50%, i used to be able to loop/drive super consistently with my previous setups, I know that the carbon blade does have lower dwell time and which is probably the reason why i can't loop as well, but would using a more tacky rubber help?

I m producing less spin(and as a result less speed) while looping underspin. I previously was playing with Avalox Sterco on backhand and Pronte on the forehand. 

Also any change in technique that would help in fast looping underspin with this setup?

Though the looping is suffering for now, i love how much easy and fun it is to punch-block and fast-push, which i was never able to do with my other equipment.

I was thinking of one called like purot.  I've never tried pronte

It's easiest with anti, where all you have to do is kind of chip the ball up there and allow the existing back to become top.

But I'm sure hex is probably right in some way.

Tackiness doesn't give more lift.  It is the spring in the sponge and top sheet provided the paddle speed is higher than the back spin rotation.

It's easier to use a less tacky rubber, because you don't have to have as much armspeed.

You have to match the paddle speed with the rotation otherwise the ball will push off the rubber down into the net.

But I'm sure hex is probably right in some way.

He is right about the need to brush more with faster blades if you want top spin.  Otherwise the normal component is too high and if the paddle is closed at all the ball goes down into the net.  Tacky rubbers will grab the ball better when brushing thinly but like AgentHex said,  the timing has got to be perfect because the effective cross section of the paddle is smaller.

Tackiness or the lack there of does not make looping chopped balls harder or easier.   It is all about matching the rotation speed with the paddle speed.   For a more aggressive shot you close the paddle a little more but need to brush faster that the back spin.  For just getting the ball back you can open the paddle a little bit and swing a little slower and let the normal force of the paddle provide some lift.  The down side is that the balls rotation will slow down when you do this.

I don't understand why so many people can't understand that there is only a tangential force on the ball when there is a tangential difference in speeds between the ball and paddle.  If you match speeds the rubber makes NO difference to the just getting the ball across the net.    I do prefer a slower setup for looping chopped balls just so I don't need to brush so much.

BTW, I can't believe that spin drops by 50% with the equipment mentioned above by the OP.

Returning chopped balls is even easier with a Firewall Plus+GD Talon 0X is easier than most antis.  You just punch the ball back with the paddle only slightly open using the back spin of the chopped ball as your top spin.  I haven't tried a slick German anti but I would assume it would play in a similar way.

  

  

A lot of newbies will read that kind of thing and call me saying they bought tacky rubbers because they were having problems with backspin and they read on the forum to buy tacky rubbers.  They will want to know why it became HARDER to lift said backspin now.

I understand , that is why TT myths and marketing hype must be stamped out.  I have the same problems in my field and I waste a lot of time "educating" customers on how things really work.

They will want to know why it became HARDER to lift said backspin now.

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I TT therefore I am

Does tangential speed just mean a combination of racket speed and stroke angle?

> Does tangential speed just mean a combination of racket speed and stroke angle?

This is all that means:

> And the speed of your racket needs to be faster than the rotation of the ball.

In order to get topspin from backspin it's almost axiomatic that you need to contact faster than the spin on the ball. Otherwise the ball "stalls" and the shot with inverted becomes very sensitive to exact incoming spin.

And i also notice that i need to put in way more effort into getting decent speed on backspin loops.

Also i would like to know from @cole_ely what kind of tacky rubber would you suggest, something that has a more euro like sponge but medium tacky?

The speed of the paddle tangential to the ball.   It is what causes spin.  A stroke can be broken down into a combination of normal speed through the center of the ball and the speed tangential to the ball at contect.

Look at the v vectors. These lines are tangential to the circle.   Angular velocity is the rate at which the ball is spinning. 

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/rotq.html

I get the 999 rubber combo from Cole, because it is an excellent allround OFF rubber combination that does everything well, not outstanding, but well. You can depend upon it.

 

I also am not a fan over very tacky rubber myself, so as i break in the rubber, I am constantly wiping off the tack and after a week or so, it is only semi-tacky, just where I like it. That 999 topsheet  Cole sells will outperform Tenergy any day of the week in humid club conditions on humid summer days in Korea. You will be keeping your cool (and the ball on the table) with that rubber in summer while your opponents using tenergy and other moisture forming prone rubber will invent new cuss words.

GeoSpin Tacky is very tacky but the sponge is slow and soft.