The best blade for near-table looping

Wich blad do you think would be the best blade for a near table looping game?

If you've got good timing, you don't need the oversized head :P

Any 5 ply all wood, all+ or off-. Maybe Yasaka Extra or similar.

Strad with low throw rubbers (bryce)!

A slow carbon or glass blade OFF or OFF- and H2 :D then you can loop leaning OVER the table let alone standing close. This is my game style and these are the kind of combinations that work best for me ^. The better consistancy from carbon blades is a real winner in situations like this where you have not enough time and way too much hand speed to hit the centre of the blade everytime

Violin

I think for loopers, faster blade + softer rubbers is better.

I think for hitters, slower blade + harder rubbers is better.

I use a hard blade w/ hard rubbers and I loop just fine. So i think its more about technique.

Grizzly wrote: Primorac off - sucks. Very bad blade, I have been using it for 1 year, beliave me, I know, what I am talking about. This blade dont has any feeling. There many better blades than primorac. I think, primoarc is for a beginners.

Come on now.  If it sucks that bad, why the heck did you use it for 1 year?  That is a long time to put up with a blade that bad.  I just gotta laugh at your comments. 

if you have good technique, then you can manage with almost any blade combo; however,

Nothing is the best in term  blade and rubber. Only thing is isn't it fit with your playing style or not.

sbd1 wrote: �Hinoki 5 Pl blade will be my first choice .Borko&Son***Power is Nothing Without Control***

I would have to agree . . . if you are playing close to the table nothing compares to the 5-ply Hinoki for spin, whether it be top, chop, side, or other!

Grizzly wrote: To Flicker: I dont understand what you are laughing at. Yea It is a pretty long time, but i thought, the problem was in rubbers, because I used thick rubbers. So I was trying another and another rubber but always with the same result - no feeling with ball.

Grizzly - I was just taken by your strong comment on how bad the Primorac blade is but yet you managed to play with it for one year.  Your explanation on trying out the different rubbers made some sense but if the blade was in deed that bad, I wouldn't even hold on to it that long if I were you.  That was my only point.  No big deal and nothing personal, man.  Cheers!!!

So if 5 ply Hinoki is good for near table looping, and I'ma near table looper, maybe I'm on the right track in buying this TSP 9 ply hinoki

If Arm is Good, Blade is Good, it is very elementary....