Are the 2 blades that much apart anyway? I imagine a 93gr ALC not much slower if any than a 82gr PC for example. The differences in dwell, flex and bounciness can't be high enough to matter. Maybe that's what he is after: lighter without losing speed and feedback. The softer cypress outer may suit his feel better too.

he just tried the blade, it felt nice, he made the change.

the same basic procedure any ej from mytabletennis would follow 

in theory this is him writing

https://forum.tt-news.de/showthread.php?t=1969&page=1322

There are tons of blades faster than Boll ALC that I would like to try first: Apolonia ZLC, Zhang SZLC, Andro Treiber Off, Nittaku Barwell Fleet, and many more.

That is him writing. And he writes that when his body is back to 100% he may switch back to ALC because it gives him more options.

He might keep using it as well. Who knows.

His body might never be back to 100% - he's 40 now, after all.

This.

Yes, I know that. Those I list would be my options.

Anyway, within BTY range there are many blades faster then Boll ALC, but he went directly to the fastest of them all. That I found a radical change.

Maybe e does not want to change blade every 2~3 years,............

His body aches might be bluffing because even very healthy, it would not be a bad strategy with age piling on.

Plus maybe he found a slower one than usual.  Also, as already mentioned, slowevrubber.

Timo noticed, that he received Jonathan`s attacks with much more power than usual. So he thought, that it could be a good idea to try this too and liked it. But like mentioned here before, he also told that he has much more options with his usual ALC and that he plans to switch bak to the ALC if his health problems are gone.

I do not think, that he means that he generally has not enough power because of his age. Like several times in the last years he has pain in his back and therefore he is not able to play with full body power. So he tries to get more power out of his racket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiMy8vtylE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiMy8vtylE

That was three years ago.

I guess that a lot of unplayable fast blades might be  appreciated and used in the future.

Next, Sardius? Xiom Axelo?

don't forget the female equivalent of timo  petrissa solja..... 

-also the best player in the german team (except female)

-also left handed

-also played with a blade similar to primorac carbon (the joola rosskopf force)

I think now she's using something similar to a "butterfly amultart".

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another important point is being left handed.

left handed players naturally play closer to the table more counter attack style.

the lower throw of primorac carbon is perfect for this.... (remember solja, timo, groth are all left handed).

for a right handed player the low throw of primorac carbon might be a bit more uncomfortable since they are forced to go a bit farther from the table which means they use the higher curve of alc.

but this is for bundesliga level.... for amateur level it doesn't really make any difference.

even koki niwa used hinoki carbon (amultart) some years ago...yet another left handed with hinoki carbon.

post wins thread.

No, post was irrelevant for this thread.

Hinoki is the best !

stiltt wrote: Anybody amazed like me at Timo's connection with his fan base? I mean what a class act!

He joined that German forum 20 years ago and keeps writing there occasionally. Of course in recent times he's also been trying to build a following for his "webcoach" and YouTube channels, so answering equipment questions makes sense.

He's friends with Dirk Nowitzki and has been to Texas before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTlW_yCPZE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTlW_yCPZE , look at 4:18 you see it clearly.

But in last matches he was using Harimoto, not his personal Blade.

Which match did watch?

Timo Boll ‘s vlog 

http://youtu.be/yMekiOzaTeU?t=246" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/yMekiOzaTeU?t=246

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WUfmnayHM" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WUfmnayHM

My mistake. This is from the 2021 Germany cup in January 2021. At the time Boll has not used PC yet.

When I met Timo not so long time ago - I gave him my Primo Carbon for test. His 1st attempt into looping gone in the net. Next one go far of the table. I was laughing, but his blade was not slow. My 1st attempt also gone out of the table, that means something important that everybody must think about. The angle!!!!!!!!!!! It is connected with the angle of the muscle's loading.

When Timo changed the angle and made very good seria. Maybe he remember that experience and decided to repeat. Primo Carbon is not a blade for topspin, but you must only adjust the angle in your movements and it only looks like you are doing topspin. The contact with the ball with this blade is a way too minimal for heavy loops. So all the strategy now must be different.

Well, about equipment I could say everyone must play the fastest possible blade like Primo or Axelo and to upgrade his own possibilities on the table. Only a real master can play Primo Carbon OFF+. In that row of thoughts I think my own Primo Carbon ST 93 grams with metal tag will cost soon something between Rolls and Ferrari. Best offer always wins :) For those who is able to give me his Porsche I can give him my Axelo ST which is also excellent blade. :))

Meeeh....naaah