May 2010 Monthly Newsletter

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Blog Posts

• Searching Equipment by Characteristic - April 17, 2010
• Player Ratings on Steroids - April 17, 2010

Recent Reviews

	JOOLA Topspin This is a very nice rubber. I am using it in 2.1 on forehand and 1.8 on back. Unfortunately, even though I am using a Donic J. O. Waldner Offensiv blade I find that both sides just aren't up to speed for playing at professional level. It loops great, and is pretty spinny, without needing to be sticky, which means it will last you, and besides having a nice case I don't treat it too well to be honest. I must have had it for about 5 years now, if not longer and it still spins pretty decently, just to give you an idea. This is a great rubber to learn your technique however. All + I would say. And dont get me wrong, you can get a decent speed out of these rubbers. Reviewed by ShinXtrem on May 02, 2010
	LKT Pro XP Gold Dragon Got one of these because Ive been very impressed with the silver Dragon. Whilst cutting to size I noticed the offcuts were very brittle & snapped rather than stretch. Then after a couple of sessions the rubber began to peel from the sponge & tore about 10mm in from edge. Very Poor Quality compared to other LKT's Ive used. Can't really comment on performance as it basically fell apart in just over a week. Reviewed by ThumbSpin on May 02, 2010
	Palio Macro Era I got this right after the Gambler Outlaw max. I got the 47.5 degree sponge in max on the ERA. At first I only noticed that it was easier to loop underspin balls, but after another session, I noticed that the ERA seems to have a whole other gear on smashes and loop drives. My serves are now spinnier and I have more control in my loops. It is easier to vary the amount of spin in my loops and I can get overall more spin on my loops. I had to adjust my blocking a little bit as the ERA has more bounce to it, but I was also able to take out all of the opponents speed and spin. Even though the ERA is ever so slightly tackier, it is not much affected by incoming spin. I had a couple small encounters with the table on surprising short or net shots, but all I can see is very little scuffing on the rubber. The Outlaw had a few chunks missing on the outside from similar encounters. I will have to watch how durable the rubber is. If you hit the ball right, it clicks quite loud too. I like the 42.5 degree version better than the 47.5. Loads of spin available a bit more control for a minimum loss on mid gear speed. I noticed that I had to close the blade a bit more on loop drives versus the harder version. The softer version seems to have a bit more catapult in the lower gears that made control shots go just long. By the end of the first night I almost had adjusted to it. One more practice should do it. Reviewed by mmerkel on April 29, 2010
	Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon Nice n Light. Excellent Value for money. Slight Hollow Sound, & Vibration with the standard Yasaka New Era's , But Found it very nice when replaced FH With a 2.0mm Mark V. I have actually ordered another one for experimenting on as for the money you can't go wrong. More blades mean more rubbers,, MMM Rubbers :) Reviewed by ThumbSpin on May 02, 2010
	Friendship/729 Dynasty Super Carbon As stated previously this blade is pretty wild. Tried 4 rubbers on FH before finding one that was consistent & not constantly overshooting when using pace. The rubber thats working is a Flextra. Who said they were slow? Lol Stick it on this Puppy. Ohh & you can forget speed glueing aswell :) This blade does need a little taming but is worth the effort. BHand is sweet though using a LKT Silver Dragon Reviewed by ThumbSpin on May 02, 2010
	Donic Waldner Dicon I played with 729 Bomb and then Persson Powerplay Senso V1. This blade feels a lot like bomb, but with better feeling and more control. I can't see how it only has a 7.3 rating for speed. Especially in the lower gears it is quite a bit faster than the Persson, using the same rubbers. One thing I noticed, both rubbers (Palio Macro ERA and Air Scirocco SF) click a lot less than with the Persson. Overall, the sound is a lot more woody and low. In my opinion, either the Persson is overrated in speed or this one is underrated. I can really load up the spin with lots of feeling. Great blade. Reviewed by mmerkel on April 29, 2010

New Videos

• Andro Hexer Commercial
• Bounce - Matthew Syed
• K-Swiss - The Chinese Penhold featuring Jackie Lee
• Ma Lin - Too Tricky For His Own Good
• Ma Long - Over the Table Counter
• Ma Long and Christian Suss Serves
• Sunny D Commercial
• Timo Boll vs. Joao Monteiro - European Champions League
• Vladimir Samsonov vs. Paul Drinkhall
• Vladimir Samsonov vs. Xu Xin - 2009 Worlds
• Wang Liqin's Forehand Loop
• Wii Sports Germany
• Yoshida - First Person View

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