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what caracteristics in the blade are good for use medium pips on BH?
thanks!

I think it also depends of your playing style, chopper, close to the table blocker, agressiv, defensiv player.

If you are a chopper, Dr. N Barricade is fine or agressiv blocker 729 Bomb

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And for a agressiv player?

Friendship 563 on a fast blade. I have back up blade-one ply hinoki-Stiga radical on the FH and 563 on the back. People I play hate when I drag this blade out. The Radical is very spinny and the 563 is very dead. I even twiddle with it. Drive some opponents nuts.

I am very aggressive with it. I push rarely-its all about offense, but to really see a master watch Maio Miao . There is plenty of her in action in vid section.

Ian

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Blade: Juic Yi Yong Fan Extra: FH: Juic 999 Elite (red) 2.2 BH: Friendship 802-40 (black) 1.8
Blade: Giant Dragon Kris: FH: Friengship 729 Judo (red) 2.0 BH: Feint Long 3 (black) 1.3
Blade: Alfa Pro : FH: Friendship Judo (red) 2.0 BH Friendship 563 (black) 1.5
Blade: Yasaka Cougar: FH Juic 999 Elite 2.0 (black) BH: Friendship 837 (red) 1.0

try dr neu kung fu...

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and Nittaku Acoustic?
Is a fast blade? and with control?
What do you think?

Any thoughts on the best speed of a blade for a MP attacking player (BH, 1.5 mm)? I've used slower blades (Matsushita Pro Special, Gambler arylate/carbon) and faster blades (Viscaria, TB ZLF, Michael Maze A/C). Faster blades seem better overall, since it is easier to generate speed in block/hitting. However, there seems to be better control on with slower blades for the soft touch block shot against the opponent's fast drive ball. What is your experience with OFF, OFF- and ALL+ blades and others?

Hi, my balsa blade gives me all the speed i want when i decide to play more aggresive without losing too much control, the ball sinks into the balsa then rebounds like a rocket
Balsa, just a thought!

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joola ticker, fh,focus3 snipe- bh,focus3 snipe

I agree! A friend of mine at the club has Dr. Neubauer Diamant on a balsa blade, very controlled and springy at the same time!

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TSP Curl P4 1.5mm

I [played a buddy this week with 563 on my old ALPA pro which is a very hard blade. The 563 1.5 black played like a real champ-every time he pushed a cracked it with the medium pips-even ball well below net height were flick away. When he looped I could either jab block or counter with a flat hit (not a topspin drive-this is a short pips shot). The "sink " was in good form and the ball kind of hits and skideds rather than kicks off the table.

Ian

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Blade: Juic Yi Yong Fan Extra: FH: Juic 999 Elite (red) 2.2 BH: Friendship 802-40 (black) 1.8
Blade: Giant Dragon Kris: FH: Friengship 729 Judo (red) 2.0 BH: Feint Long 3 (black) 1.3
Blade: Alfa Pro : FH: Friendship Judo (red) 2.0 BH Friendship 563 (black) 1.5
Blade: Yasaka Cougar: FH Juic 999 Elite 2.0 (black) BH: Friendship 837 (red) 1.0

I like an OFF- blade like Michael Maze A/C - it is soft and gives excellent control for blocks and looping close to the table. However, I've used the Viscaria (A/C) previously, and it is faster (OFF) and not bad for control. I tried the Timo Boll ZLF - it's too fast for me, but could be a good blade, especially for away from the table play. I use 1.5 mm medium pips, but may try 1.0 mm or thinner, so long as I can control blocks against fast and varied loop drives (and flat drives) to my pips side. I did use the Matsushita Pro Special (OFF- or ALL+), but it is a little too slow for me--hard to generate power on loop drives and smashes. Control on blocks with the MPS is excellent, however. If you have good touch, you can possibly get away with playing with a fast blade such as the TB ZLC--this perhaps would permit you to step back to mid-distance away from the table.