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Sounds like you are really enjoying Power Pipes

As it is marketed as a fast rubber is it still possible to take the pace off easily when blocking against topspin e.g to drop the ball short with no spin and dead bounce.?

[quote="ChasFox"]Sounds like you are really enjoying Power Pipes

As it is marketed as a fast rubber is it still possible to take the pace off easily when blocking against topspin e.g to drop the ball short with no spin and dead bounce.?[/qu




For me, Firestorm is better in almost everything,but good combination with PP

The rubber is an mp. The pimples are as long as lp. They play a very good role. Also the diameter is bigger than lp. They are also stiky. So depending of the angle the sponge is more or less implicated in the shot. So you can really feel the pimples that are playing their role. A fast top spin entering the pimples with an angle are going to be in interraction with the pips. You feel the spin getting reduce by the pimples. There is abit of reversal too. I practice with a 2200 rating guy who like to loop specially with my block. He said that if he's not in good position to hit his ball the ball goes into the net. So yes you can play short or long.

I also like to attack ( counter hit) high arc loop ball coming from the opponant who want to make sure his ball goes over the net against my chop. Very good control.

night of league competition. we know very much each other. With my new way of counterhitting all the 3 opponents that I play were very confused. Good return on the serves. With the BH, my conterhit, drive, chop, block worked very well. it was long than short, than right, than left etc. My FH attack work better. My loop worked better. Their push didn't have much Backspin as I was sending back floating ball the most of the time so it was much easier to loop or hit these push. Won the 3 game of the night. All opponent were having higher rating than me.

I concentrate on attack shot. The last game against the higher rate opponent, Near the end of each game I play more on chop and more heavy puch with s bit of backspin. He hit the ball in the net a lot. so I escape with the victory.

I star to really like these pips. Control, various shots, complement to my attack. I cannot ask for more. Can wait to play again