Atlchopper wrote:
I have been a chopper for 3 years now working my way up from a 1725 rating to a current 1925 rating. I reached a serious plateau not improving my 1925 skill level. I was using the typical chopper set up, the Joo Se Hyuk blade, Curl PR-1 pips, and Tenergy 80 on the FH. I absolutely hated the Joo Se Hyuk blade and the PR-1 pips! I always argued with my coaches that this set up was not good for me. The Joo Se Hyuk blade chops good but I think it loops like crap if you have a European FH loop. Also, the PR-1 pips have a dead sponge and the control is not good unless you train 5 days a week. I used countless of pips and blades hating them and spending over $5000 as an equipment junkie over the years. Then I purchased the Lissom Oversized blade and the Easy P 1.0 pips and my game has gotten way better! My chops are heavier than they were with the Joo Se Hyuk blade and the PR-1 setup. My fishes and loops are way better with the Lissom set up, and my pip junk game is back! My pip junk game aka. lifts, bumps, and side swipes were non existent with the Joo Se Hyuk/PR-1 set up. Now I am beating 2000 level players on a regular basis, and the 1800-1900 level players I used to go 5 games with I am beating them 3-0 or 3-1. So for all you choppers out there stuck with the Joo Se Hyuk blade, PR-1 pips/Feint 3 pips and just think that is the only set up out there for choppers...It's not! Try the Lissom Oversized blade and Easy P 1.0 Long pips set up it's waaayyyy better trust me I've spent over $8000 in equipment....I was lying about the $5000 before.
Matt Deane
Atl Chopper aka the Tattooed Chopper
Matt, thanks for your review.
For reference, I am currently over 1600, but beat 1700-1800 level guys often.
I have used the Easy P and loved it...VERY Much. I had it in Black 1.0mm on the Defplay. It was nice in every way and far more controlled on chops than P-1R. HOWEVER, I struggled with serve return because it was super grippy. Is your experience (with 1.0 in Red) the same? It was grippier to me than FL3...but faster. Great on push to push rallies but terrible in serve return. The grip just made it too hard for me (I know it's probably me, not the rubber)
I'm thinking that my ability to return serves is far inferior than you and BH, and that's the reason for my trouble with it. But I've found I need a certain degree of slipperiness to deal with weird sidespin serves. Strangely, the P-1R in both 1.0mm and 0.5mm is far slipperier and thus more control on service return. Funny thing is, those funky serves I only get vs. lower level guys, and rarely vs. anyone over 1700 who tend to do short serves of no-spin/underspin variation.
I want to love this rubber, because of it's awesomeness in the long game, but I have to get past the short game, and I just can't. Maybe it's the defplay? Is the lissom stiff and hard? Perhaps the VKM is closer in feel, and I have that right now as well...trying to find a good fit for that blade.
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