OOAK Table Tennis Forum

Thanks, Redspot, that's an interesting view. I have a Nittaku Shake Defense blade somewhere, but I like lighter blades. But maybe I should dig that blade out and try it out with the BT. (One thing about the Bomb Talent: it IS slippery, at least the tips. It's the sides of the pips that have high friction.)

I'm wondering, also, what the forum name is of the guy you're talking about on the Noppen Test forum. I know what he looks like from the video reviews those guys post here and at Noppen Test (usually the guy who posts those videos is Croudy, but his signature has double-inverted). I love the way the guy who tests the pips plays (and have watched many of his reviews, including the review of the BT), but I don't know his forum name.

One of the problems I can also see with BT is the no spin rallies against LP or even SP.At the moment my old DG is slow and almost zero friction and works fantastic on the Grubba.I got a training partner that has been using BT for years a on a Joola Tony Hold.Lots of control and his BT is really worn down after 3 years of use .Well,.... I like training no spin rallies with him and with my DG pushes and sideswipes he finally ends up sending the ball off the table .

Therefore,you can just imagine what will happen if you use a newish BT against LP rallies.Chances are you will lose the point for sure unless you twiddle.

Alternatively,you can put the tip of the blade face down and make an upward movement lifting the ball ,just enough to go over the net .In this way ,you avoid pop-ups and just return the ball deep into their bh.

Interesting - I always use a glue sheet. Amazing to hear it made such a difference, and sounds promising. Do you have any video footage of you playing? Would be great to see some action shots of the BT in action!

Have much pleasure of yours.

The black rubber is LP sitting on Two (?) Three (?) Four (?) sticky sheets beneath.
He is a citizen of France. He is a prodigy of long pips play.

/Be happy/

For anyone who's interested, I tried re-attaching my Bomb Talent using a glue sheet tonight, and the problems I was having against heavy underspin serves vanished. If anything, my impression is that the glue sheet gives the rubber a bit more of a disturbing effect. That's what I'm seeing after one practice session. More to come, I guess.