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If your goal IS to BEAT high ranked loopers,you need to have a balanced setup ,more inclined to fh atacks when possible.The era of living off the pips/ anti performance only IS over.

I understand many forum members who use off blades to maximise both fh and pip play.However,I find it really difficult to understand how they can get consistency with such fast combos .

In my experience all round plus IS more than enough unless I use a very show pip on an off blade.

I watched very many matches where Manika Batra sent a lot of balls long missing the table,others where the trajectory from her Grass dtechs was way too high - even at an amateur level,these blocks WERE too high,let alone at a pro level.

I ONLY understand a fast Blade with a slowish pip.....just to set Up your game and twiddle or pívot for a hand attack .

I also understand the views by Diego,Carels and Ttbuddy.: Control on the pips to set Up your game Then,my theory IS right.No need for expensive pips ,even P1v for chopping is way less effective than P1r.Tell you what? No wonder many pros change the sponge and use the old p1r's.

I get your view. For me I play with a very slow anti. If use a slow blade, ball won't go over the net.

But you also need a blade that enables you to put enough pressure on your opponents with an attack. Usually high rank loopers are also good a blocking or counterattacking when you give weak attacks.

For me it's always a balance between enabling a good Fh and finding a sweetspot for control with the anti or long pips. That's where the blade plays a huge roll.



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After this last comment I can imagine many people will get angry or will start to say that you are not right. But I’m not this kind of person, totally the oposite, I like to give the people the benefit of doubt because maybe you are right, and maybe at some point I will need to change it or not. Let say, for now is a 50/50 coin that is on the air.

But I like challenges and learn all the time, then I will try to find a really cheap and good setup and I will test it and post it in my next YT video. Then maybe I will learn something and hopefully the content will be interesting for somebody that don’t want to spend a lot of money in a racket and want good quality.

Thanks for you comments.

Regards.

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My comments are based on experience with TM .Also, ask Mr Arata, who used Tm for a while.No wonder he is using Viper soft or desperado now.He stopped using it for a reason >> Decent at everything, excelling at nothing.I admit, I was caught up by the hype at the time .

My guess is that if a new pip should excel at blocking,it must be tensor, soft and with a great dampening effect.At present,the best pip for that is Giant Dragon NT but it is hard to get and expensive.

I never use TM but hear that is a all round LP. This is good or bad, it depends of the hands and what you need. I prefer Desperado Reloaded.

Cheap?? You can buy a XVT ALC Dragon (seems similar to Matador Texa Carbon but too little for my taste), AK47 Blue and Globe 979 OX

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