Your Combination

I use a Yasaka Ma Lin carbon blade and Yasaka Mark V rubbers (max thickness) on both my backhand and forehand. I am an agressive player and like very much the Yasaka products.

Blade: JZ Excalibur 5.0 (german manufacturer, made of  balsa/carbon)

rubber fh: Stag Explosive 2,2mm

rubber bh: Kokutaku Tuple 007  1,8mm

Very light and very good control with enough acceleration for attacking 

I USE MARK VM2 BOTH SIDES MAX 2.00MM

I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT RUBBER FOR MY STYLE WHICH IS LOOPING AND BLOCKING

I am an attacker

my two rubbers are stiga drive

hehehehe

what should I replace? 

Try replacing your rubbers with Mark V, Sriver EL, Skyline 3 or Hurricane 2. Or if you have a wider budget, Nittaku Hammond, Bryce, Omega or you could even try Andro\'s Plasma series.

I use a M. Maze blade, with a Mark V/Sriver El on backhand, and DHS Skyline 3 on forehand.

I've boguht a new bat . Was it worthy

JOOLA Chen-Weixing+ 2 JOOLA MAMBO classic MAX (2.1mm)

Is it a tradeoff between the thickness of the rubber and the control that you get with it ?

What is the ideal thickness if my game is more attacking and top spin is being one of the powerful weapons of mine.

which is the best blade out of this 3

BUTTERFLY PRIMORAC OFF-

FRIENDSHIP 729 HAO SHUAI CHAMPION CARBON

TIBHAR SAMSONOV ALPHA 

Butterfly VSG Twist 2 blade

Yasaka V-Stage max thickness black

Mark V  mark v 2.0mm red

blade:  Andrzej Grubba all+ FL

rubber both bh and fh:   Sriver FX 2.1 mm

 i find this combination extremely effective because i'm an agressive player but i love to play with some control.

pranav,

i understand u. in cyprus we have the same problem.ONLY READY RACKETS!!!

i HAVE DONIC WALDNER LINE 900 AND BTFLY TIMO BOLL PLATIN PLUS

Hello this is loveleen from New Delhi,India

i use STIGA BOOST TP  on  Forehand and on Backhand I use STIGA ALMANA with STIGA TUBE CARBO BLADE.

After that tournament I entered, I changed to:

Blade: Butterfly Primorac

FH: Sriver 2.1 mm

BH: Mark V 1.8 mm

 Actually I broke my racket that day in the tournament and I had to buy something cheap.

I just got my new bat today.

It is a Stiga Hybrid Wood with Yasaka Mark V 2.00mm on both sides.

I find the Yasaka Mark V's Rubbers are very spinny when there is hard contact. The Stiga Hybrid Wood is a great blade because the sweet spot is big and you get the explosive contact with the ball.

HI

         I USE A DONIC WALDNER CLASSIC 5-PLY BLADE

         SCHILDKROT SPINMAX 2.1MM

         BUTTERFLY TENERGY 2.0MM

I use a Butterfly something or other

with red pimples on one side

and shiny black stuff on the other

It is GREAT to see the this thoroughly professional website.

Thanks guys!

Hey, I just bought my new TT bat,

Blade: BalsoCarbo X5

FH: Sriver G2 2.1

BH: Cermet 1.9

Is it a good combination oO?

hi

im still using a pre made bat and it works perfectly but i dont know much about table tennis im slowely improving my knowedge

this website is a great help.

 thanx alois and jeff

jamie champion

I have a Tibhar Rapid Carbon blade and Tibhar Rapid 2.0mm rubbers on both sides.

Its a very light bat with good control on both attacking and blocking:) 

Hi Michael,

Good to know you are using Tibhar Rapid.  If from 1 to 10, how do rate it for brushing-oriented looping (more brushing, and less knocking) against the incoming heavy back-spin ball?  10 meaning fairly easy, without much consideration in terms of racquet-ball contact angle, and not needing swinging hard and vertically upward to get the ball over the net.  And 1 being very hard, and almost all attempts get to the net.

In short, is this rubber a High Throw angle Rubber (which is close to 10) or low throw (which is close to 1)?

Thanks, am considering to get one Tibhar Rapid or Rapid D-Tecs Soft.....

I use LKT Instict+

For FH : 729 Friendship FX-729

For BH : Kokutaku Taiwan Magic Rubber with seperated sponge

Blade: Timo Boll Spirit

FH Rubber: Tenergy 05

BH Rubber: Tenergy 05

It was quite expensive, but I find that it was worth every single dollar! 

I changed from Primorac with Srivers to Timo Boll Spirit with Srivers. The reason why I have Srivers on TBS is that I need to get used to the feel of the blade first before I try anything else. I know that Primorac to TBS is a big leap in terms of power, spin and technology but I am confident that I reached my potential with Primorac and need to transfer to another blade. I'll also change my rubbers from Sriver to Tenergy since I read reviews saying Sriver and Tenergy have some similar characteristics.If Tenergy will be too fast for me, I'll just do an experiment. Remove the topsheet of Tenergy and Sriver and stick the topsheet of Sriver to Spring Sponge. The reason is that Tenergy has High Tension which means that the topsheet isn't Sriver but Sriver G2. So if I replace the topsheet with Sriver, that will slow down things and still get Spring Sponge. If my experiment is a sucess, I'll write it here.

Forehand: Tibhar Nimbus Sound

Backhand: Butterfly Sriver FX

Blade: Donic Senso V2

i use

FH:Donic coppa gold

BH:Butterfly Inspirit

Blade:Xiom Stradivarus  

i get asked a lot of questions on the butterfly inspirit i use it on my back hand for people who like to smash i just have to worry about hitting the net and the angle because the heavy topspin just doesn\'t effect the rubber and its not long pimples so good for attacking to 

Hi Mario and Jackson....

 Good to know both of you are using some rubbers which I am researching...

Now to Mario... Tibhar Nimbus Sound --> how's the throw angle, high throw or low throw?  If high throw then is it very easy to loop heavy backspin balls?

Now to Jackson... Donic Coppa JO Gold --> same question above, throw angle, high or low?  If high throw then is it very easy to loop heavy backspin balls?

 Thanks in advance to both!

Thanks a lot Mario and Jackson,

Both your answers are affirmative to me because indeed, my playing style is exactly a thin brushing spin loop category.  I always play with top spin using friction brushing rather than knocking onto the ball during looping, thus I am quite glad either of the rubbers you are playing now is suitable to my style.  All the best to both of you in your experience with the equipment you have.... Thanks...

Thus, I think I might be using a combo like this..,

Blade:  Currently Butterfly Chinese Real

FH (RED) :  Donic Coppa JO (either platin or gold depending on the sponge hardness, I will go for the softer sponge considering my style of brushing spin loop)

BH (BLACK) :  Currently Friendship 729 Geospin Tacky

Got many combo\'s my main ones are

1.

Blade- Ma Lin Carbon

FH- 729-08

BH- Bryce FX

2.

Blade- YinHe Mc-2

FH- Haifu Whale II (Ma Lin\'s Forehand)

BH- Cream MRS

3.

Blade- H-WL Hurricane

FH- G666

BH- TG3 Skyline  <-(havnt tried this yet, is it good?)

All my FH rubbers are black while my BH are red

I have two bats, one for an agressive and one for defensive play.

 First bat:

Blade: Stiga Optimum Sync

FH: Donic Sonex JP Soft

BH: Stiga Innova Premium

Second bat:

Blade: Donic Cayman

FH: RITC Friendship Cream

BH: Globe long pips

Please comment on my combinations. Thanks!

hello guys im thinking of what rubbers to use...

im between donic jo platin soft  and butterfly sriver fx

the blade im going to bye is butterfy timo boll forte...

im an attacker but when needed i chop, block, lomb etc

my weapon is spin especially in serves...

which rubber do u reccomend for me... ?

Blade: Butterfly Timo Boll Tricarbon

FH: Butterfly Tenergy 64

BH: Butterfly Bryce Fx

So, what do you guyz think?

I changed by combination last week.

Blade: Butterfly Amultart

FH: Haifu Whale II

BH: Butterfly Tenergy 05

Hey,

Eric here from Mumbai, India.

Blade: Timo Boll ALC - FL

Forehand: Mark V XS Max

Backhand:; Mark V Max 

Alex

interesting combination!

I did play around with the TSP Curl P1-R once upon a time.  Do you use OX?  Pretty cool being on the junior squad, and having the opportunity to be coached by Simon!  Love watching videos of Simon's matches, and especially his 'cho'!  ;)

Style of Joo Se Hyuk?  Fantastic!  Would be fun to watch your matches too.  If I were a teenager again, I wouldn't mind trying to model my game after him.  Need a lot of fitness I expect.

Good luck!

Setup 1:

Donic Senso Appelgren Allplay (Chinese pen); FH:Donic Vario Big Slam; BH: XIOM Yanus DF

Setup 2:

XIOM Fuga (Chinese pen); FH: Andro Plasma 380; BH: JUIC 999 Elite Ultima

I'm a Chinese pen style attacker and I found that my earlier setup, with a Wang Hao blade and Hurricane 2 and Skyline 2 rubbers, was a bit heavy, and not really forgiving enough for my level. So I went totally the other way, and went for slower rubbers. The Appelgren is really light and well-balanced, and the wood is pretty soft. The Vario Big Slam feels great on it. I should probably have put the same rubbers on the other racket so that I could compare the blades. The Yanus DF feels OK on the backhand, but I'm thinking perhaps going for Vario Big Slam on both might make things easier.

I use YEO and mark v on the backhand and DHS H2 on the forehand. i like to loop on my forehand with control on the backhand

hi coach! i'm using bty korbel sk7/sriver el on fh

wonder for my BH wich one is better ; kokutaku tuple 007 vs geospin tacky

all comments are welcome.. 

Im using JAPSKO RACK NEW GENERATION. Very good racket. Love it!!!

Im using JAPSKO RACK NEW GENERATION. Very good racket. Love it!!!

Hey Alois, Jeff and PingSkill supporters,

I\'m using RITC 729 2040 Blade, DHS Neo Hurricane 2 on the forehand and Palio CJ8000 Biotech 36-38 degrees on backhand. I have an looping + counter driving/attacking style, and plays a mixture of passiveness and aggressiveness, level of aggressivness depending on the opponent and timing, but most of the time aggressive.

i dont know much about table tennis rackets

i live in china so i stick to the good chinese company(i think its called double red happiness)

Blade : Timo Boll ALC

BH : Tenergy 64

FH : Tenergy 64

For me it\'s good for serving , blocking , pushing, smashing .

I have good topspins especialy from my forehand but with this rubbers I feel a little bit ucomfortable , I can,t feel the ball . I thinck that this rubbers are too hard for me and I want to buy something softer - Andro plasma 380 or Tibhar Sinus sound . Can you help me? may be tou have some advice . What rubbers do you advice ?  ( Sorry for my ENGLISH!!! _I am not a English speaker-I am from Moldova)  

Blade: TSP Baricco Offensive

Fh: TSP superspin pips21

Bh: HurricaneIII

hi everyone, especially you guys at pingskills.com! i enjoyed a lot watching your videos - especially Alois and Brett in the exhibition. The last point beats everything...

Ah, this is a forum about the blades and the rubbers we all use. Well, ok, back in the times, when I was playing, i used this combination:

a) Stiga Johannson with both Srivers, then

b) Bfly Tamca Gergely with Srivers 2.0 (as far as i remember). It was a good blade, very quick, I liked the combination with these "hall of fame" rubbers - it gave me a lot of speed, if necessary, still being able to maintain control, i am (or i was) more of an allround player type, not too aggressive.

After i finished playing tournaments i got myself an another blade, not a carbon as Tamca, it is 

c) Bfly Mazunov OFF+ also with Srivers (I guess there wasn't any other rubber we could buy back then...). A stiff wood, very quick, but i personally think it has a wee bit more control than Tamca. Don't know, it's just how I feel about it.

Ok, so that's it... Good luck and God bless you all!

Just got my first combination racket, decided against Waldner 1000 premade, and bought Nimbus sound off blade, and Banda sigma rubber on both sides. So far very impressed

I use the Timo Boll ALC blade professionally made with Tenergy 05 rubbers

Speed = 9

spin = 9.5

control = 8.5

£181.70

I use:

fh: donic gallardo sound

bh: donic gallardo sound

blade: donic testra.

I do think that is a good combination but I want to change rubbers often cause i think that rubbers are v ery imp in the game. 

hI

I use a Joola Carbon blade

MarkV- FH and Sriver BH max thickness.

Its good to play an attacking game.

have joola mc1 blade,

buying new rubbers but at the moment i have

fh, sriver g3

bh, yasaka pride,

any other rubbers out there better for around same price

I use:

Blade:Stiga clipper wood

FH rubber:Sriga boost tx(2.2)

BH rubber:Stiga boost tc(2.2) 

I use Maze Passion OFF- as bat and Bryce FX (max.) rubbers. It's quite easy to play, you have a good speed when attacking but also when blocking. The control is great, the placement of the ball can be done quite exactly :) A great racket for allrounders but also for attackers! 

I use a cheap premade bat called DHS vespid

spin is excellent, spin is great and has power.

DHS 6512 rubbers on both sides(FH 1.5 mm sponge, BH 0.5)

all these for only P300(5 bucks!) 

My wife is learning this sport and I need help recommending which blade and rubbers I should get for her.  She plays tennis and is a bit of a "full swing" player. I would imagine a neutral / attacking blade with speedy forehand rubber and spinny back hand rubber.

By the way, I use BTY Sardius, Sriver G3 FX for forehand and Sriver G3 for backhand.

 From Thailand

Alois Rosario do you still have the Power Drive and are you will ing to sell it or trade it for another blade...thanks 

Alois Rosario do you still have the Power Drive and are you will ing to sell it or trade it for another blade...thanks 

Alois Rosario, do you still have the Power Drive and are you will ing to sell it or trade it for another blade...thanks 

i use the stiga orion. its an awesaum racket.

everything is good like its speed is the best and even the

spin and controll is very good

My first bat was GERGELY 21-FL with yasaka marV.

This was the bat my coach bought for me when i first started my training years ago, as i have no idea about rackets at that time.

my other bats:

Primorac carbon off+

LKT zebra carbon+hinoki with BH tenergy05 and FH TG Skyline 2. This is my favorite bat as it has a very soft feel considering it is has carbon and i can adjust the sweet pot to either off-,off, or off+. As for now, i like it as off- as it gives me more control, feel with lesser speed as i can have more balls getting into the table during practice. and as i progress, i can increase the speed little by little..

blade: bty primo carbon

FH:bty sriver g3

BH: bty cermet

blade: bty gergely 

FH: tenergy 05

bh: xiom vega euro 

Should I get a Schildkrot Waldner 600 bat or a Butterfly Timo Boll 500F?

I don't want any other bats, just out of these 2 thanks :D 

Blade: Holy Crown ULC (uniaxial something carbon)

Forehand: Tenergy 05 

Backhand: Boost TP (was Tenergy 05 FX until a few weeks ago)

Main set up

Blade: Timo Boll Spirit

Forehand: Tenergy 05 2.1

Backhand: Donic Baracuda 2.0

Secondary

Blade: Primorac Off-

Forehand: Tenergy 64 2.1

Backhand: Bryce Speed fx 2.1

Blade: Joola K4

FH: Sriver EL

BH: LKT Pro XP 

Blade: Timo Boll All+

Fh: Andro Hexer 1.9

Bh: Sriver El 1.9

Suits me pretty well I think, looping is just so easy with hexer :)

sorry for the mistake

imean my blade is Joola K1 

hi i'm ace from philippines. And my current setup is

Blade:Timo Boll ALC

FH:Palio Hidden Dragon(2.2mm)
BH:Donic Baracuda(2.0mm)

Hi Samad,

The bat that we have developed is the PingSkills Rook.  This is a long lasting bat that will give you excellent control and will still give you enough spin and speed to progress your strokes.  You can get it through the website under the Pre-made Table Tennis Bats section.

Hi, I am a 2 wing looper

Blade : Butterfly David Jacob Tamca 5000  Carbon (very very fast)

F.H. : Yasaka Mark V (Max)

B.H. : Yasaka Mark V (Max)

I have a...

1./TIGA blade

2.Mark V maximum black

@ 3.Mark V maximum red

.....at the moment.

sir , 

i had !
blade - primorac fl 

rubrs - forehand - coppa jo gold 
           backhand - gki spintec !!!!!!!!!!!!!

and my bat is lost !

so i hav to buy a new bat so which ply shuld i buy !

the ply shuld contain fast ness and control !!

thnk u !  

Pankaj,

I don't know enough about the different speeds.  The bat we have is the PingSkills Touch Table Tennis Bats. Both Jeff and I use this.

I've bought a timo ball spirit with Tenerfy 05-fx 2.0 thickness for FH & BH. Only played once so far and very pleased with it so far. However the backhand seems quite fast and with my other bat (Primorac with Mrak V GPS) I seem to get better control but not enough power or spin. 

I guess it is a case of practising and getting used to the new setup.  I originally did ask for 1.8 on BH but received a 2.0. Do you think I'd be better off getting it swapped?

Open yo suggestions and comments.  

Sorry for the typos.. It's a Tenergy 05-FX. 

I ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR 1.9 thickness on BH.

😃 

Steve,

I would not worry about the difference of the thickness.  Tenergy 05 is a very fast rubber.  Since you have spent the money I would take some time to get used to it.  GIve it a month.  It is a fairly big step up from the Mark V GPS.  It will take time.

my combination is a butterfly tenergy 05 for FH and stiga innova ultra light and for the blade is a butterfly BalsaCarboX5

oh ya i just bought a pingskills touch!!! i am really exited cos i live in singapore.

It's on the way...

ive just changed to xiom omega iv europe on forehand and xiom vega europe on backhand, on a xiom diva blade off-.  really nice to play topspins with. i used to use yasaka pryde which i also love. but the xioms are another level.

Blade:primorac fl attacking -

Rubbers: Donic Coppa gold

Blade: Joola Carbon
http://www.apexsportspune.com/shop/joola-carbon

Rubbers: Joola Express 2 (BH/FH)

Skill: Intemediate

Age: 30

Hi Alois Rosario, please suggest about my combo.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Niraj

Woah its being so long since I last commented on this! As an update, I've changed my bat to DHS 4-Stars Bat, with Hurricane Neo 2 for my backhand and Neo 3 for my forehand. A very darn offensive bat!

I use Donic Epox Offensiv (OFF - ) Blade

Donic Akkadi Taichi 2.0mm on my FH (great rubber at serving with amazing rotation also during game, but not really fast...)

Tibhar VariSpin DTecS 2.0mm on my BH (good rubber for spin/rotation game but you can also play fast rockets :))

frame: butterfly mazunov off+

fh: sriver 1.5mm

bh: friendship ritc 802  1.5mm

i use DHS hurricane 2 and DHS X 4002

i use stiga allround classic WRB and DHS hurricane III neo FH

                                                   DHS Skyline III BH

but i find the hurricane to be too slow so i mostly use the skyline as my forehand and the hurricane is great for BH beacause of its control

Hey guys,

At the Moment I use Donic Schildkröt Carbotec 50 of blade with Donic Schildkröt Energy QRC rubbers with 2,1 mm sponge, but I'm going to change to tibhar speedy spin FX premium of-with 2,1 mm sponge. I think they are  good rubbers to make very spinny topspins, because the rubbers have very much friction, so it's very easy to counter the spin of your enemy, and you can generate your own spin. also it haves a very soft sponge, so you can make a very Arcuated fly path. And when you buy it with 2,1 mm sponge, you can Get also a lot of speed on your attacking strokes. i can just recommend it!

Hello,

I have a Donic Appelgren blade, with Yasaka Mark V GPS rubber 2.0 thickness on both sides.

Not yet played with! Does anyone have info on the difference between the Yasaka Mark V and the GPS version?

thx

Blade: Butterfly Lejumu

FH: Dhs Hurricane Neo 3

BH: Donic Jo Platin Soft

I use PingSkills Touch with Mark V. Great Bat!!

i bought a pre-made bat because in india table tennis is not very popular and separate rubbers and blades are not available here. even butterfly bats are not available in the capital of the country - New Delhi. So i bought a Stiga Revtech bat with Stiga EVO rubber on both BH & FH. (speed 82, spin 87, control 52). at first it was difficult to adjust to these rubbers as i used a slow rubber before, and these rubbers were really bouncy ones so the ball went really fast, but now i successfully adjusted to the rubbers and have improved a lot using this combination.

I use Zoola Carbon blade. I have Yasaka phantom 008 rubber on my backhand- long pimple and i have Yasaka Mark-v on my forehand. Helps me a lot

@Aseem Aggarwal ....need a review on ur combination..i plan to purchase da same..will u ??

contact me on
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@Aseem Aggarwal ....need a review on ur combination..i plan to purchase da same..will u ??
joola carbon + mark V 's
if anybody can help....

contact me on
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NeverBaus a Long pimple China rubber - expensive shit.

Blade: Butterfly Balsa Carbo X5

FH: Yasaka Rakza 7

BH: Yasaka Mark V

Is this a good combo for offensive play with decent defense? Please suggest

Now i play Rosskopf smash with techno expert on both sides. (1,8 mm)

Blade: Dawei Crystal Carbon

Rubbers: FH: Dawei 388A-4

              BH: Dawei 388A-4

is this a decent combitation?

Blade: Stiga Offensive Classic Carbon

FH: Siga Calibra Lt Spin

BH: Stiga Calibra Lt Spin

Great blade, great rubber!

Blade: Banda
Rubber Fh: Yuki Tamasu Tokyo
Rubber Bh: Calibra LT Sound

well i have a tibhar nimbus as my forehand rubber and a butterfly flextra as my backhand!

hi, 

now im still using my timo boll blade with tenergy 05 and butterfly tackifire

but i want to buy a donic epox blade with tenergy 25 rubber...

i dont know it suitable or not...

I use TSP Award All and Tibhar Volcaninon both sides with 2,0 mm

I think about buying an Hurricane 3 on my forehand.

Hey mr.Bean :DD

My tip is when you buy an epox Blade, dont buy tenergy 25, buy tenergy 64. Epox is a Kind of fast blade, so its better With tenergy 64 they are really fast. thats for your backhand. on your forehand buy a DHS Hurricane 3. so you can play very fast and spinny and with the hurricane you have excellent controll.

I use for my rubber forehand stiga mendo energy and for my backhand donic coppa jo gold and my blade donic appelgren Allplay

my blade is tibhar champ

I use some V3Tec blade with carbon tube..and my rubber is Butterfly Wakaba on both sides 1.8mm=very good spin

I just buyed a new rubber Inn my forehand, tenergy 05

i don't have one yet, but i think i'll use

Blade---- primorac FL

FH Rubber----- donic bluefire m1

BH rubber------ donice bluefire m1

any other suggestions for me?

i'm an aggressive attacher that smashes (FH) whenever i can

I like very spinny serves and i rely very much on speed

Joola carbon with yasaka mark v both the sides and any suggestions ??

I have two bats. 

blade: stiga offensive wood nct

fh: stiga boost tx

bh: stiga carbo mc 

a faster bat.

blade: stiga offensive tube wrb

fh: stiga boost tx

bh: stiga boost tc

I use a

Blade: 729-6010

Fh: Stiga evo

bh: RITC Tackspeed 2000

Here is my combination which I am using at the moment:

Blade: Pingskills touch

FH: Xiom vega pro

BH: Xiom vega Europe

I had vega pro on both sides at one point, but I found the vega pro a bit too fast for my backhand, so I went to a slightly slower rubber.

I have also used the following rubbers:

Blade: Pingskills touch

FH: Lion 505 (pingskills rook) I have tried to buy some more of these rubbers, but I can not find any on the internet.

BH: Also Lion 505

I highly recommend this last set for beginners, very good control, with enough power to get you started.

I then upgraded to mark v on both BH and FH. After that I upgraded to Xiom rubbers^^

If anyone wants to get the Lion 5 Star rubbers let us know.

Rubbers and blades matter but not alot. You need something that complements your style of game, this will work to your strengths. I think the most common rubbers are sriver i used to use them a long time ago. Srivers are a safe bet but it comes down to practice practice and more practice.

Does not matter what you are using if you can't keep the ball on the table. Steddy players who don't make much mistakes are the hardest to play because the rarely give you a free point. Practice practice and a passion for table tennis is what will make you a better player not the latest best blades and rubbers. Work your way up slowley with your equipment choice and you should be able to use many combinations.

Hey fellow ping pong players I use Andro Hexer hd rubbers i find them awsome. My blade is a Donic Ovtcharov carbo speed blade its totally brilliant. I find this combination awsome Like Bruce Lee it packs a very mean punch. Most of all i like the controll factor with my blade and rubber.

BLADE - BTY TIMO BOLL SPIRIT

FORE BTY TENERGY 64 2.1

BACK BTY ROUNDELL 2.1

Blade: Stiga Active

Fore: Stiga Evo

Back: 729 RITC 2000 Tackspeed

I use a cnstt (not a popular brand but play really well) ABS9929 Blade and Tin Arc 3 for FH and hurricane 2 for BH

Ready made bat of Stag Ninja Attack .

Hi

Blade:TIMO BOLL SPIRIT FL

FOREHAND:SRIVER MAX SPONGE

 BACKHAND: SRIVER FX 2.1 M.M

I am going to buy tenergy 80 or 05 rubbers this summer.lol!!

hey ive changed my combos into tibhar nimbus as backhand, donic sonex jp as my backhand and tibhar champ's my blade

Blade: 729 premade

fh: Milky Way sun

bh: Apollo 1

I still have the Donic Ovtcharov blade and the Andro hexer hd rubbers. I am very happy with them. All I will do now is when needed buy new Hexer hd's. This combination has been easy for me to control and has given me some frightening power-spin.

Remember to have two bats in case one breaks or something happens to it. They must be very similar in the way they perform, so you can keep good rhythm. Control is the most important factor in a blade power and spin comes last. If you can't control your blade-rubbers you will make unforced-forced errors. Get the ball on the table use good accuracy then you can slowly upgrade your bats.

I have never seen anyone use what i use but it is my ultimate combo.

2 rackets:

1 Butterfly Innerforce ALC

1 Xiom Hayabusa ZX

Both With

FH Xiom Tau 2.15m

BH Xiom sigma Euro 1

Blade:Bty Michael Maze
FH:Xiom Omega Asia
Bh:JO Silver 

:)

Hey jake is xiom omega a good attacking rubber

Blade: Zhang jike

Forehand: hurricane3 neo 

Backhand: tenergy 80 (awesome)

jOOLA CLASSIC MAMBO ON BACKHAND AND BUTTERFLY TENERGY 05 ON FOREHAND

Currently using a Re-Impact balsa blade, with Juic 999 CHN on f/h (1.5), & Donic Akkadi L2 long pips on b/h (0.6).

Very responsive setup, with good feel thru the balsa blade. The blade feels 'soft' in short play, but the catapult effect really kicks in when you start looping/attacking. Many gears, good combo for defensive player.

Don't need 2mm rubbers on these blades, as control suffers, plus it adds extra weight.

The lightness of this setup really helps blocking, enabling fast movement of the blade, encouraging shorter, quicker movements.

Highly recommended.

I use mark v for f/hand joola smart for b/hand on joola carbon. 

it gives good control, speed and spin

i saw one video on youtube the owner of a zhang jike szlc with tenergy 80 on both sides being modified which the only thing he is doing is destroying it not modifiying it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5sqgbLc8gs

I had a budget of £100 GBP so I've gone for:

Timo Boll Forte off - Blade

Sriver G3FX - FH

Sriver L Rev - BH

.....and still had change for fish and chips on the way home!

Has anyone else got this combo?

Not yet used it...tomorrow will be the first time, so, fingers crossed!

is there a 2.2 mm sponge???

Bat:Butterfly scorna

fh:sriver fx

bh:sriver fx

I am going to buy xiom vega pro or tenergy can someone help

I use Petr Butterfly Korbel Fl 

what rubbers should i use

I suggest Yasaka Pryde or Vega Pro.

 blade:zhang jike fl

FH:tenergy 80

BH: bryce speed

Hi coach

is Yasaka Pryde

good for blocking and flicking??

Right now my two rubbers are stiga drive

Were in the same boat Adam 

Hi Andrew,

Pryde is quite a fast rubber.  It will be a big step up from the Drive.  May be better to go for Mark V first.

i use 

BLADE-Butterfly Jonyer H2(fl)

FH Rubber-Butterfly Bryce Speed

BH Rubber-Donic Sonex JP Gold

 is it a good combination 

pls review it

Hi I just wanted to ask for your opinion guys. I am planning to make Donic Baracuda as my forehand and acuda s2 as my backhand. I am going to use a butterfy gergely alpha as my wood. Would it be a good combination? By the way my style is that I like to hit hard instead of brushing, My body is also a bit stiff in most of my strokes, thanks :)

Maybe others can help you out with this one.

Thanks Sir Alois, i'm looking forward for the response of others :)

Hey Wayne,

Well, Barracuda is a rubber made for spin, so if you don't brush, but instead like flatter and harder hitting, I honestly don't think this is the rubber for you. I think you would much better enjoy a Bluefire M1, Bluefire JP 01, Acuda S1 Turbo, or better yet Coppa X1 Turbo Platinum on your forehand.

Cheers,
Sam

Also, to answer the original question, I currently use STIGA Rosewood V FL with STIGA Calibra Tour S in max thickness, on both sides.

I like Rosewood V because it's a premium blade, not too heavy, featuring an all wood construction, consistently weighing in at 83 grams with the very comfortable FL handle, providing very good speed, but not at the expense of control. But the area where it shines is the feel - it is so smooth, plush, yet connected. It is by far my favourite blade in 20 years of playing ping pong.

I also very much like the new Calibra Tour S rubbers because they use a soft sponge (that's where the S comes from), which offers better control than harder sponges, but unlike other soft sponge rubbers, it is still very fast and powerful. It also features a new type of top sheet using nano technology, which looks matt, almost like an used rubber, but it is very grippy and spinny despite the look.

Besides the speed, the spin and the control, as a bonus, the sound it makes on ball impact is just awesome ;)

Also, from a purely practical point of view, the matt top surface seems to collect waaay less dust compared to the shiny top surface rubbers, so I can play for longer without wiping my bat and I also don't feel the need to use protecting sheets all the time.

That's it from me.

Cheerios,
Sam

My Racket:

Blade: Donic EPOX power all-round blade

forehand rubber: DHS Hurricane 3 neo

backhand rubber: Donic blue fire M1

Is this a good combination ? please tell me so i could change my rubber at once because i am having a tournament 

Hi Wisley,

They are all good quality equipment.  Without seeing you play it is impossible to know if it is right for you.  We always get players to focus more on their training than their equipment because this is far more critical to making improvements.

Thanks for telling me i was thinking about changing my forehand rubber to donic rubber because it has more spin!

Hey there,

Blufire M1 is one of the fastest and spiniest rubbers out there (and definitely the fastest and spiniest rubber that Donic makes.

I highly recommend it for your forehand.

Cheers,

Sammy

can any one suggest me a good  combination currently im using a premade racket bt i want to buy a new custom made racket and my budget is around 30 to 35 $

I don't know anything that fits that budget speciffically, but a rather cheap set-up that I highly recommend is Donic Epox Topspeed blade (one of the cheapest woods Donic makes, but very fast and with great feel), and pair it with any soft and spinny OFF rubbers...

Cheers,

Sam

Thanks   fr advice sammy serea ill chose that blade wid two mark 5 rubbers or a sriver nd mark 5

You're welcome!

Hi coach,

My Racket:

Blade: hallmark aurora

forehand: butterfly tackiness 2.0mm

backhand rubber: dr.neubareur allround premium

is that anyway to improve my forehand looping by using a rubber which work well with balsa wood? any recommend? the aurora forehand make me so difficult to brush the ball/topspin like before.

Thanks

I would try a little faster rubber like Mark V.

Thanks Alois! you've helped me alot!

(y)

I am a Chinese new penal-style player,and I use a STIGA nano OC bat.

Forehand rubber: HurricaneIII

Backhand rubber: YASAKA zap

This bat's thickness is 5.8mm, and it is very light,only 82g. This offensive bat is very powerful both near the table and far away from the table. It is of very good control. What a nice bat. I love her.

I've updated my rubbers to Bluefire M1 and Bluefire JP01 from Calibra Tour S on both sides, using the same Rosewood NCT V Legend blade...

Setup is now a lil' heavier, but still quite maneuvrable, but the harder blue sponge allows me to play aggressively even at mid distance which is my preffered position...

Cheerios,

Sam

I use a

donic waldner 700-VARI SLICK

and also a yuki

I use Ma Lin extra Offensive with DHS Hurricane 2 neo on FH and Xiom  Omega Asia on back

I also use Rosewood V and LKT rapid speed and Reactor thunder on BH as a back up 

Both are in penhold

I use a 729 c-3 all++ blade 

fh: xiom sigma I euro

bh: 729 super fx!!!

I have a butterfly primorac off- Blade and want to put some all round controlled rubbers on it. It will be used by an intermediate league player who wants to slow down his attacking play and get more shots on the table by practising slow looping and controlled topspin shots.

I was thinking maybe Yasaka mark v 1.8 or Sriver 1.9.

They would be suitable rubbers for good control and still be able to generate enough spin.

my only blade is btyprimorac carbon fl. i love it but i have alot of rubbers and use all of them. it mostly depends who i am playing with. i have tenergy 80, yasaka pryde. yasaka m5, xiom veg pro, andro rasant, dhs h3 neo. i usually use the vega pro with dhs hr neo.

I use

Blade: butterfly photino

Forehand rubber(red): hurricane 3 neo

Backhand rubber(black): tenergy 05-fx

blade: donic burn

fh: yasaka rakza 7 soft max

bh; xiom omega IV elite max

Hi coach please suggest me if I am wrong with my forehand/backhand rubber which I am using, or if any of my data(my interception has any flaw)

I am no expert but my suggestion might work out for new players

I have tried different combination: (I am 24 years old started playing 2 years back when I was 22) I am just jotting down all the styles which I have played for more than 1 month as I have done many other combinations which did not work out so I have not enlisted them.

I think this might help the new players to choose their racket.(Ply, FH and BH)

If you are playing aggressive games use a spin rubber(eg: Mark V, Siber, GKI Hybrid......) in forehand and a hard rubber like (Adidas, Coppa gold<preferable>,.....)

If you feel than you are not good with your backhand or if you are not able to use your racket against the spin services I will suggest to use Pimple rubbers/ Anti rubber.

Users can start with Super Anti or Yasaka Anti (Not Pimples), but I will suggest of using of Phantom007 and not the others(Phantom 008/009/011)  rubbers it lets the user to counter attack and even it reduces the spin attack.

I will say using Sticky rubber wont be solving your problems in backhand, but using pimples(long/short) in back hand and sticky rubbers in fore hand it might let you to a better position with various spin attack. Even using Mark V or Coppa Gold in forehand provides a window of opportunity for attacking.

For the pimple user I will suggest Coppa Gold which generates less spin than the Mark V, as it has a very good punch. When you use Anti/Pimple rubbers it generates backspin and when pushed by opponent provides an oppurtunity to hit the ball hard

-------------- Attacking rubber on both sides----------------

1. FH: Mark V   BH: Siver FL  Ply: GKI Euro Classic  (Did not suite)

2. FH: Mark V   BH: Mark V  Ply: GKI Euro Classic  (Did not suite)

------------ Pimples in Back hand-------------------------------------------------

3. FH: Mark V   BH: Phantom007 Ply: GKI Euro Classic

(Suited game- Phantom007 changed my style but its very effective in long run even slow topspin can be generated but it misses the jabbing capability and also countering can't be done)

4. FH: Coppa Gold BH:Phantom007 Ply: GKI Euro Classic

(Suited & game performance enhanced because of the punch in Coppa gold)

5. FH: Coppa Gold BH:Phantom007 Ply: Yasaka Carbon ply- All rounder (Suited game performance enhanced as the rubber suited the ply)

6. FH: Coppa Gold BH: Akkadi Ply Yasaka Carbon ply- All rounder

(Suited - Akkadi is good for backhand flat and jab the chop is nice but needs more control, as it tend to generate backspin resulting in more flight in the ball, it was easy to move from Phantom007 to Joola Octopus and Saviga Vbut Akkadi takes a little time to adjust, it is much dangerous than any other pimples in its class and even it out classes Joola Octopus)

7. FH: Coppa Gold BH: Joola Octopus Ply: Yasaka Carbon ply- All rounder (Suited game performance enhanced)

8. FH: Coppa Gold BH: Joola Octopus Ply: Donic Waldner All play

(Suited game performance enhanced drastically- Octopus is a good rubber but its just hyped- it is just like Phantom007 even while hitting the ball, the top spin generated is too low. It is just a costly version of Phantom with a little more grip on the ball)

9. FH: Siver EL       BH: Saviga V       Ply: Donic Waldner All play

(Suited, improved my top spin but missing the punch in the fore hand, for my backhand Saviga V might be cheap but its a very good rubber better than Octopus while attacking the opponent and good for chopping near the table as well pushing the ball and hitting hard on the flight and chop balls- can generate slow top spin with punch, it even absorbes the spin very nicely leaving with the spin-less ball to play)

Alex/Jeff,

Here are my two combinations:

1. Yasaka Extra Special with Rakza7 soft 2.0 on both sides

2. Andro Super Core Cell Off+ with T05 Max on FH and Donic Coppa Gold on BH

I'm looking to change my rubbers on Andro Super Core. Have decided rakza7 soft for BH. But still not sure about FH. How will be Andro Rasant 2.0? On FH I'm more of a mid distance topspin player.

Thanks 

Hi Rohit,

I like the feel of Rasant.

Hi Alex,

Let me be more specific to extract more from you :-)

Currently I have T05 max on my FH on Andro super core cell off+, which I want to change. I want the new rubber to be more of less same as T05 but with a lower throw angle and a bit more control (and ofcource a bit cheaper than T05). Does Rasant solve this purpose? If you have any other suggestions, please share.

Thanks

The rubber that I liked and use at the moment is XIOM Vega Pro.  I think it fits into all of those criteria.

Thanks Alois for your prompt responces as always.

Hi there,

I guess some update for Jeff's initial answer would be a good idea, since that's the first one you read, and it is not dated. Not being aware of how old that thread was, I have been quite surprised when I saw him mentioning playing with speed glue !

J-B.

Hi Jean,

Good point. I have now updated my original answer to say that I am now using the PingSkills Touch with Xiom Vega Pro.

I use Yasaka Mark V on both sides.

I use tibhar quantum on both sides.

I use Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit FL blade and Vega Pro on FH and Tibhar Sinus on BH.