Oioioi
06-13-2008, 03:18 PM
Hello everybody,
This is my first post here so I'll quickly give you some background info. I know VERY little about pingpong equipment and pingpong lingo, but I'm not a beginner in terms of playing. I've played for fun pretty much my entire life, and while I lived in China (7 years), I played almost daily. So, I'm a recreational player and I'm certainly not THAT good, but I'm not a beginner either.
I already have a blade since many years and I like it a lot (it's a gift from a good friend and I really want to continue using it). It's a "Butterfly TAKSIM Acrolate-CARBON." What I need is some new rubber and sponge for both sides of this pad, and I was hoping that someone here could give me some expert advice. I want to spend as little as possible on this but still get something halfway decent, and it would be especially nice if I could purchase everything online. I live in the UK (Liverpool).
I play "pen-style" using both sides of the pad (like Ma Lin plays). I THINK that I'm an aggressive player (perhaps I'm an allround player, but I'm certainly not defensive). I like to stand relatively close to the table (but not "hang" over it) and hit the ball with "top spin" on both forehand and backhand (I do not do "loops"). I seldom use "fancy" spins. I "cut" or use "backspin" on my forehand (if I can't attack) but really seldom on the backhand side of the pad (on the backhand I would only do this over the table or if the ball is really far out on my backhand). If I need to "cut" on the backhand side and it's not over the table or very far out on the left (I'm right handed), I'd normally try to use the forehand side of the pad (I can do this since I play "pen style"). On my backhand, I usually try attack (or "semi attack") with a lot of "topspin"
I realize that this description the terminology I'm using is super ridiculous, but I hope that you can at least imagine (roughly) how I play. If you have some suggestions of rubber (and sponge) that you think would fit this style (and my old "TAKSIM"), I'd be really grateful.
Cheers,
Magnus
This is my first post here so I'll quickly give you some background info. I know VERY little about pingpong equipment and pingpong lingo, but I'm not a beginner in terms of playing. I've played for fun pretty much my entire life, and while I lived in China (7 years), I played almost daily. So, I'm a recreational player and I'm certainly not THAT good, but I'm not a beginner either.
I already have a blade since many years and I like it a lot (it's a gift from a good friend and I really want to continue using it). It's a "Butterfly TAKSIM Acrolate-CARBON." What I need is some new rubber and sponge for both sides of this pad, and I was hoping that someone here could give me some expert advice. I want to spend as little as possible on this but still get something halfway decent, and it would be especially nice if I could purchase everything online. I live in the UK (Liverpool).
I play "pen-style" using both sides of the pad (like Ma Lin plays). I THINK that I'm an aggressive player (perhaps I'm an allround player, but I'm certainly not defensive). I like to stand relatively close to the table (but not "hang" over it) and hit the ball with "top spin" on both forehand and backhand (I do not do "loops"). I seldom use "fancy" spins. I "cut" or use "backspin" on my forehand (if I can't attack) but really seldom on the backhand side of the pad (on the backhand I would only do this over the table or if the ball is really far out on my backhand). If I need to "cut" on the backhand side and it's not over the table or very far out on the left (I'm right handed), I'd normally try to use the forehand side of the pad (I can do this since I play "pen style"). On my backhand, I usually try attack (or "semi attack") with a lot of "topspin"
I realize that this description the terminology I'm using is super ridiculous, but I hope that you can at least imagine (roughly) how I play. If you have some suggestions of rubber (and sponge) that you think would fit this style (and my old "TAKSIM"), I'd be really grateful.
Cheers,
Magnus