ok so as you already know you go out there to the world and get all lies and marketing and fluffy fluff.
and then you get tired of all this and you come to pingpongclassics and get the hard cold truth.
so it turns out everybody out there is talking endlessly about the dhs w968, w997, hurricane long v blades.
they say they are so fast and so for super advanced players and uncontrollable expect if you play like ma long.
ok let's start by the first thing.
most pro players in china don't use w968 or w997.
they use butterfly viscaria.
you would think since ma long is the best and he uses w968 then this blade would be more difficult to control than viscaria, more powerful, etc.
only for super advanced players.
well this is not true.
compared to butterfly viscaria the dhs wxxx/hlv blades are almost beginner blades.
not if you compare a 85g viscaria with a 95g w968.
but if you are lucky and get a 93, 94g viscaria you will see the difference with the dhs blades.
speed -> the dhs w968 w997 hurricane long v blades are like half the rebound speed of a powerful viscaria or tbs, tbalc, etc.
of course you'll go and loop hard and say "oh this w968 is so powerful".
it's not that the blade is powerful, you are hitting hard so you are using your own power.
you could loop with a 5 ply allround blade and you'd get the same speed.
spin -> the difference in spin is quite big too.
viscaria or any of the butterfly composites have much much more spin than the wxxx blades.
with this I include blades like zjk zlc, super zlc, mizutani, boll zlc, etc.
basically all the blades that have composite as 2nd layer.
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so maybe this is one of the secrets of ma long after all.
he didn't go more power, more speed, more everything in order to overcome his opponents.
he went down.
he went to more control, slower speed, better short game, more safety.
this is what w968 is.
it feels like a 5ply blade.
now imagine this + chinese rubbers on both sides.
the control of his paddle must be extraordinary.
blocking is much easier with w968 than viscaria.
counterlooping too.
same thing for pushing, serving, etc.
it's one of the safest blades out there.
probably even has more control than a stiga clipper.
the counter side is there is less power and spin.
but I guess he counters this adding more booster to the dhs rubbers.
true, but speed and spin are different from power in TT theory. CNT teaches 3 factors and the reason is that a faster rebound disallows for direct transfer of power. the power of the shot becomes mostly due to speed and spin. with a more linear equipment such as hurricane or the clipper-based DHS W series, particularly given the wood design is heavier, it will allow for more power to be imparted as impact force or impulse. With the exception of flatter, drive-type shots, fast carbon composites will not be as powerful in this respect. for pro level, this is more important than powerful drives and smashes and also why more top male pros opt for ALC than ZLC. the only exception are JP but they are mostly speed loopers and counter drivers vs power looping anyway
ReplyDeleteI've ever tried 3 different weight of Viscaria and the heaviest one give a most powerful topspin. so hard to get a 93gram indeed.
ReplyDeleteNonsense and idiot review
ReplyDeleteThe writer's brain must have fill with dog shit