Blog entries from garwi

New blade

garwor — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:50:58 +0100

It's like new beginning, new blade come. Donic Waldner Carbon Senso V1, my first carbon blade. I played with some chinese borrowed one carbon for some time, but this one is mine. Intentionally bought this slow one, dont want to switch to fast one, consistency is my key concept, speed is less important. Measuring weight, balance, trying wrist bh to check balance. Making contact with equipment. Handle is st, but it's actually quite circle, better than I expected. It's relatively stiff, but not ...

high balls and equipment

garwor — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:23:09 +0100

Really really annoying thing. Most people now even not trying to play with me, just push or wrist chop anything I sent to them, it comes as high back spin, and I cant make it over the net, it's always around half of net, although I almost dislocate shoulder during my loop. Was on tournament today, where all players had only two shots, push with occasional fh loop, of course all with off blades and tenergy class rubbers. Although I have all possible shots for attacker, seems that my equipment ...

Tenergy

garwor — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:22:27 +0100

It happened. Why to be only one who didn't try tenergies. Friend bought two new sheets and offered me his old ones, T05 2.1mm to try. These are 1.5 years old, glued at least 100 times with both old and new glue, sponge is very damaged due to removing glues, probably 20-30% of sponge is missing, rubber is also very old and not shinny, you can see all pips...but it plays like hell :)

I played with same rubbers before, but never on my current Perkosan blade. Blade is very heav...

Curse

garwor — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:39:46 +0100

I have enormous oscillations during play. I can play very good first two sets and then easily lost next three. Or I usually play better on tournament in the beginning and then play terrible bad 5-th or 6-th match, being unable to attack or return simple push. I understand that other players also oscillate sometimes, but nobody so much as me. Wooden legs, uncomfortable grip, bad feel in back, missing or hitting with bat edge almost 50% of incoming balls, panic move for push...are some of...

Season 2

garwor — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:43:48 +0100

It's now approximately one year since I joined small club in last division. My expectations in the beginning were big. But, it was tense year, during which we lost coach, club, players and probably possibility to use sport hall, due to some political revenge (amazingly, it's possible even in so minor area like is last division club). But I improved my game definitely although not to level I expected. I learned new shot - flat kill and I really enjoy it, slightly improved block, but los...

hard times

garwor — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:51:27 +0100

Seems there are classes of balls I cant return:

- chop

- push

- topspin with little of spin

- topspin with lot of spin

- high balls

- slow balls

- fast balls

- ball from block higher than 10 cm

classes of players I have lot of troubles with:

- beginners

- intermediate

- advanced

- people with chinese rubbers who never loop or chop

- taxi drivers

classes of...

I broked my second bat

garwor — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:59:16 +0100

I knew it will happen. Again same situation, high balls, and all smashes into net or too long... I lost my nerves ant hit bat into ground, this blade is of obviously better quality, so it is only deformed on top of head, previous one was totaly destroyed.

Now I dont have blade, but also I think I dont have wish for playing, why playing if it brings more anger than joy...? Some break definitely will come. Maybe I'll switch to fishing or chess...

I broked my bat

garwor — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:43:00 +0100

I've always been proud of my fh flat kill/smash, even from bh side, after opening loop. But in last two months it became my weakest point, dont know how and why, there was some experiment with slightly harder rubber, but I switched back to usual rubber, but the problems continued. I'm jumping around and looping till high ball come, then I hit it into net/long/even wide, and all this makes me very angry, because looks that anyone who just sends high balls can beat me. And it actually happens :...