At the club

Switched to a new blade, the Bazelart. It's a lot like the Timo Boll Spark, same thickness, number of plies, and thickness of plies, but has at least a different top ply. The main difference is that it is faster, bringing the blade into the OFF- speed category. Switching to this blade has helped my pushing the most. I also have a bit better control on my drives/slams. This blade has a lower throw than the DE-1, so I've been putting a lot of shots into the net. I think I need to go to a faster rubber on my backhand as I'm having to put too much effort to just get the ball back over the net.

Lost to Y.Lee for a second time in the league. I have a lot of trouble against his style. When he pushes down the line to my forehand I have trouble reading how much spin is on the ball. I was looping ball long thinking there was heavy backspin sometimes and looping balls into the net because there was more spin than I was expecting. I did better later on by not giving him the push down the line, but was unable to win a game. In the end my errors when slamming caused me to lose the match. I kept dumping put away shots into the net. I also had some trouble against his topspin short serve down the line to my backhand. I couldn't get my brain to hit the left side of the ball. By the last game I was able to at least get the serve on the table. The last game was a 18-16.

Also played Nathan and lost the first game fairly badly. No spin and backspin serves to the middle of the table are a big no no against him. He would put it short and wide to my forehand and I'd be dead in the water. After avoiding those serves, I did ok against him. Missed some serves and some easy loops.