Losing Month

This month my performance getting down or others become better. I lost to many person that i had won before such as hazlee, matnor, syed and zafir. May be equipment factor get my mind set not strong enough. I have to forget about equipment and just do the best with current equipment or setup. The most important is technics and confidence. I felt that EL was slow and dead on my forehand. so I change it to Nittaku hurricane3 again, but this equipment is too soft and springy that make my shot off the table. Hoever it is good for chop. I dont want to go backward again to this chopping style.
Last night kind of try and error lesson for equipment and setup. So far I think sriver G2/EL is my best setup untill I got new equipment.

game
vs mie jkr(2-2)
-EL/G2

vs syed(2-3)
-EL/G2

vs zafir(2-3)
-g2/NH3

Chinese Loop

Last night I try some chinese loop. Ball went fast & spinnier. Some were of the table. I felt ackward when applied this stroke. May be it's a beginning.
Played double it was ok using TBS sriver EL/G2. We won 2-1 in double. Backhand loop kill very effective however need to work on slow ball.

When playing single, I start to feel bad about my stroke. Forehand and backhand didnot get what I used to be. The only good thing is forehand loop against backspin. For backhand Sriver G2 good for chop and block only.

vs Mie JKR (2-3)
- serve to forehand, made me confuse whether to attack or play save. Mostly I choose to play save. My stroke mostly gave no spin ball. It was good tactics against him but how about with others. Ive got to try more spinny loop.

vs Mie sulong( 1-4)
-I did not get 3d ball kill anymore.
-He still got 3rd ball kill. Need to improve on serve return. Usually I attack his serve, but now he serve low and short.
- I hardly had chance to attack.

setup
TBS EL/G2

Another Try for TBS sriver EL/G2 Setup

Sriver EL feel very good for backhand. Control, loop and attack are getting better. However I have to change it to forehand for more spin on forehand. Sriver G2 is good for everything except for spin. Sriver G2 on backhand is faster but less control. Im going to stay for this setup for a while to improve my forehand spin, short/fast attack and faster backhand.

Sriver EL on Forehand:
1- Need harder stroke to make it faster
2- Grazing more for more spin/sidespin.
3- More precise stroke for good ball placement

Sriver G2 on backhand
1. Need practice on looping serve return.
2. improve on away from table looping.

Game result
vs Mie JKR(3-2)
-win due to low/short serves.

vs Hazlee(1-3)
-Getting worse against him this month. Last month I won against him using setup G2/EL.

vs Syed(0-3)
- not in good mood. This guy serves fast and attack hard.
- Forehand receive serve were bad.

Double(1-1)
-My backhand was great for looping/attack/receive serves.

Setup
TBS Sriver EL/G2

Confuse About Forehand Stroke

Last night I confused of my forehand stroke. Should I used sriver G2 or EL . G2 on forehand not so good for looping and close game. EL good for looping but lack of power. I tried played EL on forehand against Hazlee but lost 2-3. However I got many points from good serves.

When playing with zuri using G2/EL , I lost 3-0. Last time I won against him only because of good serve and follow by 3rd ball attack. Now he know the trick already and harder for me to get those points. I missed some shots on spinny side spin ball. Feel like I need to spin more but the G2 rubber is not suitable for that.

Setup
TBS sriver G2/EL

Practice Backhand

Recently my backhand getting better with faster stroke. With sriver EL I feel more control and can loop kill some balls. To get faster ball if I hit on tip of bat( not in the middle nor near fingers). This will make ball travel curve to left( backhand fade shot). Ball hit fingers now rarely happen.

Last night, I play with a guy from kuala pahang. His stroke(backhand and forehand) always goes on my backhand. That kind of shots put me in trouble since backhand is my weaker side. I lost to him 1-3. However it gave me good experience and practice for better backhand.

This week, I won against Hazlee, lost to Zuri and lost to Matnor

vs Hamid (1-3)
vs K. Pahang guy(1-3)

Setup
Sriver G2/EL