My Stiga Prestige WRB pad­dle arrived, and I had the first chance to use it today. The rub­bers are the 2.0mm Triumph series, and the grip is con­cave. The thing about the WRB sys­tem is that the han­dle is hol­lowed out so that the cen­tre of grav­i­ty of the pad­dle shifts clos­er to the top, giv­ing it more pow­er but less weight at the same time, which makes it a great offen­sive but adapt­able pad­dle.

Actually try­ing it out today was amaz­ing though. I had way bet­ter con­trol of the ball than before, and the light weight real­ly helped in speed ral­ly sit­u­a­tions. The han­dle gives great feel, since each hit strik­ing­ly rever­ber­ates through the entire hol­lowed part, and the rub­bers are fuck­ing great in speed. Oddly enough, spin is the weak­est part of my game, but the rub­bers have a good spin rat­ing too, so I’ve been work­ing on my under­spin for defense sit­u­a­tions.