Fethomania: Session I thru X

2021 WTTC Butterfly Blade Usage

2021 World Table Tennis Championships Blade Usage

Petr Korbel

Make the most of the long pimpled-effect

The Petr Korbel blade will support Ilius B’s performance due to its moderate bounce. This blade will make drop shots easier with its low trajectory as well as providing high stability when blocking.
The combination with Innerforce Layer ALC.S, which has less bounce, would be also a good choice that brings out the rubber’s main performance qualities.

Blade Info

Innershield Layer ZLF

For players who value chops with wide range of spin

Innershield Layer ZLF is a blade for a chopper that requires less bounce and is recommended for the chopper who seeks a more defensive game.
The racket makes chops and pushes with a wide range of spin easier and will help you to play a safer game leading to your opponents to make more errors.

Blade Info

SK7 Classic / -CS

Offensive punches using long-pimples

This is a combination with a 7-plywood blade with a relatively high reaction. The racket makes it possible to create shots with speed, such as punches that bounce deeper in the opponent’s court with less trajectory.
It is a recommendation for the players who aim to achieve a hybrid game of both attack and defense close to the table using various spins and changes of rhythm.

Shakehand Blade Info | CS (Chinese) Blade Info

Diode V

For all-round choppers that play at variable distances

Diode V is a blade for choppers and has high reaction properties. This is recommended for choppers that seek attacking play as well.
It is relatively easy to control the opponent’s ball at mid-distance, and it enables players to create heavy chops with a low trajectory when at a long distance away from the table. The racket performs well during various defensive techniques and during defensive play at a variable distance.

Blade Info

Innerforce Layer ZLC / -CS

Offensive punches using long-pimples

This is a combination with a 7-plywood blade with a relatively high reaction. The racket makes it possible to create shots with speed, such as punches that bounce deeper in the opponent’s court with less trajectory.
It is a recommendation for the players who aim to achieve a hybrid game of both attack and defense close to the table using various spins and changes of rhythm.

Shakehand Blade Info | CS (Chinese) Blade Info

Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC

Dignics 05

Counter topspin play close to the table

Dignics 05 will provide a better sense of holding the ball and adding power if combined with Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC and Innerforce Layer ALC. The combination will enhance the accuracy of topspin against backspin and counter topspin play close to the table.

Innerforce Layer ZLC

Dignics 05

Powerful play close to the table and from mid-distance

The combination of Innerforce Layer ZLC and Apolonia ZLC is recommended for the player who seeks powerful play close to the table or at a mid-distance. It enables the player to return the opponent’s service using the banana-flick before executing powerful topspin strokes. Both blades possess the sense of holding the ball and releasing the power in a balanced manner.

Lin Gaoyuan ALC

Dignics 05

High-level all-round play

This is a combination with a comparably soft and easy-to-handle blade using Arylate-Carbon, like Lin Gaoyuan ALC, Timo Boll ALC or Viscaria. The blend is suited to players who aspire to use aggressive all-round play from all parts of the playing area.

Hadraw VR

Dignics 05

Powerful play with a feeling of all-wood

Combing Hadraw VR with Dignics 05 realizes both powerful offensive play and rich rotation of the ball generated from all-wood feeling.

Cypress G-MAX

Dignics 05

Powerful play generated by Japanese penhold

Combined with Dignics 05 and Cypress G-MAX, generates more power, the blend is recommended for Japanese penhold players who seek powerful forehand topspin. Dignics 80 for more balance and Dignics 64 for more speed are also recommended.

Zhang Jike Super ZLC

Dignics 80

Play in higher level without weak point

Combing a rubber well-balanced between speed and rotation, Dignics 80, and Super ZL Carbon-equipped racket Zhang Jike Super ZLC guides your play to not only a powerful but also a stable higher level.

Mizutani Jun ZLC

Dignics 80

Smart play at variable distance

Jun Mizutani chooses the combination of Dignics 80 and the desirable bounce blade Mizutani Jun ZLC. As Dignics 80 has an excellent balance between speed and spin, you can easily decide whether to block or counter depending on the speed of the opponent’s ball. This is the combination enabling an offensive counter topspin away from the table, recommended for the player who plays smart at variable distance.

Timo Boll ZLF

Dignics 80

Stable and powerful counter topspin play

The combination of Dignics 80 and Timo Boll ZLF has both good bounce and control and offers reliability thanks to the holding the ball well. This is recommended for an aggressive well-balanced playing style focused on stability.

Timo Boll CAF

Dignics 80

Develop the power

A wide range of players can benefit from Dignics series although its main intended use is for players at intermediate to a high level. The rubber will widen your options by making a powerful stroke possible even though the player is not confident in his/her power play if the stroke movement is short and slow. We recommend the combination with easy-to-use blade Timo Boll CAF to develop your play.

Zhang Jike ZLC

Dignics 64

Develop the power

Play in higher level without weak point

Combing a rubber well-balanced between speed and rotation, Dignics 80, and Super ZL Carbon-equipped racket Zhang Jike Super ZLC guides your play to not only a powerful but also a stable higher level.

Innerforce Layer ALC

Dignics 64

All-round play in a wider area

The combination is recommended for blocking and counter topspin close to the table. The racket also offers a good experience of topspin against topspin play in the mid/mid-long distance. Innerforce Layer ALC.S which has less bounce is also recommended if you seek more stability.

SK7

Dignics 64

Stable topspin-against-topspin play

Dignics 64 which has good spin offers power and stability by combing with all-wood blade SK7 Classic.

Amicus Prime owners, save these drills to your device via the following steps:

Click the Drill image below to download the file to your tablet, cell phone or other device that has the Amicus app on it.
Open that file and a window will appear in the Amicus app to confirm you want to import those drills. Tap Import to add the drills to the Exercise List.
You can then play those drills just like any other drill in the Exercise List.
Tip – After importing the drills from a Fethomania Session, tap on the drill description to reveal Stefan’s technique pointers for that drill!

For owners of models other than Prime:

The Google Sheets image takes you to a spreadsheet that gives the settings for each drill. While these won’t be the exact settings for the Control Panel on your robot, they will give you an idea of where to start, and you’ll need to adjust from there. At the bottom, we’ve included the ranges and defaults for the setting on a Prime so you can compare these to the ranges and defaults on your own robot. In general, default settings should give you a similar ball regardless of what model you have. If a drill has a change of speed, spin, or trajectory, you will be unable to replicate that drill on a Basic or Start model.

FETHOMANIA

Sessions I thru X

Fethomania Session I - Recorded October 4, 2021

Fethomania Session 1 - Drill #1: In-Out Forehand

Fethomania Session 1 - Drill #2: In-Out Backhand

Fethomania Session 1 - Drill #3: Triangle Movement

Fethomania Session 1 - Drill #4: Square Movement

Fethomania II - Recorded November 1, 2021

Session II - Drill #1 Forehand Loop vs Backspin

Session II - Drill #2 Backhand Loop vs Backspin

Session II - Drill #3 Forehand Loops vs. Alternating Backspin & Topspin

Session II - Drill #4 Backhand Loops vs. Alternating Backspin & Topspin

Session II - Drill #5 Backhand - Forehand Loops vs. Alternating Backspin & Topspin

Fethomania III - Recorded December 6, 2021

Session III - Drill #1 Backhand Regular Block

Session III - Drill #2 Backhand Spin Block

Session III - Drill #3 Backhand Punch Block

Session III - Drill #4 Alternate Backhand Regular & Spin Blocks

Session III - Drill #5 Forehand Regular Block

Session III - Drill #6 Forehand Spin Block

Session III - Drill #7 Forehand Alternate Regular & Spin Blocks

Session III - Drill #8 Alternate Forehand & Backhand Regular Blocks

Fethomania IV - Recorded January 3, 2022

Session IV - Drill #1 Forehand Drop Shot To Wide Forehand

Session IV - Drill #2 Forehand Drop Shot To Short Backhand

Session IV - Drill #3 Backhand Drop Shot To Wide Backhand

Session IV - Drill #4 Backhand Drop Shot to Short Forehand

Session IV - Drill #5 Alternate Backhand and Forehand Drop Shots Crosscourt

Session IV - Drill #6 • Forehand Drop Shot • Forehand Loop Backspin At Center

Session IV - Drill #7 • Forehand Drop Shot • Forehand Loop Backspin At Center • Forehand Loop Topspin To Forehand

Session IV - Drill #8 • Backhand Drop Shot • Backhand Loop Backspin To Backhand

Fethomania V - Recorded February 7, 2022

Fethomania VI - Recorded March 7, 2022

Fethomania VII - Recorded April 4, 2022

Fethomania VIII - Recorded May 2, 2022

Fethomania IX - Recorded June 6, 2022

Fethomania X - Recorded June 27, 2022

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Session IV - Drill #5
Alternate Backhand and Forehand Drop Shots Crosscourt

Session IV - Drill #6
• Forehand Drop Shot
• Forehand Loop Backspin At Center

Session IV - Drill #7
• Forehand Drop Shot
• Forehand Loop Backspin At Center
• Forehand Loop Topspin To Forehand

Session IV - Drill #8
• Backhand Drop Shot
• Backhand Loop Backspin To Backhand