Victas Dyna Five Hard

My previous blade was the Donic Li Ping Kitex, but I decided to downgrade to an all-wood blade to focus on developing my technique. In retrospect, it was a great decision for my game because the Victas Dyna Five Hard provides much better feedback and has significantly more dwell time.

The former has helped expedite my learning process (partly through being more “honest” and less forgiving, letting me know when my strokes are simply not good enough!), and the latter is quite useful for spin generation, especially for serves and lifting backspin. It also encourages more enterprising play, as passive blocking is not very comfortable and the blade in general is not super direct, making it optimal to hit with more forward force.

Overall, I wouldn’t say that it’s a particularly fast or powerful blade. It’s simply a solid 5-ply all-wood blade with decent feeling. I would hence recommend it for younger/developing players who want to improve their skills through using a blade that doesn’t compensate so much for their own shortcomings. For the same reasons, it’s also probably suitable as a second blade used mainly for training purposes.