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Lots of sports people use heavier equipment to train with. Agreed, you should start using your "tournament" mallet before the big day or it might be a bit of a shock? For example: undrilled RV head on Perros compared to drilled RV head on Perros Light, the first setup will strengthen your wrists, the second will improve your ball handling/reaction time for tournaments?
Lighter wheels with the same tyres won't change the feel of your bike by any "real world" degree and again, it's a great way to train (and avid breaking wheels) with a strong/heavy wheelset for throw-ins and then enjoy the benefits of a lighter wheelset for tournaments?
But yeah, getting down the gym would be better still, but people like to buy shit (myself included).