Innerforce Layer ALC
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 8.39
- Spin: 9
- Control: 9.01
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The Arylate Carbon fibers are located closer to the core than with non-layer blades, which leads to a softer touch and stunning feel.
Arylate-Carbon fibers dampen vibration and allow for dynamic play and precise placement.
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Specifications
- Producer
- Butterfly
- Product code
- 36701
- Speed
- 87
- Control
- 90
- Size
- 157 × 150mm
- Weight
- 86g
- Material
- Wood, ALC, 7 ply wood
- Thickness
- 6mm
Players use Innerforce Layer ALC
- Best of both worlds: wood feel on soft shots, carbon flex on power shots
- Excellent combination of spin and speed, especially powerful drives
- Easy handling unique to inner rackets for touch shots and blocking
- Great compatibility with tension-type rubbers like Tenergy
- Versatility usable by everyone from intermediate to advanced players
User reviews
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TH (Experience: ６〜１０ years)
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2020/01/28
You could call this the definitive blade
The arc is on the higher side and stable, and if you swing all the way through the ball goes where you want
Despite the blade being relatively thick, it doesn't feel hard, so there's no technique in particular that feels difficult; because of the thickness, blocks are hard to get pushed back on, which left an especially good impression on me since I'd been using thinner blades until now
Because of the thickness, the flex is a bit lower than the Innerforce Layer ZLC, so I think it makes sense to go with the Innerforce Layer ALC if your style mixes in some meeting-the-ball shots, and the Innerforce Layer ZLC if your style is all about hitting topspin drives with both handsOverall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DNA PRO M
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Yusei@sticky rubber user (Experience: ４〜５ years) Amazing control of power and dwell!!
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2020/01/17
I'm a tacky-rubber player!! I've used this for about a year.
Forehand hitting never bothered me at all. The forehand drive is easy to hit thanks to how easy it is to put spin on the ball! It doesn't bounce especially much, so I felt like I had fewer overshooting mistakes. The backhand is the same as the forehand - I can hit a stable ball! In the short game, it's easy to control power so you can vary length easily, making stops, flicks, and chiquita really easy to do! For serves, being able to control power and spin so easily gives you good serves! Overall I think it's a very well-balanced blade. Top players like Harimoto, Ishikawa, and Nagasaki have all used this blade, so I think it's a blade you can use with great balance! If there's a downside, the ball holds so well that I wouldn't recommend it to hard hitters. I'd recommend it to people getting their first carbon blade or to high-school-level drive players!!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) V＞01 Stiff
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Seven-Sided Glasses (Experience: ４〜５ years) All-round
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2020/01/07
There's no technique that feels hard to do. I recently strayed over to the Timo Boll ALC, but I couldn't swing my forehand with confidence on that one, so I came back to this.
Using it again after a while, every technique is still stable, but I did like the harder feel of the Timo Boll better.
From here, my personal ratings●Forehand drive
Really easy to do.
Hitting against backspin especially is flawless.
●Backhand drive
Just like the forehand drive, hitting against backspin is flawless
But against topspin, I personally felt the softer feel of the Timo Boll was easier to use
●Block
Doesn't fly too far so it's easy to do
●Short game
Same as blocking, it doesn't fly too far and spin is easy to put on, so it's really easy to do
●Counter
Maybe it's the rubber pairing, but everything lands. It's almost funny how easy it is
Overall, I don't think you'd regret buying this blade, so if you've got some money to spare, why not give it a try?Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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Mocchan Best racket ever!!!
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2020/01/06
I used to use an outer-carbon blade, but I switched to this one looking for more stability.
My impression after hitting with it - it doesn't fly as much compared to outer carbon. But because it doesn't fly out on its own, I can control it myself, so it's a really great blade.
The short game and other techniques didn't feel hard to do either, so I thought it was good.
It's a bit pricey, but I think it's worth the price. If you're planning to switch your next blade from all-wood to a carbon-composite one, you should definitely go with this one!!!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Bluestorm Z1
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Shiranui Yomio (Experience: ２〜３ years) Bounces more than expected❗️
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2020/01/05
I borrowed this blade from a senior teammate.
The first time I hit with it, it didn't feel much different from wood, and I thought, huh, that's a bit disappointing for an ALC blade.
But when I hit a topspin drive, it suddenly started to bounce and that surprised me a bit. Bouncing more doesn't mean less spin either - it had that typical ALC feel of springing back while still putting spin on the ball, and it was really easy to use.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc G-1
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Dignics User (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Better than expected
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2019/12/20
I was using an outer-carbon blade, but I couldn't control the bounce, so I switched to inner carbon. I'm getting more speed than I expected and I'm happy with it. I'd recommend it to anyone like me who wasn't fully satisfied with an outer-carbon blade.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DIGNICS 80
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Hyuch (Experience: ２〜３ years) The best
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2019/12/07
I bought this because my TB5a finally broke. I was surprised just switching from an all-wood blade to a composite one made this much difference in bounce. The spin is insane and the speed is amazing too, that's what I thought.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
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