MA LIN EXTRA OFFENSIVE [Discontinued]
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[Hardness] Little hard [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 7.36
- Spin: 7.75
- Control: 8.09
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Ma Lin EXTRA OFFENSIVE is a fast 5-ply blade developed in cooperation with Ma Lin. The very hard outer veneers are combined with selected Scandinavian pine veneers to give the blade power. The thick, medium soft center veneer helps to give the blade the very good ball feel, appreciated by technical offensive players.
Produced in the famous blade factory in Tranås, Sweden.
Handles: straight, concave, anatomic, pen
- FL
- ST
- Chinese pen
Specifications
- Producer
- Yasaka
- Product code
- YM-21,YM-23,YM-26
- Speed
- 90
- Control
- 74
- Weight
- 85g
- Material
- Five plywood (5 ply wood)
- Thickness
- 6mm
Players use MA LIN EXTRA OFFENSIVE
- Excellent spin and control capabilities for a 5-ply blade
- Hard top surface enables easy hitting and stability
- Outstanding versatility with any rubber combination
- Suitable for mastering all techniques from touch to attack
- Proven quality from world championship-winning racket
User reviews
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seisei Balance-focused
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2017/01/08
This is the blade that Ma Lin, the Olympic gold medalist, used.
The top ply uses a harder wood, so it pairs well with tacky rubber. You can handle any technique without trouble, and it works from beginner to advanced.
Please give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Rising Dragon
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Rakza 7 Soft
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Nakagawa (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2025/03/01
The short game is average, but the topspin drive has outstanding power. It was easy to snap the ball off the blade.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
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LOVERUBBER (Experience: １１〜２０ years) A Swedish 5-ply blade that balances hold and quickness at a high level
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2023/10/22
When people say this blade feels hard, they're probably talking about the effect of the hard top layer, and I also felt it was a bit hard at first, but after using it as a secondary blade for about a month, I stopped feeling any hardness at all - if anything, the ball-holding quality you'd expect from a 5-ply blade really shines through, and at the same time, the top layer kicks in for things like smashes and absorbing shots on blocks, giving it just the right amount of snap. It's turned into a real all-around top performer of a blade. Swedish-made blades also vary a lot between individual units, but my 90g unit is a huge favorite of mine. The flat grip will probably split opinion, but for someone like me who used to sand down the corners of angular grips every time, it's the best fit. Coming back to a blade like this after using carbon blades, the drive really grabs the ball with a satisfying snap - it feels great.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 80
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Q QUALITY
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Jimbo Surprisingly
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2023/06/26
I started out with the Ma Lin Extra Special, an individual blade around 86g, but it bounced too much and was too hard, so I couldn't control the short game well and gave up on using it.
(When you catch the ball just right, you get a really good shot, but it gave me the impression that it's really hard to master.)So then I tried the 5-ply Ma Lin Extra Offensive, but my first impression was still that it felt hard.
The ball also releases from the blade surprisingly quickly, and the short game isn't all that easy either, so my honest reaction was "hmm..."With this one too, when you catch the ball right, the drive really goes well, but I have my doubts about whether I could pull off good shots that consistently in an actual match...
The walnut surface, for better or worse, doesn't let you cut corners.Since I want to mix strong shots and soft shots in how I build a point,
it's fine if you only hit strong shots, but when hitting soft shots, I felt like the walnut surface got in the way.Recommended for people who like a harder feel on contact,
and for people who are confident in their power.I think this is a pretty difficult blade.
I put Xiang Long rubber on both the Ma Lin Extra Offensive and the Ma Lin Extra Special, but it really drove home for me that you need to be a physical monster to make it work.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
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risotto neiro (Experience: ６〜１０ years) A masterpiece.
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2023/06/01
The feel is hard, so it paired well with a softer tension rubber.
I used it as a shakehand with OX rubber on the backside, which made it light, so I couldn't deny that my attacks lacked speed.
If I kept using OX rubber, I think I'd either switch to a slightly harder tension rubber than what I have now, or if I stuck with a softer tension rubber, I'd put anti-spin rubber on the backside to add some weight.
I think this is a blade that suits any rubber once you get to an advanced level.
The top layer looks like it's teak, and it seems prone to chipping, so I think coating the blade is a must.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Vega Europe
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Cobalt α
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Yuu. Cutman (Experience: ２〜３ years) Hard wood 5-ply
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2023/05/14
At first I test-hit this without knowing much about it, and the feel was quite hard, so I assumed it was a 7-ply blade. But I remember being surprised to hear it's actually 5-ply. It's hard, but it still lets the ball sink into the rubber to a certain degree, so it pairs really well with soft-to-medium hardness tension rubber. The blade itself provides the speed, so the idea is to let the rubber add the spin.
The technique I found easiest with this was the speed drive. Speed comes naturally, so if you hit with the idea of really digging the ball into the sponge, it becomes quite stable.
This is a blade I'd recommend for drive-dominant players who like to push forward with speed!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Fastarc G-1
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Carl P-1R OX
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Dendenmushi (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Penhold with short pips
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2021/07/20
I'd used Japanese penhold with short pips for 17 years straight, but after a bit of a break I somehow ended up coming back with Chinese penhold, using this Ma Lin Extra. Anyway, let me write this properly.
First, compared to Japanese penhold (a 9mm single-ply board), it doesn't bounce, doesn't fly, and the feel on contact is a dull thud - I was honestly stunned by the difference on day one. After that I struggled with the obvious stuff too - the different sweet spot, different grip, the weight. This was around the time COVID hit, by the way, so tournaments were getting cancelled left and right and I'd gotten a bit tired of Japanese penhold anyway, so I eased into it slowly.
...My conclusion: at my level, the Ma Lin Extra doesn't let me use short pips properly. At the very least, it's not built with short pips in mind.
On the flip side, on the inverted rubber I'd put on almost as an afterthought, I was amazed at how easy it was to drive. I use a fair amount of covering topspin over the table even with pips, and with this blade, even against a low chop, I could just graze the top of the ball without letting it drop and still clear the net. All the stopping-type techniques were easy across the board. It makes sense that some penhold-pips players use this. The way the ball releases off the blade is really well balanced - if a Chinese player, who already has plenty of power, used this, I feel like they'd win gold (lol).Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) MORISTO SP AX
Recommended rubber (Backhand) X-Tend
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