DEFENSIVE PRO [Discontinued]
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[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 7.35
- Spin: 8.35
- Control: 8.71
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Reviews of DEFENSIVE PRO. Players who use Racket evaluate various points such as hardness, momentum, weight, item by item to worry, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 2)
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Specifications
- Producer
- STIGA
- Product code
- 1016
- Speed
- 73
- Control
- 78
- Material
- Wood, Carbon, 7 ply wood
- Thickness
- 5.1mm
- Wood-like feel combined with rotation and power performance
- Stable cuts with naturally low trajectories are easier to achieve
- Back-court counter attacks are highly playable
- Prone to flying on short-range techniques, requiring adjustment
- Demands skill level; better for intermediate/advanced players
User reviews
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Shitashi Cutman (Experience: ６〜１０ years) An innovative chopper racket
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2020/07/09
I was looking for an attack-oriented chopping blade, and since it's supervised by Mr. Shiono, I decided to buy it. I picked the SHC version thinking a wrist-active blade would suit me. Here's my rundown.
<Chop>
If you keep your swing speed up and follow all the way through, you get a nice arcing, well-cut chop. The backspin and no-spin (knuckle) balls come out on almost the same trajectory, which surprised me. That said, if you don't swing firmly, the inner carbon kicks in and you get floaters...
<Attack>
Thanks to the inner carbon, counters and topspin rallies from away from the table are easy too. Finishing shots and connecting drives also land consistently, so as far as attacking goes, it's shockingly good for a chopping blade.
<Short game>
Pushes and stops tend to fly a bit too far or float up. Depending on the rubber you use, it might take some time to get used to it. Once you do, you can produce sharp, aggressive pushes. I guess that's thanks to the inner carbon too...?I'd recommend this to players with roughly a 4-6 to 6-4 attack-to-defense ratio. Definitely worth it if your style mixes chopping and countering from away from the table.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) MANTRA M
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Super Spinpips 21
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JOKER (Experience: ２〜３ years) Fun to hit with
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2020/03/10
I use Hurricane on my forehand, and since the blade itself is light, it's very easy to swing through, though the chops come out feeling a bit light.
If you ask whether chops are easy to hold back, yes, very much so. Being light, it's also easy to maneuver quickly. On the forehand, even a hard rubber feels softer than expected, so it holds up fine even with Hurricane.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) HURRICANE 2 PRO
Recommended rubber (Backhand) HORIZONTAL 20 OX
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Ordinary cut man (Experience: ２〜３ years) Needs skill to handle well
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2020/03/02
I switched from the Defensive Classic to this blade wanting more speed while keeping the same stability.
Honestly, at my level I couldn't fully master it.
After using it for a while I gradually got the hang of it, and my overshoots decreased. The first time I used it I kept overshooting again and again. I still use it, but I'm still scared of overshooting (lol)
Speed is more than enough since it has carbon in it.
As for spin, because of the carbon it flies a bit more and the ball leaves the racket quickly, so I felt you need some skill to put spin on it (mainly for chopping, etc.).
Control-wise, I think the stability can be incredible depending on the player, but if a beginner chopper uses it the ball tends to fly off, so I'd say it lacks stability for them. If you want more stability, I'd recommend the Defensive Classic instead.
The feel on contact is pretty good, all things considered.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Q4
Recommended rubber (Backhand) HORIZONTAL 55
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Loya (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Stable overall balance
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2020/02/20
Both chopping and attacking come in stable, and it handles everything without a hitch.
That said, I feel the actual amount of spin on chops is lower than with an all-wood blade.
The one I used had a kind of hollow feel, and while shots landed on the opponent's side, the spin and speed were a bit lacking. It was a strange blade — shots I thought would land wouldn't, and shots I thought wouldn't land would.
To put it positively, it varies naturally, so if you can consistently place the ball on the opponent's side, that alone becomes a weapon.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
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Large inscription (Experience: ２〜３ years) Recommended if you time your impact well
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2020/01/25
With this blade, chopping is easy on the forehand, but the backhand takes a bit of getting used to.
When attacking, you won't get good shots unless you can nail the impact solidly. If you can't get a solid impact, you'll end up with the sound and speed of an ordinary chopping blade. So I wouldn't recommend this blade if you can't do the following:Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 80
Recommended rubber (Backhand) NUMBER 1
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hippie (Experience: ４〜５ years) Wish I'd started with this
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2019/12/20
This is a review from a chopper's perspective.
I bought the 80g version with the SHC grip.
After returning to table tennis after more than a decade away, I tried Company B's Dia◯ond and Company A's Wa no ◯mi, among others, but I couldn't quite get the precision up on my reversed backhand (meet-hit) technique. That might partly be because I have Tenergy 05 on it, though. With this blade, the softness of the wood grips the ball, and the inner carbon adds a boost of speed on top of that, so I'd say the backhand swing is second to none. My forehand drive holds the ball a bit too much, and I feel like I got more overshoot misses, but hitting flat and level should be fine.Also, this blade has more wood softness than I expected, and its ability to keep chops under control isn't even comparable to the two blades I mentioned above.
If you swing through properly, you can get sharply cutting, low-trajectory chops on both backhand and forehand. The one thing that bothered me a little was that the sharpness of my pushes seemed to drop very slightly. Maybe because it's soft? The crisp, sharp feel from the rebound is a bit thin. But it feels like it can be managed by pulling the ball in properly and using the wrist, so I'll keep working on it. For choppers who are undecided on a blade, I think this one is worth trying.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) VERTICAL 55
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Katzman (Experience: ２〜３ years) Easy to control!
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2019/12/03
I was looking for a defensive blade, and a friend recommended this one, so I tried it out.
Hitting with it, I found it very easy to keep controlled.
Even with a bouncy rubber on it, pushes and blocks were easy to do, and chops against loops or hard hits often landed on the table too.
As for offense, even though it has carbon in it, it didn't fly too much, so full-power hits resulted in fewer overshoots.
Also, you get a lot of vibration in your hand on contact, which gives you the sense that you're really hitting the ball properly, so it's reassuring.
Conclusion
If you're an aggressive chopper, I think it's fine to use a bouncy rubber with this blade. If you're aiming for counters from mid-distance or further back, you might want a slightly less bouncy rubber, or you risk hitting the net. Even a defense-first chopper should be able to handle a somewhat bouncy rubber as long as they have decent skill.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DNA PRO M
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