X-Tend HS
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[Hardness] Little soft [Performance] Speed and Control to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:8.24
- Spin:7.38
- Control:7.81
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Powerful New Generation of STS developed to comply with new Speed glue rules.
STS is well known for giving 2/3 of tension energy to spin and 1/3 to speed.
Xtend HS has been re-designed to deliver even greater power.
To comply with the ban on speed gluing, Yasaka has developed a powerful new tension rubber.
The top sheet and sponge have been completely re-designed by ground breaking new technology.It delivers high-power speed with easy handling.
Please do not apply speed glue, as it will destroy the rubber.
- Pimples in
- Excellent sheet grip and easy-to-control drive stability
- Soft sponge construction suits beginners and intermediate players
- Fast ball release and direct trajectory produce quick speed
- Spin performance is lower than other spin-type tension rubbers
- Durability issue with sheet delamination tendency
Reviews by user
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Masahiro ✪ (Experience: ２〜３ years) What is this, way too easy to use lol
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2016/08/05
The feel is insanely good, what is this.
You can't help but make a smug face without even realizing it ( ･´ｰ･｀)When I first tried it, it was really easy to control, and
it grips the ball like crazy for spin — that was my first impression.The rubber is also pretty light and super easy to use.
If you ask me beginner, intermediate, or advanced, I'd say this is a rubber for
intermediate players.Also I was surprised at how soft it is.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Racket recommended use Korbel SK7
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Kaolin Easy to use, but...
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2016/06/11
It's easy to use, but the ball leaves the rubber so fast that it might be a bit tricky to handle. That said, I don't think it's a rubber that only suits certain players — it works for everyone from beginner/intermediate to advanced. When you hit a topspin drive, the ball sinks in and then releases right away, giving it a unique feel, so the speed is really fast!
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
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Yutchi @ cut The ball leaves faster than Extend
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2016/05/13
This is a rubber where the ball just leaves fast, period. It doesn't feel like it puts a ton of spin on the ball, and it doesn't feel especially easy to generate spin either... These days there are plenty of reasonably priced rubbers that still claim high performance (like the Vega series), so if this still feels pricey to you, or if you're moving up from control-type or high-elasticity rubbers, I think this suits you well! There's no technique overall that felt hard to pull off — if I had to nitpick, I wasn't fully satisfied with the spin on serves, but that's probably something you get used to. I think it's a good rubber to start out with tension rubbers.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use SWEDEN DEFENSIVE
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syukei21 (Experience: ４〜５ years) Has speed; spin comes if you put in the effort
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2015/05/16
Paired with an ALC blade,
my speed drives got really stable.
I think the spin comes once you get used to it.
It flies in a straight line, so if you aim carefully at your target, you can put it away in one shot.All Speed Spin Control
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masafi (Experience: More than ２０ years)
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2014/11/16
I had this on a Butterfly Innerforce blade. It's on the firm side, but the sponge is softer than most other rubbers, and it felt easy to control when hitting. That said, despite the soft sponge, the sheet grips the ball well, and it gives the impression that it's easy to hit sharp, straight-line drives with grip rather than a big arc. The rubber isn't especially heavy either, so I think it's easy to use. I just wish the rubber lasted a bit longer.
All Speed Spin Control
Racket recommended use Innerforce T5000
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Co. Done (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2014/04/27
I used a junior teammate's.
It's supposed to be harder than Extend, but maybe because I normally use Chinese rubber,
it felt pretty soft to me.
Which makes me wonder what the Extend SD would even feel like then, lol.
All kinds of techniques feel easy overall,
but if you pair it with a harder blade, the ball leaves too fast
and it gets harder to put spin on it ><
On the other hand, smashes become outstanding, so it really comes down to
what the individual player is good or bad at.
It tends to fly too much in the short game, so
I think it would help intermediate players who are already used to the short game and have learned how to generate spin improve further.All Speed Spin Control
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Cattan (Experience: ４〜５ years)
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2013/07/19
For drives, the grip on the ball is good and I'm happy with the power off the ball.
That said, once you're used to it it's fine, but smaller techniques like the short game are still a bit hard to pull off.
Still, it's a fundamentally high-level rubber.All Speed Spin Control
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