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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Over there (Experience: ４〜５ years) Stability-focused
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2019/08/31
I put this on an Innerforce T5000, and it's fast with a lot of stability.
The ball sinks into the sponge nicely and drives get a ton of spin, so I think even beginners could use this.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Innerforce T5000
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Teenagers (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Great feel on contact!
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2018/11/23
Both the sponge and topsheet are on the soft side, and it's not much affected by incoming spin, so meet hits and smashes stay stable while still producing fast balls.
Serves and drives fall short compared to modern spin-oriented tension rubbers, but that's actually kind of a distinctive feature, and it might be hard for your opponent to handle, lol.
True to Yasaka form, it has great value for money and is easy to use, so I'd recommend it for anyone who relies a lot on meet hitting!All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
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today (Experience: ２〜３ years) Fun‼︎
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2018/09/09
This rubber's topsheet is very soft, and the ball sinks into it a lot. I felt like the Extend GP was a bit short on spin, so I bought the Extend HS. Swing hard and you get speed. Brush it hard and you get spin. In terms of feel, it's kind of like Skyline Neo 3 (I'm exaggerating, lol).
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ALC
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Butterfly (Experience: ２〜３ years) Fun!!
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2018/08/31
It's fun to play with. The topsheet is soft, so the ball sinks in a lot. I'll compare it to Extend GP
Speed: Extend GP > Extend HS
Spin: Extend HS > Extend GP
Control: Extend HS > Extend GP
Balance: Extend HS > Extend GP
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Racket recommended use VIOLIN
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like this (Experience: ２〜３ years) Amazing
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2018/08/31
You can use it really stably, it grips decently for spin, has decent speed too, and control is beyond complaint. I heard it's an old-era rubber, but it still holds up really well.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use SK Carbon
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Lakeside Takuto (Experience: ６〜１０ years)
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2017/02/18
It's not a rubber that can really compete in today's environment, but it's just fun because everything goes in.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
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Eichi (Experience: ６〜１０ years) An early non-glue rubber that still holds up today
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2016/11/26
This rubber uses the hardest sponge in the series, and it really grips the ball a lot.
That said, when you brush the topspin drive with the sheet, it bites into the ball really well, the shot flies in a straight line, and it sinks deep into the opponent's court, so it felt stable too. The drive also has high levels of spin, speed, and arc stability, so I think it still holds up today.The normal version of the same series has a nice high arc and a good hitting sound, but the bounce and spin weren't very high, so since I use a lot of drives close to mid-distance from the table, the HS version suited me better. However, when paired with a carbon blade, ball-holding wasn't great, resulting in a drive with thin, weak spin. I think wood-based or inner-carbon blades let you hit with more power when paired with this rubber.
That said, it inherits the same series' tendency for the topsheet to tear easily, and while durability has improved somewhat, by the time it reached the end of its life the topsheet had definitely torn.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use SK7
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