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2015/05/01
It's becoming less and less popular even among beginners lol
but I think the grip of the top sheet is genuinely impressive. If you hit by sinking the ball into the sponge, the drive is nothing special, but if you brush it thin and light, you get a huge amount of spin. It really depends on your swing speed though... it'll show you exactly how fast your swing really is.Blocks are really easy to do, and since the switch to plastic balls the spin doesn't bother me as much anymore, so as long as you're not playing an aggressive style, I think it's plenty usable...
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Recomend racket SWEDEN EXTRA
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2015/03/22
On serves and receives, the bounce is mild, and the grip is good, so it's easy to put spin on the ball. It has a texture that feels faintly tacky, and the rubber itself is on the harder side. Rather than a thin graze, a hit-and-graze style stroke works better with it.
The chop cuts really well. Though it takes a bit of a knack to get the cut right. Also, the trajectory is low.
When I hit a topspin drive, it had a distinctive trajectory — maybe close to a high-elastic-sponge trajectory. It's a very low, flat trajectory, and it seems to dip down, possibly because of the spin. The speed was far more solid than you'd expect from such a light touch. The ball is also very heavy. Plenty of spin.
It's kind of like a Chinese tacky rubber that's been given a tension-rubber feel — or like a Chinese rubber fused with a high-elastic-sponge rubber, with some extra bounce added... Anyway, it's a really distinctive rubber. It's the first Nittaku rubber I ever came to love.
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Recomend racket Defense Pro
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2015/03/19
The blade surface is surprisingly hard, giving a solid, sharp feel on impact. It's also very light.
For such a thin blade, I don't feel much flex from it. At first I thought it might be hard to use since it's tricky to judge distance, but because the ball doesn't tend to float up and doesn't overshoot easily, it settled down once I started swinging with real commitment. Both heavy and light chops go in low and reliably. Needless to say, pushes feel very stable too.
Fishing shots are easy as well.On the attacking side, hitting flat doesn't produce much distance, but if you brush the ball for your drives, you actually get surprisingly good distance.
Don't expect much speed though. Even if you try to drive right through the ball, it just comes back at you, almost comically well. I mostly hold back and use spin-focused drives just to keep the opponent honest. Shiono's power, being able to hit drives like that with this blade, is really something...It's a blade that stays stable even when you commit fully to chopping, but in my impression it's not the kind of blade where the cut just happens on its own.
I think it's a good choice for a player who wants to sharpen their skills. By the way, I currently have Spectra on the backhand, but personally 802-40 Trust was the best for me.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch
Recommend rubber(Front) Skyline 2 NEO
Recommend rubber(Back) Spectol
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2015/03/22
It's said to be the successor to the Matsushita Pro Model, but this one feels a bit harder, and the ball seems to leave the blade faster.
That said, the distance the ball travels hasn't changed much. For a chopping blade the bounce is good, but if you play with the mindset of just retrieving the ball, it stays on the table no matter what.
It's a heavy racket, but maybe thanks to that it doesn't get pushed around by hard shots, and you can get some cut just by swinging down on the ball. If you really commit to cutting, you get ferocious backspin. That said, compared to something like the Defplay Sensor, chops tend to run long, which makes me wary of going over the table. Looked at another way, though, that means the ball goes in deep. Chops with pips are stable, but how sharp the cut is really comes down to your own skill.As for attacking performance, I'm satisfied with both the spin and speed on my drives. You can mount a real attack even from a position far from the table. That said, it doesn't have the destructive power of a Joo Se-hyuk racket, so I felt I should attack from relatively closer to the table. When there's no time to flip the racket over, I sometimes attack with the long pips on the backhand, and it's extremely stable.
I always loved the Matsushita Pro Model, so this racket, which keeps that same feel, is a favorite of mine. Though I do wish they could've done something more about the design (lol)
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Recommend rubber(Front) VS>401
Recommend rubber(Back) Feint · LONG 3 ultra Gokuusu
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2015/04/28
As always, it's hard. But I love this hardness lol
Compared to Hurricane, blocks feel easier to do with this. The tackiness is strong, though honestly the bounce isn't much to speak of. When you hit it flat, the ball leaves the rubber faster than with Hurricane.Both the sheet and the sponge are on the harder side, so brushing strokes are easy to do, and it's easier to hit hard with than Hurricane. You get a wide range of ball qualities out of it.
That said, the initial speed is slow, so you need enough strength and feel to really get the spin fully on. Once the spin is on, it carries really well.Overall Speed Spin Control
Recomend racket SWEDEN EXTRA
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