ぽっちい's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Experience | More than 20 years |
User review
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2018/06/10
Since it's easy to produce knuckle balls when you block it dead, you might think it doesn't get much spin, but it actually gets quite a lot.
It grips the ball firmly, so it stays stable even on hard hits, and your serves get good spin too.
With a 7-ply or special-material blade, it also has enough bounce to punch through the ball.Sure, there are plenty of other rubbers out there that bounce more than Spectrum or spin more than Spectrum, and for knuckle balls, it can't compete with variation-type short pips.
But when it comes to balancing all the performance short pips need — spin, bounce, and knuckle balls — nothing does it as well as Spectrum.
I can recommend it to short pips beginners, and plenty of top-level short pips players nationwide use it too.
If you use short pips, this is a rubber you should try at least once.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket HOUO 7ply plywood
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2019/12/11
Performance-wise it sits somewhere between the Spin Pips and the Spectrum, but leans a bit more toward the Spin Pips side.
With its clear, grippy topsheet and a sponge that lets the ball sink in well, it's a rubber that's easy to put spin on.
The sponge is a touch firmer than TSP's 21 sponge, but soft compared to the average, and it still has a good sense of elasticity for that softness, so you can hit through it confidently.
The knuckleball effect is fairly mild, but stronger than with the Spin Pips.There are thickness options too, and while it doesn't have one single defining trait, there's really nothing else quite like this "right down the middle, orthodox" kind of rubber.
It's aimed at people who want even more stability than the Spectrum offers.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Butterfly Hadraw SK
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2017/10/10
The bounce is on the modest side.
The speed feels about right for beginners.The problem is the blade thickness.
The listed spec is 6.4mm, which is a bit on the thick side.
Because of this, there's almost no flex.In other words,
【the ball doesn't fly far, but it comes off the blade quickly】Since it doesn't fly far and it's hard to get spin on the ball, shots tend to land shallow.
To hit deep, you have to strike the ball hard or it won't go in.
It's not well suited to players aiming to be topspin drive types.It's clearly not suited for beginners trying to develop a feel for spin either.
The blade itself is on the hard side, but the feel when hitting is vague.
If you put on a soft rubber like Fly Att Soft or Vega Elite, you don't get much sense of the impact through the blade. This too makes it unsuited for learning spin.I tried various rubbers, but I couldn't really find a good use for it.
If I had to pick one, it felt best with long pips.
Since the ball leaves the rubber quickly, it's easy to create variation on offense and the ball tends to wobble.
It might work well for someone who attacks with long pips rather than playing a block-focused game, though.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
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2018/10/29
I tried it out half excited, half nervous about what kind of rubber it would be (lol).
It's a "solidly good, orthodox rubber."
For a speed-oriented tension rubber, it's a bit on the harder side. Overall, I'd guess around 43 on the German hardness scale?
For short-game techniques like pushes and serves, it doesn't have that tendency speed-oriented tension rubbers often have of flying off on its own, so it feels reassuring.
You can really bite into the ball and cut it.The rubber sheet gives a solid sense of grip on the ball, and drives come out with a nice, low arcing trajectory.
It's not the kind of intense spin you get from Tenergy, but this time my practice partner kept overshooting my loops by a lot, so maybe it grips more than it looks like it does.
With a moderate hardness, moderate grip on the ball, and a moderate rebound, smashes really are easy to hit.
Meet-hitting against pushes also goes in easily.It's easy to hit meet shots with, has decent spin performance, and on top of that, it's cheap.
Whether as a rubber for juniors to use before moving on to a V>15 or G-1, or as a backhand rubber for advanced players, it's a well-balanced, quite excellent rubber.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket MA LIN EXTRA OFFENSIVE
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2017/04/07
This blade isn't for everyone.
- People looking for that stiff, rock-hard feel that's typical of 7-ply blades
- People looking for the kind of "flex" you get from a 5-ply bladeThat's it.
For everyone else, this is a blade I can recommend without reservation.
Despite having the flight and snap you'd expect from a 7-ply, it still holds the ball, so it's easy to put spin on.If you're used to 5-ply blades, you'll probably feel the "flex" is a lot smaller.
But there's a sense of the ball "sticking" to the blade, almost like it clings to the wood, and thanks to that it's outstanding at generating spin and gives you a real sense of stability.
Of course, being a 7-ply, it still flies out solidly, and since the flex is small it snaps the ball out easily too.
Hinoki-based plywood blades tend to feel good to hit with, but they haven't been all that popular because they don't get much distance and the ball leaves the blade too fast —
this one is a highly refined blade that solves both the distance and the fast ball-leave problem.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) TARGET PRO GT-H47
Recommend rubber(Back) Spectrum · 21 sponge
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