ぽっちい's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Experience | More than 20 years |
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2019/11/26
This blade has a somewhat subdued bounce, but unlike something like the All-Round Classic that emphasizes flex and holding the ball, it's a bit harder and releases the ball quickly with a crisp feel.
Because of that, it's a blade where blocking against long pips is easy to keep controlled, while still being able to produce plenty of variation.
True to a 5-ply blade, the ball tends to launch a bit upward,
and it has that solid, firm feel that's characteristic of Swedish-made blades.
As Ma Lin used back in the day, it doesn't pair badly with tacky rubber at all, and combined with a modern tacky tension rubber, you can get plenty of offensive power.The hard feel also makes meet-hitting easy, so this would be a great blade for elementary/junior-high students or female players using an unorthodox-rubber-plus-smash style.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Rising Dragon
Recommend rubber(Back) Carl P-3 software
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2019/06/10
It feels like a "different kind of 5-ply."
It flexes nicely and really grips the ball.
The trajectory isn't a sharp arc like a 7-ply gives you, but more of a rounded arc like a 5-ply.And yet, when blocking or countering, you never get pushed back — it's on par with, or even better than, a 7-ply. Maybe this is what people mean by "high stiffness"?
It holds the ball firmly, but you don't get pushed around by the opponent's shots. It's a feeling I haven't experienced before, but it's easy to understand once you feel it, not confusing at all.
It was honestly kind of moving.Would it make sense to describe it as "a heavier Acoustic," "a Tenor with more flex," or "a lighter, softer Gouriki"...?
If you put on a slightly harder inverted rubber and really grind out heavy spin, this could be a beast. With short pips or a softer tension rubber, blocking and meet-hitting are also easy.
It's a 9-ply, but it's honestly one of the ideal forms of a 5-ply blade (lol).
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Fastarc G-1
Recommend rubber(Back) Spectol Red
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2018/11/08
That sticky, grabby feel on the ball is just irresistible.
It's not a dull blade that just flexes — it's one that can still send the ball out while giving you that grip on the ball.
That said, the bounce is only a hair more than the Korbel. Might be a bit lacking in bounce for male players.It pairs excellently with rubbers like 64 or Rasanter V47 that sink into the ball and shoot it out straight.
The blade builds the arc, the rubber builds the speed.
The feel, the clean trajectory, and the stability are all fantastic.Basically, it doesn't care what rubber you use. A lot of people use it with short pips or long pips too.
A masterpiece that works for beginners and advanced players alike, regardless of playing style. You can't go wrong buying this.
That said, it's just plain expensive.
I bought mine back when the list price was 15,000 yen, and now it's 18,000 yen.There are plenty of 5-ply blades from other makers with similar performance. And for about half the price, too.
But this feel is something only the Acoustic gives you. It seems like it should exist elsewhere but doesn't — truly one of a kind.
It comes down to whether you're willing to pay this price just for the feel.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Tenergy 64
Recommend rubber(Back) Spectol Red
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2017/10/10
The sponge has good bounce and the ball sinks in nicely, and the topsheet also has good grip, so it feels very easy to put spin on the ball.
Small techniques like pushes and stops are easy to add spin to as well, and chiquitas are easy too.Knuckle balls don't just happen naturally by simply touching the ball, but if you hit it flat and straight, you can produce them easily.
On top of being easy to use, it has vertical pips that give it that classic short-pips feel, so it's a perfect rubber for switching over from inverted rubber.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket SK7 Classic
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2017/12/10
This is honestly a rubber good enough to use at a top competitive level, and since the price is reasonable too, I've been using it happily on my main racket lately.
From the name I thought it might be some gimmicky rubber, but it doesn't have any extreme characteristics - it's actually really easy to use.
If you touch it, you can tell it has a little bit of tackiness. Not sticky, just the faintest hint of tack. It holds its own well against Japanese tacky rubbers.It's kind of like what you'd get if you added tension to TSP's Triple or Tamasu's Tackiness D (lol).
That "faint" level of tackiness is just right.When you hit normally, the tackiness doesn't get in the way, so you can play it like a regular tension rubber, and it doesn't feel off even when you drive through the ball.
It's only in the short game that it grabs the ball and stops it dead like a tacky rubber should.
The trajectory is a fairly high arc.
When you hit the ball it launches upward and is almost forced into an arc - that's the feel of it.
It's great for special-material blades or 7-ply blades, which tend to send the ball on a flatter line.
With a 5-ply blade it might feel a bit lacking in bounce.
Not a good fit if you want to hit the ball on a flat, straight line.
To put it in comparison, it's like taking GFT48 or Rakza 7 and dialing down the bounce a bit while dialing up the grip on the ball to make up for it.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket CLIPPER CR
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