Katsuo000's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U30 |
| Experience | More than ２０ years |
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- A model with ZL-Carbon; powerful attack as well as the soft feeling are major features, high reac...
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- RAKZA X table tennis rubber from Yasaka is the latest addition to the popular and highly successf...
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User review
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2017/12/21
I play Chinese rubber on my forehand and go for drives or meet shots to place the ball on my backhand, and I figured that having more speed on the backhand would help me score points, so I bought this. Since it's on my backhand I went with thick, out of fear of it flying long. I expected it to release the ball fast like short pips and give me a one-shot kill, but once I actually used it, here's what I found: (1) it grips the ball surprisingly well - it feels like the old days of using organic solvent boosters to stretch out the rubber sponge, (2) the shots come out very flat and aggressive, exactly what I was looking for, (3) even when you can't get spin on it, it still bounces enough that you can meet the ball after the peak even when you're further from the table, and it goes in even with a dropped contact point. That said, the maximum spin you can generate falls short of Chinese rubber, and I did feel that pushes tended to float. It's easy to get spin on, so as long as you're not a beginner, I'd really recommend giving this rubber a try! What's especially nasty is that if you catch the ball slightly off to the side, or add some sidespin, you get a nice arc and can hit stable, aggressive speed drives, and close to the table you can even turn a simple block into a counter-drive since the ball grips so easily. If you can figure out how to make the most of it, I think it could shake things up in the Tenergy era.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket FORTIUS FT ver.D
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2018/10/09
I bought this for the ease of putting spin on the ball you get with a 5-ply, and because at 6mm it's on the thicker side for a 5-ply. It's less about bounce and more about how it holds the ball, giving it good distance, and the speed is a bit on the slower side, typical of a 5-ply — but since the outer plies use hard wood, it's an excellent blade characterized by a firm feel and quick ball release. The 6mm thickness really shows too, holding up well against the incoming ball, which made it easy to counter or fight back after reading the opponent's shot!
One thing that threw me off a bit: my piece weighed 79g, noticeably lighter than the manufacturer's stated 87g, plus STIGA's characteristically thick grip. Keep that in mind if you're thinking of buying one.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommend rubber(Back) TENERGY 05
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2018/08/13
The blade is an Innerforce type, but with arylate placed on the outer plies — I used this on the backhand of a blade called the Bi-Side, applied with organic solvent glue.
It really helped me a lot with pushes on receive, flicks, meeting the ball flat, and hard flat hits from mid-distance rallies.
It's a rubber that can induce mistakes from your opponent through the change in ball quality between your forehand and backhand during rallies.
It let me experience winning through the power of the rubber itself.
It's an aggressive short pips rubber that can turn any ball into a sharp-angled knuckle ball.
Since organic solvent glue became unusable, I feel like the rubber's hardness has dropped.
It might be an era where the blade has to make up for it, but I'd really like Victas to release a harder short pips rubber!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Innerforce AL
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2018/01/11
I'd used organic solvent-based booster on Spectrum on my backhand before, playing an inverted forehand / short pips backhand style.
I tried a third-ball flat hit off a backspin serve right away and the ball just flew and flew!
This is great!
What surprised me - maybe partly thanks to the blade too - is that with a soft touch it doesn't bounce much, but hit it hard and it really takes off. Since it's a tension-type short pips, the sponge has a moderate hardness: it barely bounces unless the ball sinks in, and once it does, it springs back with real rebound. Back when I used organic boosters, I could still play from further back, but the ball would fly so much that receives tended to float on pushes. With Booster EV though, you can still do soft-touch stops easily, which left a really good impression!
If you can master it, I think this rubber has real scoring power.
Since it doesn't produce much of an arc, flat hits do need a bit of practice, but once you get the knack, you have the versatility to smack any ball with a flat hit! If you're curious, definitely give it a try!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket FORTIUS FT ver.D
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2017/10/30
I used this on my backhand side.
It wasn't bad at all. It didn't have that overly-flying feel; it was more of a hard rubber, like an old Sriver that had been coated with some kind of solvent. Even though the rubber itself has quite a bit of tension built in, it still grips the ball firmly, and it was quite easy to handle.
However, over the past year I've only been using spring-sponge rubbers on my backhand, and I've gotten into the habit of putting spin on the ball by letting it sink in, so most of my backhand drives ended up falling short. Loop drives still seemed hittable, but I couldn't get that satisfying fast backhand drive feeling. On the other hand, meet hitting was quite a bit easier with this than with spring-sponge rubbers. I think that's because spring sponge tries to put spin on the ball even when you hit it like a meet shot.
If you're strong on the forehand and using this on the backhand, it may be somewhat picky about who it suits, and people who prefer Butterfly-made rubbers might not find it a good match.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket FORTIUS FT ver.D
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