Kamaya's profile
| Experience | 6〜10 years |
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2018/01/06
With high-elasticity rubbers, the grip on the ball and spin feel lacking. With tension rubbers, I worry about overhitting in matches. And if you go softer to tone down the bounce, other problems show up, like pushes floating too much. GF-R is what solved all of these issues for me at once.
First, about the rubber itself: the topsheet feels like a GFT with slightly wider pimple spacing, and it's soft. The sponge seems to be the same as GFT40. Because the sheet is lighter, the overall weight is lighter than GFT40 too.
As for grip and spin, if you hit it too thin it slides more than GFT, so it's better to let the ball sink in a bit using the softness — that gives you a solid grip and good spin. The absolute amount of spin is a bit less than GFT.
Speed is toned down and easy to control, and on hard hits it doesn't come out as fast as GFT. When I can't hit cleanly, the softness of the sheet still helps the ball land reasonably well.
Pushes and stops didn't float as much as I expected, and I could do sharp, biting pushes without any problem.
Blocking felt easy too, thanks to how controllable it is.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
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