TKT's profile

TKT's profile
Gender Male
Age U20
Experience 6〜10 years
  • Use racket, rubber

    1. Freitas ALC
      Racket

      Freitas ALC

      Pre-Order - The brand new FREITAS ALC blade makes use of the proven Arylate-Carbon fiber, lending...
    2. RAKZA Z
      Rubber (Front)

      RAKZA Z

    3. TENERGY 80
      Rubber (Back)

      TENERGY 80

      • Tenergy 80 is the ideal balance between spin and speed• Even faster than Tenergy 05 and offerin...

User review

  • RAKZA Z

    User review

    My blade is the Freitas ALC, and I used max thickness on the forehand.

    Before this, I used an Innerforce Layer ZLC with Evolution MXP on the forehand and Tenergy 80 on the backhand.
    After becoming a working adult, my practice time dropped and topspin rallies that rely on physical strength started getting tough, so looking for more variation on the ball, I tried a tacky tension rubber, the Rakza Z, on my forehand for the first time.

    Hitting off the forehand, the ball goes up with a high trajectory.
    The drive speed is indeed slower than with a tension rubber, but that's about how you make contact with tension rubber - if you brush the ball, you can produce loop-type shots that dip and extend, and with a brushing contact you can also hit sharp shots on a low trajectory even from a low contact point.
    Things that were hard to do with tension rubber - adding variation - become easy and effortless with this.
    Students who can practice a lot might indeed be better off with a spin-oriented tension rubber like Tenergy, which raises the quality of each individual shot, but for anyone who wants to add variation to the ball, wants a more stable short game, or wants to try tacky tension rubber for the first time, I'd definitely recommend this.

    Also, this time I used the outer-ALC version of the Freitas ALC blade, and given how high the trajectory is, I felt it pairs well with an outer blade.
    Thanks for reading.

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    2020/04/05
    Overall
    9/10
    Speed
    7
    Spin
    10
    Control
    10
    Hardness Little hard

    Recomend racket Freitas ALC

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  • WANOKIWAMI REN OFF

    User review

    This is my first review.
    I'm using the 88g version, a bit heavier than average. I play with Nittaku balls.

    I used to use a Butterfly Innerforce Layer ALC.

    The feel is medium to slightly hard, and while there's a strong sense of grabbing the ball, it also spins and accelerates through the second gear, so there's a real sense of security using it.
    Speed is not that different from the Inner ALC, but being a 7-ply blade, spin comes on really well, and as a result the ball ended up heavier than before.

    It's easy to vary the length of serves, and receives like pushes, stops, and chiquita stay stable and don't go wild even in tense moments.

    I doubt top players or advanced players would use this much, given the speed, but for someone at my level — beginner to intermediate, where points won and lost come down to errors rather than finishing shots — it's quite stable, and I think that tends to lead to more wins.

    Both forehand and backhand close to the table are easy to play, and you can trade shots solidly up to mid-distance, so until you reach a level where you're looking for finishing shots, I think this blade suits you really well.

    See original review

    2018/08/05
    Overall
    10/10
    Speed
    8
    Spin
    10
    Control
    10
    Touch
    10
    Hardness Little hard

    Recommend rubber(Front) TENERGY 05

    Recommend rubber(Back) Fastarc G-1

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