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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U20 |
| Experience | 6〜10 years |
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- The Timo Boll ALC is the blade of choice for the European Triple Champion, Timo Boll. Timo workin...
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- Rubber (Front)
- • Rozena employs the rose-dyed Spring Sponge technology as its name suggests• The newly developed...
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- Rubber (Back)
- With its open-pore medium sponge, Ventus Spin is the “golden mean” of the TSP Ventus series. Powe...
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User review
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2019/04/04
I switched from the Timo Boll ALC. To give the conclusion right away, it comes down to one phrase: "an all-around blade." The feel is just a touch harder than the Timo Boll ALC, and it has a good balance of spin and speed that doesn't limit where on the court you play. I put a harder rubber on my forehand, and it still held the ball well and let me hit high-quality topspin drives with a nice arc. The grip is thin too and easy to hold.
And on top of everything, the value for money is the best. I bought it online for around 8,800 yen, but the performance rivals that legendary blade, the Timo Boll ALC. With the money you'd spend on one Timo Boll ALC, you could buy two of these — enough for a spare.
I'd recommend this to intermediate-to-advanced players who like outer blades and want stability, and to players who play broadly from close to the table to mid- and far-distance.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Evolution MX-P
Recommend rubber(Back) RIGAN
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2019/02/08
I used it on both sides. The feel is close to Tenergy 64, without the hardness of Tenergy 05. Because of that, I feel it performs better with strokes where the ball sinks into the sponge rather than ones that just graze the surface. Also, in topspin rallies you don't get that losing-out feeling that's typical of soft rubbers — you can return the ball with solid spin. That said, being a soft rubber, it's hard to smash through, so I think it suits a style that grinds out points in rallies rather than going for outright winners. Also, when hitting from away from the table you get spin, but the ball tends to land a bit shallow, making you vulnerable to counters. So I think it's perfect for players who attack with topspin drives and look for counters close to or at mid-distance from the table.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Mizutani Jun
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2020/03/28
It weighed 82.5g when I bought it.
As you'd expect from the catalog specs, the feel off the ball is almost the same as the Timo Boll ALC and the Viscaria, but the grip shape is completely different.The Viscaria's thick grip lets you hold on firmly for hard shots, while the Matsudaira Kenta ALC's thin grip makes it easy to use your wrist, giving the impression that short-game and backhand shots are easier to swing. The Timo Boll feels like it's somewhere in between.
Also, because the grip is thin, even small hands can hold it firmly, which stabilizes topspin drives. However, when I got tense I felt like I was gripping too hard, so it might be worth consciously relaxing your grip.
Since the weight is concentrated toward the tip of the blade, it's easy to generate power on a single big shot, but it makes the racket feel heavier than it actually is, so I'd recommend going lighter with your rubber choice — for example, using a softer rubber on the backhand!
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) DIGNICS 80
Recommend rubber(Back) Vega Asia DF
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2019/04/04
I used it on the forehand. Online people often say it's similar to Tenergy, but from my experience using it, it's quite a bit harder than Tenergy. Even so, there's a firm sense of holding the ball, and I could hit consistently high-quality shots. That said, it doesn't hold the ball too much, unlike with old-style celluloid balls — the ball leaves the rubber at a reasonable speed, which made it easy to handle. Also, because the topsheet and sponge are hard and have good body to them, I could hit satisfying shots everywhere from close to the table to away from it.
That said, it might be a bit easy to get affected by incoming spin, so I felt a little trouble with the short game, but that's something you get used to with practice. It's also on the heavier side.
I'd recommend this rubber to intermediate-and-up players with a strong impact and a wide range of play.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket ALNADE
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2019/03/24
For a while, I used the same rubber combination on the discontinued classic blade, the "Jun Mizutani," but after the switch to plastic balls I felt like I was making more unforced errors, so I tried this blade, which has a bit less bounce. As an ALC blade, it holds the ball a bit longer than a ZLC, and drives with a high arcing trajectory started going in consistently. Also, being an outer blade, it has plenty of bounce, so you can hit high-quality drives even from mid-distance or a bit further back. That said, from away from the table it does feel like it loses a bit of steam compared to the Jun Mizutani, so I think you need to make up for that with rubber choice and physical strength. As for the feel, it's a bit more muffled than the Jun Mizutani, which felt a little off at first, but I got used to it quickly. Either way, this blade's track record speaks for its quality, so I'd really like intermediate to advanced players to give it a try.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) ROZENA
Recommend rubber(Back) Ventus Speed
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