Mel's profile

Mel's profile
Gender Male
Age U20
Experience 4〜5 years
  • Use racket, rubber

    1. Innerforce ALC
      Racket

      Innerforce ALC

    2. Rakza X
      Rubber (Front)

      Rakza X

      RAKZA X table tennis rubber from Yasaka is the latest addition to the popular and highly successf...
    3. DNA PRO H
      Rubber (Back)

      DNA PRO H

User review

  • ROZENA

    User review

    From the feel on impact, you can sense the ball sinking into the sponge - it feels really soft. Even a light hit gets speed, so I think you'll get a good ball even without confidence in your impact. It's a rubber that corrects angle errors on blocks and counters.

    For spin technique, letting the ball sink in somewhat as you hit gives you a decent amount of spin, and the ball tends to fly in the direction of your swing. If you brush it too thin, slipping tends to happen easily. Serves and short-game technique can be controlled properly depending on your impact.

    Compared to other rubbers from this maker, the sheet doesn't have that much durability and carries quite strong tension, so with hard shots, slipping and energy loss can occur, and the lifespan is on the short side, so caution is needed.

    I think this is a good rubber for intermediate players attacking from close to mid-distance, up through the entry level of advanced play.

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    2020/03/03
    Overall
    7/10
    Speed
    7
    Spin
    7
    Control
    7
    Hardness Little soft

    Recomend racket Innerforce ALC

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  • Skyline 3 NEO

    User review

    This is my impression using the 39-degree 2.2mm version.
    The ball sinks into the sponge better than with Hurricane. Maybe because of that, both flat hits and topspin drives fly forward strongly, and it doesn't really feel like it's drawing an arc.

    This rubber can't really compete on quality of spin, so it feels better suited to a playing style that relies on the power of speed drives. Among genuine Chinese rubbers, it has relatively little of that distinctive quirkiness. By hitting hard and letting the ball sink in, you can generate enough power to aim for an untouchable shot. If you're aiming straight, it tends to fly in a straight line deep into the opponent's court, so you do need good control.

    Since the sponge is quite dead/firm, smashes work fine whether you let the ball sink in or just knock it away. Hit it hard and you sometimes even get a metallic sound.
    The short game is easy too, both stopping and flicking the ball away. Short-game flat hits over the table left a good impression on me.
    Serving short is difficult though.
    Counters don't drop even when hit flat. It's nice that you can borrow the opponent's power like that.

    It's tacky, but the pace tends to pick up quickly with this rubber, so you need the control to decide between spinning it and just knocking it flat. I think it suits a playing style that goes for the initiative close to the table.

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    2020/04/06
    Overall
    8/10
    Speed
    7
    Spin
    9
    Control
    6
    Hardness Little hard

    Recomend racket Innerforce ALC

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  • HURRICANE 3 PRO

    User review

    Both the topsheet and sponge don't let the ball sink in much, so when you hit flat, the ball seems to leave the racket quickly.

    Since it does have some tackiness, the ball flies well in the direction of your swing. To get both good spin and distance, you'll need to develop a feel for the right angle and enough impact.

    Since it's a non-tension rubber, the speed isn't anything special, but I find the ball consistently lands deep in the opponent's court. For counters, hitting flat causes the ball to drop noticeably, so you need to swing along the tangent of the ball's trajectory to counter it properly.

    For serves and the short game, because it's a hard tacky rubber, both keeping the ball low and punching through are easy, but it's also easy to be affected by incoming spin, so it demands good control.

    I think this is excellent for players who make heavy use of brushing strokes. It's the type of rubber that wins through changing the quality of the ball rather than sheer power.

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    2020/03/03
    Overall
    7/10
    Speed
    4
    Spin
    9
    Control
    5
    Hardness Hard

    Recomend racket Korbel SK7

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