Zep 1100's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Experience | １１〜２０ years |
User review
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2019/07/07
Used on the forehand side.
I'd been using tension rubber, but I started getting more overshooting mistakes and it felt like the ball was flying too much, so I wondered how a tacky rubber with a harder sponge would be. I put it on thinking it might hold back the flight too.
At first it didn't fly much, so even forehand hitting was hard, but I noticed that adding a bit of spin improved the flight. After about a month, for some reason the speed picked up too, and I could do normal rallies from mid-distance.
Control is difficult — blocks come back with a bit of a knuckle effect, and the opponent often nets it. Also, a loose ball that I thought would go long instead loses speed and often clips the edge for a lucky point.
If you put it on the backhand, it's easily affected by the opponent's spin, so I don't think it suits someone who mainly receives with their backhand.
Forehand flicks got easier since overshooting mistakes went away compared to tension rubber.
Serves bite really well, so conversely I ended up using a lot of knuckle serves, which made it easier to score on the third ball.
Smashes bounce heavy and then drop down instead of bouncing further, so they're hard to return.
Overall, honestly I think it's a difficult rubber, but once you get used to it, I think spin, speed, blocking, and everything else start leading to points.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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