毛の生えた初心者's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U10 |
| Experience | ４〜５ years |
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2020/07/21
I used this when transitioning away from a glued-on racket. Since the speed and spin are basically a leftover from the glue era, they're pretty modest compared to tension rubbers. But because it's high-elasticity, the bounce is just right for beginners learning the basics, and it's easy to control. Since you're not at the mercy of the rubber's performance, it's a great rubber for beginners to develop their own style. That said, I found it a bit hard, so personally I'd recommend Mark V for beginners instead.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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2020/07/20
As the title says, this is a classic vertically-pipped speed-oriented short pips rubber. I used the medium thickness, so the bounce wasn't huge and the distance was modest, but the initial speed off the racket was really good. My impression is that switching to a thicker sponge would give you plenty of bounce and distance too. What's nice about this rubber is that knuckle balls come out naturally without me even trying, yet it never feels like the ball is sliding off, and if I focus on it I can still get spin on my pushes. Compared to tension rubbers the speed drops off a bit, but it has no extreme weaknesses and still has plenty of short pips character, so it's a wonderful rubber I can recommend to choppers and attackers alike.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Swat
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2020/07/20
I felt high-bounce rubber wasn't quite enough anymore, so I put this on my forehand at thick as my first tension rubber. The sponge is purple, which is pretty rare, isn't it?
I used to have Sriver in thick before, and after switching over it feels like it bounces quite a bit. It's easy to put spin on serves and control is more than enough. The feel of gripping the ball on a drive is easy to understand, so once you've learned the basics with a high-bounce rubber, I'd recommend switching to this one. It's a good first tension rubber, but it also gets plenty of bounce and spin, so it's one you can keep using for a long time.
Also, it's quite light and soft, so I'd also recommend it as a backhand rubber for upper-intermediate players.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Swat
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2020/06/25
It's just really easy to handle overall! Its performance doesn't have any extreme spikes in one direction, so it doesn't demand a particular type of player, and being a 7-ply blade it has a decent amount of bounce (for its price range), so it pairs well with short pips too. That said, it's not so bouncy that the ball flies off before you can even get spin on it — it's genuinely a nice amount of bounce. It also resonates nicely in your hand and makes a good sound, so right now I'm really satisfied with it. That said, it's really aimed at beginner-to-intermediate players, so I can't recommend it to advanced players, and once you start feeling like this blade isn't enough for you, it might be best to just accept that "this was a blade for getting better" and move on to a new one. Basically, like I said above, this blade felt like "a blade for beginner-to-intermediate players to improve with." Rather than a beginner buying some junky 3,000-yen blade, or jumping straight into a special-material blade as their first one and picking up bad habits while throwing money down the drain, I think it's much better to buy this as your first blade and build your fundamentals on it. (The scores I gave are based purely on this price range and on it being aimed at beginner-to-intermediate players.)
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
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2020/07/21
A confusing rubber - it's short pips but somehow also tacky. I figured being tacky meant the ball wouldn't drop off, but it drops off constantly.
No speed at all either. I didn't feel any dramatic spin from it either. I honestly couldn't find anything good about this rubber. No idea at all, but maybe it's good for choppers...? (zero evidence for that)Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
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