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  HEXER POWERGRIP

  

  andro's rubbers have a distinctive feel that gets addictive. That squishy sensation on drives is amazing.
  - A distinctive mushy, squishy feeling of the ball sinking in (shared with R48)
  - When you make light contact, it sinks in on its own, so you're not sure where the ball will fly off to
  — those were the things I noticed.
  Shorts and blocks also sink in in that mushy way, which has the benefit of absorbing shock, but I felt there's also a downside of losing power. So I can't really recommend it for a penhold looper who relies heavily on shorts and smashes, or a style built around lightly redirecting the ball… A rubber with a harder sheet would give sharper shots and be easier to control, I think.
  On the other hand, if you can drive properly, the rubber holds the ball on its own even when your form gets stretched, so I think it's extremely stable.
  I ended up switching to Ventus Extra, but if I weren't playing Japanese penhold, I'd pick this rubber for my forehand.
  Recommended for people who find R48 too fast to handle.

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  androのラバーは打感が独特で、クセになります。ドライブのときのグニュッと感がたまりません。
  ・モサッ、グニュッと球が食い込む独特な感覚(R48と共通)
  ・軽く当てたとき、勝手に食い込むのでどこに飛び出すかわからない
  という気づきがありました。
  ショートやブロックもモサッと食い込むので、衝撃を吸収してくれるメリットと、パワーがロスするデメリットがあると感じました。なのでショートやスマッシュを多用したり、ポンと当てていなすようなプレーを多用するペンドラにはあまりオススメできません…もっとシートが硬いラバーの方が鋭い球質になるし、コントロールしやすいと思います。
  逆に、しっかりドライブをかけられる人は、キツい体制になってもラバーが勝手に球を持つので非常に安定すると思います。
  自分はヴェンタスエキストラに変えてしまいましたが、もし日ペンではなかったらフォア面にこのラバーを選びますね。
  R48が飛びすぎて扱いきれない人にオススメです。

  2021/10/25

  Overall	8/10
  Speed	7
  Spin	10
  Control	8
  Hardness	Little soft

  Recomend racket Hadraw JPV-S

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  NEO HURRICANE 3

  

  I hit with both Provincial Hurricane NEO3 blue sponge and Regular Hurricane NEO3 (DHS) for about 2 months each.
  My conclusion is basically the title. The forehand roars with power and is a lot of fun, but it's hard to use for short blocks, so it doesn't suit Japanese penhold.
  Serves, drives, and counters are on another level. It pairs well with a single-ply hinoki blade, and the tricky, wildly-spinning balls become a big weapon.
  Surprisingly, once you get the knack, forehand meet-hitting is actually easy to do. If you open the racket face and hit with the image of putting sidespin-ish topspin on it, the ball settles onto the table nicely. It doesn't have much power this way, but you can also force a fast ball through with raw strength.
  On the other hand, short blocking was the real challenge. Just blocking flatly and the ball goes straight into the net.
  To get it in consistently, it helps to hold the racket perpendicular to the table or angled slightly up, and return the ball with a knuckle-ish push, like pushing it out diagonally upward. (Your practice partners will hate you for it.)
  However, when your opponent hits a drive at you and you use the same technique, it will definitely go long, so you end up having to close the racket face drastically. That gap is really nasty — with a shakehand grip, a swing where you "spin it back" would probably stabilize any ball, but with Japanese penhold that wasn't possible.

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  省狂NEO3ブルースポンジと普狂NEO3(紅双喜製)をそれぞれ2ヶ月くらい打ちました。
  結論は見出しの通り。フォアは唸りまくって面白いのですが、ショートがやりにくいので日ペンは向きません。
  サーブやドライブ、カウンターは異次元。檜単板と相性がよく、癖玉と超回転は大きな武器になります。
  意外にも、コツを掴めばフォアのミート打ちがやりやすいです。面を開いて、シュート回転をかけるイメージで打つことでしっかり台に納まります。威力は出ませんが、力づくで速い球を出すことも可能。
  一方、ショートが難関でした。ただ弾くだけだとネットに直行します。
  安定して入れるには、台に対して直角か少し上に向けて、斜め上に押し出すイメージでナックル気味に返球するといいです。(練習相手に嫌われます。)
  しかし、相手がドライブをかけてきたとき、同じ当て方をすると間違いなくオーバーするので、極端に面を伏せることになります。この差が本当に嫌らしくて、シェークみたいに「かけ返す」ようなスイングならどんな球でも安定するのでしょうが、日ペンでは無理でした。

  2021/04/20

  Overall	9/10
  Speed	9
  Spin	10
  Control	6
  Hardness	Hard

  Recomend racket CYPRESS V-MAX

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