robin's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U60 |
| Experience | １１〜２０ years |
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- Rubber (Front)
- Powered by Spring Sponge Technology and with pimples of a larger diameter than other rubbers, Ten...
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- Rubber (Back)
- Table soft goodness of the unique ball away, of course, Booster EV to provide a ballistic a sense...
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User review
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2023/01/17
Suited to a short-pips player who likes to hit aggressively all the time. Works well on a penhold forehand or a forehand short pips setup. On the backhand, attacking is good but defense is difficult. It's good at hitting flat but not so good at stopping the ball, so its strengths and weaknesses are very clear-cut, which makes it unsuited for someone looking for balance. It's a rubber with a sharp, distinct personality that suits players who like high-risk play. This is the first time I've seen a spin-oriented short pips put this much emphasis on power.
Strengths
- The ball is fast
- Attacking shots like flicks, meet shots, and drives go in with real snap
- It has good distance on it, so you can hit even from mid-distance (even the thick version bounces like SA's max-thickness)
- Serves get good bite
Weaknesses
- The ball's trajectory is clean and easy for the opponent to read
- Hard to produce knuckle balls
- Lots of overshoot mistakes
- Hard to block (hard to stop)
- Lots of inexplicable mistakes, making it hard to gauge how much power to put into shotsOverall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket KOKI NIWA WOOD
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2023/01/17
The perfect blade for pips-out style players combining inverted rubber with something else. It's a bit softer than a standard 7-ply, and that helps a lot both with putting spin on and with defense. It's light, but you don't get pushed around by the incoming ball, and being light makes switching between shots easy. Flat hitting also works well - since the speed is kept a bit in check, you can still hit hard and stay in control. The feel is good too. If I had to name a weakness, it's the flip side of the defensive ease - the speed feels a little lacking.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Tenergy 25
Recommend rubber(Back) Booster EV
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2023/01/17
It bounces a lot, but has more ball-holding feel than a Hinoki Carbon, and suits a topspin player who also plays from mid-distance. It's a pretty good blade with high resilience but still a well-thought-out balance. The feel and flight remind me of the Primorac Carbon I used in the past. This is the first blade where V>15 really clicked for me, but I also felt like you need something like Tenergy or V>20 to bring out its full performance. For a close-to-the-table attacking style, it feels like it flies too much. The grip lens on both sides gets in the way.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) V＞15 Extra
Recommend rubber(Back) Tenergy 64 FX
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2023/01/17
It's less about flying far and more about having good initial speed, a blade for close-to-the-table play. For close-to-the-table play it suits not just a fast-attack style but a topspin style too. You can still hit from further back, but I felt this blade's defining trait, that initial speed, really comes alive when you play close to the table. It just barely holds the ball, and the short game is no problem either. I can't find any real flaws, it's a blade that keeps a high level of balance. It also has a decent amount of weight, making it ideal for short pips on the backhand. If you tried to buy an inner blade with the same performance from company B, it would cost about twice as much.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) DIGNICS 05
Recommend rubber(Back) Booster EV
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