sticky gorilla's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U10 |
| Experience | 6〜10 years |
User review
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2023/03/20
For a beginner rubber, it feels a bit on the hard side.
The sheet has a mild grip on the ball, so drive-based techniques stay stable. The maker recommends pairing it with the Mark Wood blade, but once you're intermediate level or above, it gets rough — it just doesn't bounce. Honestly, I don't think there's much reason for intermediate-plus players to use it, but if you really want to, go with a bouncier blade (an outer-ply blade didn't suit it for me). It matched well with a 7-ply all-wood blade.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket MARK WOOD
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2023/03/11
Using a Korbel 89g, with red 52g max thickness on the forehand and black 45g max thickness on the backhand. Total weight including side tape is 187g. The sponge is orange, which looks cool.
Almost no air bubbles. THE Chinese rubber.
There's a lot of variation between individual sheets. Your arm gets tired if you keep swinging for a long time - time to hit the gym.
On the forehand, light hits bounce about like Mark V. Hit a drive and it really flies - noticeably more bounce than Rakza. The ball gets pretty erratic too - apparently my practice partners were getting hit by some wild balls. Loops against backspin are also rough and unpredictable. The sense of unstoppable speed is on another level. Everything comes up easily. Meet-shots are stable.
On the backhand, light hits feel a bit stiff - maybe because the ball doesn't sink into the sponge as easily. The lack of bounce stands out. But once it becomes a drive, it's amazing - the extension on the ball is crazy. Plenty of margin even from mid-distance. Update after a month of use: mid-distance play on the backhand might be tough.
Over the table, both sides are the strongest I've used. Flicks, no-spin flicks, chiquitas, stops, and drives over the table - it can do everything. The over-the-table drive arcs quite a bit, so you need to hold back a little or you'll keep overshooting.
Serves are easy to do well.
Even with a low-bounce blade (a flexy one) plus a low-bounce rubber, you can still overwhelm your opponent with how much the spin carries.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket KORBEL
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2023/03/26
It's hard and doesn't bounce much.
This is for people who can actually hit a strong drive properly.
The spin is absolutely ridiculous,Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket MA LIN HARD CARBON
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2023/03/24
I borrowed a friend's blade. Part of it was that I'm not a fan of how Rozena feels, but overall it has this odd, hollow "poko-poko" feel to it. The ball flies pretty flat. If you're at intermediate level, this would work fine. The grip looks cool though.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
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2023/03/20
It's a tacky rubber, but mine was only 44g at max thickness - light! It's top-class speed even among tacky-tension rubbers. There's no denying it has a bit of a wild, hard-to-control feel to it. If you're the type who plays a flat-hitting drive style without much refinement, it felt like the ball would fly off before you even got spin on it unless you had real skill. I think it's a good move for people transitioning from spin-oriented tension rubbers. It's not something people using non-tension tacky rubbers need to bother switching to. That said, I think it has its own strengths that are different from strong-tack rubbers. If you play with solid impact hits, using speed and well-spun balls, I felt you could really bring out this rubber's characteristics.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket QUARTET AFC
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