roar's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U10 |
| Experience | ２〜３ years |
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- Balanced racket for a cut of the balance of momentum and control. Recommended to cut introductory...
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- Grain shape close to a grain high.Change system table rubber to exhibit also high knuckle effect ...
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User review
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2023/05/05
The great thing about this rubber is that it's just really easy to use! It's soft, so even players with a weak impact can still sink the ball into the sponge properly and get a stable arc. I think beginners usually start out by building a feel for making the ball fly and putting spin on it, and if you use a high-performance rubber for that, the ball just flies off the table, so I'd recommend starting with this one!
For advanced players, it might feel a bit lacking on the forehand, but I think it's perfectly viable on the backhand!
I'd also recommend it to choppers. Since it doesn't fly too much, your chops stay consistent, but it's not completely dead either, so it's really easy to shut down loop drives and the like.
Also, this rubber is naturally cheap, but it also lasts an incredibly long time! I think it can go about half a year lol. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say it's the best value for money out there right now.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Recomend racket Swat Carbon
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2023/05/14
For a short pips rubber, this one really grips and spins a lot.
Compared to other popular spin-oriented short pips like Morrist SP AX or Impartial XS, this felt like a completely different animal. Those two are soft and give the impression of spinning by really sinking the ball into the sponge, but with the Spin Pips D2, techniques that work the surface produce spin, while techniques that sink the ball into the sponge produce knuckle balls.
In other words, serves, pushes, and chiquitas tend to come out spinny, while drives, smashes, and blocks tend to come out as knuckle balls. So until you get used to it, it's hard to tell where the spin is coming from and where the knuckle is.
I think it's a rubber that can really confuse your opponent, so if you want to play short pips, definitely put this on your list of candidates!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket VIOLIN
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2023/05/06
This is what we have on our club's loaner rackets!
For basic drills like forehand and backhand hitting, it's incredibly stable. Of course push shots and other fundamentals are easy too, so I think it's perfect for beginners learning a variety of techniques for the first time! I think you'll want to switch to a stronger tension rubber once you reach intermediate level, but there's no question it's ideal as a starter rubber.
I also think it works well on the backhand for an inverted-rubber chopper. With a stronger tension rubber, backhand chops with inverted rubber tend to be tricky, but with this one I could chop pretty cleanly!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket BLOODWOOD
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2023/05/14
At first I test-hit this without knowing much about it, and the feel was quite hard, so I assumed it was a 7-ply blade. But I remember being surprised to hear it's actually 5-ply. It's hard, but it still lets the ball sink into the rubber to a certain degree, so it pairs really well with soft-to-medium hardness tension rubber. The blade itself provides the speed, so the idea is to let the rubber add the spin.
The technique I found easiest with this was the speed drive. Speed comes naturally, so if you hit with the idea of really digging the ball into the sponge, it becomes quite stable.
This is a blade I'd recommend for drive-dominant players who like to push forward with speed!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Fastarc G-1
Recommend rubber(Back) Carl P-1R OX
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2023/05/09
I put this on the forehand of my secondary attacking blade!
My main blade uses Hurricane Turbo Blue, and I wanted something a bit easier to use than that, which is why I chose this rubber - and it turned out easier to use than I expected. Despite its hardness rating, it felt soft (maybe the sheet is soft). Being strongly tacky, drives get an incredible amount of spin, and the short game and blocking are also easy while still producing a minimum amount of speed, so I don't think there's any technique that's particularly hard to do with it. That said, it really doesn't have much pace, so I think tension-rubber users will take some time to adjust..
I also tried chopping with it. It's on an attacking blade, but even so it was plenty easy to keep the ball under control. In fact, putting it on a dedicated chopping blade might actually be harder, since it wouldn't have enough bounce.
For people using Hurricane and the like who want a bit more ease of use, I'd suggest the forehand; for people who want to stabilize their short game and blocking, it's surprisingly lightweight, so using it on the backhand is a totally valid option too!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Recomend racket BLOODWOOD
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