Shokichi's profile
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2025/01/27
I tried this at thin thickness on my Diode Pro. If you're someone who has the feel for laying the pips down, using this rubber gives you seriously nasty chop spin.
People say things like how easy it is to control cutting or not cutting, how the stability is this or that, how straight the chop trajectory is, but personally, I just found that these pips grip and pull the ball so much that it's easy to cut and control, and chopping became so much fun!!!
I don't know where I heard it, but I used to believe that horizontal-grain pips are more about variation and vertical-grain pips are more stable, but honestly I don't really feel that.
If anything, the vertical grain cuts more, and the horizontal grain draws a softer arc which should make the chop slower... or so I thought, haha
Honestly, I now think there isn't that much of a difference. A while back I thought Vertical 20 was kind of iffy and that vertical grain just didn't suit me, but at the very least, just by changing my technique, the ball changed a lot, and my friends, juniors, and seniors started telling me "that's totally different!" so I'm having a blast playing table tennis right now.
Rather than from the start, I'd highly recommend this to someone who has already learned to lay the pips down and use that pulling force to generate spin - both chops and pushes become incredible with it.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket DIODE PRO
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2025/01/27
It's not like the Dignics-series rubbers where the ball just pops up on its own when it hits — I'd say this rubber responds honestly to your swing more like the Tenergy series. I think it's in the same league as G1, Rozena, or Rakza 7.
The one thing that's a bit different, maybe because of the sponge hardness, is that the Pro version flies a little more. Or rather, "carries the ball further" is probably a better way to put it. It's a really well-balanced rubber for both attacking and chopping. Because it's built for balance, you might not find one single "wow" point about it, but that's exactly why I'd like it to become the rubber that people settle on once they've worked hard enough to consciously shape their own shots — the kind of thing any strong player just does naturally — thanks to how easy it makes chopping and control.
From a chopper's point of view, the one thing is that, unlike the Hybrid H, it floats up a little more.
But if you want a rubber that also keeps the trajectory low, go with the Hybrid; if you just want something well-balanced overall, I'd suggest trying the Pro H.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket DEFENSIVE CLASSIC
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2025/01/01
My first impression wasn't that great. It was completely different from the one I'd borrowed from an acquaintance, so at first I couldn't tell what was good about it. Combined with the tackiness and the Dignics-line tendency to pop upward on contact, it bounced up too much and felt hard to use.
I only started to think it was good after about 2-3 weeks. By that point, I think the tackiness had worn down just the right amount, so it stopped bouncing too high and became much more manageable. In a way, once that tacky-tension feel faded, since it's made in Japan the grip on the ball was still good, and I couldn't really find any downsides.
Chops and pushes both got easier, so it felt like my own skill level was reflected honestly and directly. Because of that, this is a tough one for people expecting the rubber to do something extra, or wanting "more spin, please!" Also, choppers who like to "create their own trajectory" themselves might dislike it at first. If you want a trajectory obedient to a Tenergy-style swing/arm motion, the Glayzer 09C is especially hard to use at first, and it's really only after the tackiness wears down some that you can properly judge it (that's when your like or dislike becomes clear).
It's a rubber that reflects your skill level honestly and directly, so it really felt like, as expected, Butterfly quality!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket DIODE PRO
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2025/01/01
First impression: attacking techniques like drives fly more than I expected. This is a blade that really makes you appreciate how important your fundamentals are — when you use your body properly, both the launch and the carry-through were great.
At first I was worried chops and pushes were flying too much, but since the topsheet is a Dignics-series rubber, you just need to get used to how much it pops up after contact, and once some time passed, everything settled in nicely without any issues. As with attacking shots, if you don't rotate your hips and bend your knees properly on chops too, the blade's good qualities work against you and shots go long. It also paired well with long pips. That said, unless you use hard pips, they get overpowered by strong shots, so hard pips settle and cut better than soft ones.
Lately there are a lot of blades that add carbon for extra bounce, or all-wood blades that fly more than you'd expect and feel straight-line, or blades with bounce cut down to the extreme — so if you're looking for a blade in that older-generation style of "bouncy but not too hard" and "well-balanced, not overly bouncy," yet still flies enough compared to recent trends to actually win matches, this is the only one for you!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) GLAYZER09C
Recommend rubber(Back) VERTICAL 55
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