+1, Glayzer series are very forgiving. Initially testing them had me feeling like regular Glayzer was rather slow and uninspiring, but I suspect it was either the blades I tried it on or the fact that I had the 1.9 version, now I have had a 2.1 version on one of my main combos and it is a very balanced and easy rubber to play with. Both rubbers are kind of soft for going full beans, but given they are more intermediary performance designs, thats just fine. They both have solid grip and are not terribly slow but the biggest benefit to using them is the predictability and stability they offer especially in the block/counter, short game and on opening. Easy to land the ball on the table with either of them
This post inspire me to share some anecdotal personal opinion.
1. Last practice session I used a Rozena on my FH and was hitting winner FH / BH during stroking. My club-mates were like ooohhh... ahhhh... Gozo, you are getting better. We all should now be worried.
2. I had a smuck face with a wry grin. I'm so gonna toast you guys, so I thought.
3. Now, Rozena is 35 degree hardness on Butterfly scale which correspond to 45 degree of sponge hardness when converted to ESN scale. ( Butterfly + 10 = ESN , roughly thereabout as some sources shown )
4. However, when it comes to game play, all my beautiful stroked gone kaput! Control is bad. Serve receive is bad. Open up is only like 50:50. It is just so different from stroking.
4(a). I lost badly no doubt with huge points deficit, under five.
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5. Never mind. Next I try out on another set-up with Xion Vega Europe ( 42.5 degree hardness ESN scale ) on my FH.
6. During stroking, my partner commented, it is softer and not as powerful as Rozena.
7. Nonetheless it is very easy to generate rotation, hence my strokes were spinny or loopy but with less forward momentum.
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8. During game play with the Vega Europe, my topspin FH were on the table a lot more and my open ups goes over the net with greater frequency. I was playing much much better and although I lost, the points deficit definitely gone down by a lot. I was doing like 11-8, 11-9 or deuces as a matter of fact.
9. My opponent is of higher skill level than me, so losing to him should be expected.
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10. My point is, it is ok to be slow if it gives you higher percentages to land on the table. High archy loopy slow spinny FH topspin is still good at the amateur scene. We are not going to face Kristian Karlsson type pro players anyway. So steadiness wins over speed demon anytime.
So, through this discovery, I have found out that my magic number is 42. The answer to life's greatest mystery.
Coincident?
So what now?
Browse Lazada and type in search key word 05 FX whoppee-do!
( 05fx hardness = 32 + 10 = 42 in ESN scale
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