Tibhar CCA7

Hi everybody,

After played with Tibhar CCA7 for 2 weeks, I'd like share the review of this brand new product of Tibhar. Here's my review :

Note : The setup I've been using is Tibhar CCA7 with Tibhar Evolution MX-P rubber on both sides.

Before I'm playing with Tibhar CCA7, I used Nittaku Barwell which also a 7-plies all wood blade. Surprisingly, it doesn't take too much effort for me to adjusting with Tibhar CCA7. Usually it will take 1-2 months for me to get along with new blade and although it's only an all-wood blade, this blade doesn't lack of speed at all. I can kill the ball easier with Tibhar CCA7 (also thanks to Evolution MX-P rubber). The amount of dwell time also really great. I can generate a lot of spin easily even with Evolution MX-P rubber which has the hardest sponge of the Evolution series.

Short game is also really important in modern game and I think this blade also excel in this part. I can control the short game better than before. The combination of touch and spin are very good. One of my favourite stroke is backhand flick and with Tibhar CCA7 I can execute backhand flick with a very great balance of speed & spin.

When looping using Tibhar CCA7, I feel the ball really sink into the blade. It's like using 5-plies blade but with more speed on it. I don't need to put much effort in looping backspin ball. Counter-topspin very solid from close & mid distance. Sometimes, I also like to fish & lob the ball and when using Tibhar CCA7 my lob get more precise because the amount of feels that the blade produce, give me more confidence in fishing & lobbing game.

The downside of this blade is in passive blocking game. When I did some passive blocking, the ball came to the net really often. To fix this, I need to give more forward action so the ball can go to the other side of the table.

In my opinion, Tibhar CCA7 will suit for offensive & all-round player, especially looper who needs a good speed without lacking too much control. Passive blocker won't like to use this blade.