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Joola Flash are seamless, similar to XSF or Kingnik. They bounce higher then seamed ABS balls like D40+ or NP40+ and don't feel as hard. They're very durable in general but break/shatter on sharp impacts like fast edge hits.
I personally hate the Joola Flash 40+. It's slow, wobbles and doesn't spin much, and it gets worst with time / doesn't age well. They're quite irregular in shape and bounce too, much like the XSF but worst. Just ask Der_Echte how he feels about them and his experience playing with them at tournaments like the Joola LA Open... The NP40+ is by far the best ball out there, closely followed by the DHS 40+ (50 cents /ball) and Nittaku SD ($1 /ball).
You mean DHS D40+
You mean DHS D40+
I had a box of D40+ which sounded really nice, played well and then I had a box which sounded horrible, like broken celluloid but still plays the same. Can't be fake because the new Tibhar Synt 40+ NG sounds the same... They changed something. I still think these balls are okay, better than seamless. Nittaku Premium is still the best tho.
Is the Joola ball slower or faster than the other balls ?
thomas.pong said:I personally hate the Joola Flash 40+. It's slow, wobbles and doesn't spin much, and it gets worst with time / doesn't age well. They're quite irregular in shape and bounce too, much like the XSF but worst. Just ask Der_Echte how he feels about them and his experience playing with them at tournaments like the Joola LA Open... The NP40+ is by far the best ball out there, closely followed by the DHS D40+ (50 cents /ball) and Nittaku SD ($1 /ball).
I have written in the forums enough about the poly balls, and Baal has written many times more.
Flash is a XSF ball made to the reseller company's specs just like other brands' seamless poly balls... but I believe it is in the bottom third overall of these kind of balls. The official sponsored tourneys I have been in that Joola supplied the balls were both not-so-rosy experiences.
You shoulda taken (or I shoulda taken) footage of the pros who were invited to LA Open selecting the match balls before match time... took a few boxes to find a halfway round one... then it would break before game 1 ended.
Many of us in the bleachers watching were heckeling the players selecting the balls... jokingly asking them to open up 5 boxes before they find a decent one.
This Joola is the ball to be used at the World Veterans Championships in Las Vegas in June 2018, so any info could be helpful to participants.
The 2017 US Open was played using Nittaku Premium 40+ balls on new Joola tables that had a friction coefficient higher than 60 grit course sandpaper... any ball that had light underspin would brake-stop and not kick out... on any other newer table, the ball would continue on another 6-8 inches. This caused a LOT of problems for players... also made it real easy to touch back short returns if you could read spin and get there off the bounce.
Having said all that... if Joola is gunna sponsor the tourney with the same new tables AND use the flash ball... gunna be real unpredictable...
Only way to get used to that is to change your game to take everything as close to off the bounce as possible to minimize mishit or out of time. This is gunna be a real nice chance for those who park at the table and bump it right off the bounce.
I have written in the forums enough about the poly balls, and Baal has written many times more.
Flash is a XSF ball made to the reseller company's specs just like other brands' seamless poly balls... but I believe it is in the bottom third overall of these kind of balls. The official sponsored tourneys I have been in that Joola supplied the balls were both not-so-rosy experiences.
You shoulda taken (or I shoulda taken) footage of the pros who were invited to LA Open selecting the match balls before match time... took a few boxes to find a halfway round one... then it would break before game 1 ended.
Many of us in the bleachers watching were heckeling the players selecting the balls... jokingly asking them to open up 5 boxes before they find a decent one.