Advice for an ALL+ beginner player
Hello everyone. I've been reading some old threads about rubbers for beginners, which I am even if I've been playing for 1.5 years, but mostly self-tought.
Up to now I've tried a couple of setups that have been just "too much" for me to handle. Right now I've decided to stick to an ALL+ gear, but I'm still not so sure about the rubbers I shall use.
Blade: Tibhar Icon All+
Right now I've been switching between BH and FH a Gewo Proton Neo 375 2.0mm . It used to be my BH rubber, but I thought to give it a try on FH because I'm trying to get a good sensitivity on topspins and this rubber is Medium/Soft, which I find helpful.
On the other side I've experimented with a Yinhe Moon medium and a Gambler reflectoid (originally the Moon was my FH, but wanted to try something softer. The reflectoid is a bad experiement for BH that I won't keep).
I'm thinking about keeping the Proton Neo as it was advised to me as a pretty forgiving rubber and I'm looking for another rubber to pair it with. Honestly I'm still too confused by the variety of rubbers and I don't know if the proton neo should go back to my BH or is fine also for the FH.
As a paired rubber I was thinking about either buying another Gewo Proton Neo, this time maybe 1.8mm for the FH as it seems to be a good ALL+ rubber that I can use to learn my strokes. Other options are the famous MarkV or the Sriver, which, from what I see are ALL rubbers.
To summarize I'm looking for advices to buy a rubber that makes sense. Nothing too elaborate, I train twice a week, have a match/tournament a couple times a month and I'm not a good player. I'm looking forward to improving my strokes and I'm searching for a decent setup that doesn't force me to do anything unnecessary. I need to get better before thinking about sticky/OFF/highly specialized rubbers.
Thanks in advance
Hello everyone. I've been reading some old threads about rubbers for beginners, which I am even if I've been playing for 1.5 years, but mostly self-tought.
Up to now I've tried a couple of setups that have been just "too much" for me to handle. Right now I've decided to stick to an ALL+ gear, but I'm still not so sure about the rubbers I shall use.
Blade: Tibhar Icon All+
Right now I've been switching between BH and FH a Gewo Proton Neo 375 2.0mm . It used to be my BH rubber, but I thought to give it a try on FH because I'm trying to get a good sensitivity on topspins and this rubber is Medium/Soft, which I find helpful.
On the other side I've experimented with a Yinhe Moon medium and a Gambler reflectoid (originally the Moon was my FH, but wanted to try something softer. The reflectoid is a bad experiement for BH that I won't keep).
I'm thinking about keeping the Proton Neo as it was advised to me as a pretty forgiving rubber and I'm looking for another rubber to pair it with. Honestly I'm still too confused by the variety of rubbers and I don't know if the proton neo should go back to my BH or is fine also for the FH.
As a paired rubber I was thinking about either buying another Gewo Proton Neo, this time maybe 1.8mm for the FH as it seems to be a good ALL+ rubber that I can use to learn my strokes. Other options are the famous MarkV or the Sriver, which, from what I see are ALL rubbers.
To summarize I'm looking for advices to buy a rubber that makes sense. Nothing too elaborate, I train twice a week, have a match/tournament a couple times a month and I'm not a good player. I'm looking forward to improving my strokes and I'm searching for a decent setup that doesn't force me to do anything unnecessary. I need to get better before thinking about sticky/OFF/highly specialized rubbers.
Thanks in advance
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