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I have been away from the sport for over 20 years. I picked up a bat a few months back and started playing again. I bought some blades and rubbers: sriver, flextra, 729 super fx, 729 supersoft, cream transcend, evo1. My blades are all wood Stiga Active, Stiga S-3000, 729 Bomb and 729 Red Spirit.
A large part of my game is the "serve". I rely on spinny, underspin, sidespins, combination of both serves with as much speed. I also win points on deception on my serves, like underspin looking like sidespins, knuckle balls, etc.
Flextra gives me good spin although a tad slow, Transcend seems a lot better and faster. I just bought a Yasaka Mark V and this has been a revelation in my serves. With the added speed and spin, my opponents found it more difficult to return.
If Mark V serves better than all my other rubbers, then there must be a "service beast" of a rubber out there? Can anyone suggest rubbers that give superior performance when it comes to "spinny service"?
A follow up question, will the kind of blade (wood, 5 ply, 7 ply, carbon, etc.) also affect my spinny serve?
I have been away from the sport for over 20 years. I picked up a bat a few months back and started playing again. I bought some blades and rubbers: sriver, flextra, 729 super fx, 729 supersoft, cream transcend, evo1. My blades are all wood Stiga Active, Stiga S-3000, 729 Bomb and 729 Red Spirit.
A large part of my game is the "serve". I rely on spinny, underspin, sidespins, combination of both serves with as much speed. I also win points on deception on my serves, like underspin looking like sidespins, knuckle balls, etc.
Flextra gives me good spin although a tad slow, Transcend seems a lot better and faster. I just bought a Yasaka Mark V and this has been a revelation in my serves. With the added speed and spin, my opponents found it more difficult to return.
If Mark V serves better than all my other rubbers, then there must be a "service beast" of a rubber out there? Can anyone suggest rubbers that give superior performance when it comes to "spinny service"?
A follow up question, will the kind of blade (wood, 5 ply, 7 ply, carbon, etc.) also affect my spinny serve?