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Hello i am a young still Learning player who has played table tennis for about 6-7 years.
For a while i have been using the butterfly balsacarbo x5 22 racket with glayzer 1.9 mm in the backhand and glayzer 09c 1.9mm in the forehand.
I want to upgrade my forehand rubber to something on a higer level, though i think a dicnigs 09c or hurricane 3 would be to hard for me to control.
I am looking for a tacky rubber with a little more spin than the glayzer 09c and more speed (preferably the same sponge hardness). I was looking at something like the dhs pf4-50 which i read was a baby version of the hurricane 3 but i have no actual idea.
Please come with suggtestions for rubbers that are a step up from glayzer 09c.
 
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Hello i am a young still Learning player who has played table tennis for about 6-7 years.
For a while i have been using the butterfly balsacarbo x5 22 racket with glayzer 1.9 mm in the backhand and glayzer 09c 1.9mm in the forehand.
I want to upgrade my forehand rubber to something on a higer level, though i think a dicnigs 09c or hurricane 3 would be to hard for me to control.
I am looking for a tacky rubber with a little more spin than the glayzer 09c and more speed (preferably the same sponge hardness). I was looking at something like the dhs pf4-50 which i read was a baby version of the hurricane 3 but i have no actual idea.
Please come with suggtestions for rubbers that are a step up from glayzer 09c.
As far as hybrids are concerned look at rakza Z, a lot of tack and loads of spin and control with comparable speed to glayzer.
 
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I would look to trying out different setups of your club members to see what is out there. You may find a good regular ALC blade having a more profound effect for your development and that a Dignics 09C not so scary if you pair it with the right blade. You should know balsa blades have a reputation for being light and fast but they are not noted for spin or looping feel making them more popular for pips players than spin offensive styles.

Try out carbon blades with larger head size such as 159mm if you get a chance. They may be revelatory.
 
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I was going to recommend you try Rakza Z also, it's tacky and not too fast.
But I don't think DHS Neo 3 will be too difficult for you to control at all, it's not very fast and is used by every level of player in all over China.
The reason for that is that it's actually quite slow and you add speed by boosting it.
Id recommend trying it unboosted and just boost it after a few months, it's a simple process.
 
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I was going to recommend you try Rakza Z also, it's tacky and not too fast.
But I don't think DHS Neo 3 will be too difficult for you to control at all, it's not very fast and is used by every level of player in all over China.
The reason for that is that it's actually quite slow and you add speed by boosting it!
Id recommend trying it unboosted and just boost it after a few months, it's a simple process.
Agreed, the new dhs h3 neo isn't that tacky and its a bit faster than the older versions, trying it out on a viscaria and speed wise doesn't seem too slow, actually comparable to the speed of a Korbel with Sriver.
 
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Agreed, the new dhs h3 neo isn't that tacky and its a bit faster than the older versions, trying it out on a viscaria and speed wise doesn't seem too slow, actually comparable to the speed of a Korbel with Sriver.
Dignics 09c will be too difficult to control but H3 not.
If you want more speed and tacky there's also Rakza Z extra hard but it's only faster if you hit harder.
If you want softer sponge and tacky I reckon a boosted H3 might be the way to go
 
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Dignics 09c will be too difficult to control but H3 not.
If you want more speed and tacky there's also Rakza Z extra hard but it's only faster if you hit harder.
If you want softer sponge and tacky I reckon a boosted H3 might be the way to go
Yep or you could try using 4 layers of glue on the h3 sponge.(I use tibhar power glue,not a speed glue,water based)Somehow softened up the rubber and it feels marginally harder than the dignics 05.
 
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Don't think D09c would be hard to control. Anyway it is very expensive - you may want to consider Donic c2 or stiga dragon grip. And in my opinion the rubber matters less compared to blade in our level. Changing your rubber from g09c to d09c won't make big change to your game. If you want more spin and speed maybe consider getting a ALC or ZLC blade.
 
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+1 to the idea of changing to a different blade. Viscaria is the staple blade everyone uses. ZLC is great if you like it.

Big dipper 38-39d comes to mind, or boosting a h3. That way you can find if it works for you. Rakza Z is good if you don't mind the weight.
 
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