NEW Stiga Helix Hybrid ?

[maxtor]

Any hybrid rubber with hard sponges requires proper body engagement. Without that it will just produce some amount of spin, but low-quality shot. Plus keep in mind that body\arm\full swing with body engagement is a very physical demanding thing. I personally like to practice with hybrid rubbers to keep my body engagement with my strokes properly, but in long rallies of matches - it's not easy to keep freshness of muscles of your body during a tournament day when you have to play 6-8 matches in a day.
Sure, if you need to play just 1-2 match in a day only - it's worth it. But if you play more matches, well, I'm personally not that young anymore And my elbow wants some support and assistance from tensors. Why sacrifice then?

 

[Tiber1337]

Any hybrid rubber with hard sponges requires proper body engagement. Without that it will just produce some amount of spin, but low-quality shot. Plus keep in mind that body\arm\full swing with body engagement is a very physical demanding thing. I personally like to practice with hybrid rubbers to keep my body engagement with my strokes properly, but in long rallies of matches - it's not easy to keep freshness of muscles of your body during a tournament day when you have to play 6-8 matches in a day.
Sure, if you need to play just 1-2 match in a day only - it's worth it. But if you play more matches, well, I'm personally not that young anymore And my elbow wants some support and assistance from tensors. Why sacrifice then?

Try pairing hybrid with a outer carbon, stiffer blade , you will enage hard hybrid rubbber much easier.

On the topic, I bought a Helix Hybrid 55 , tested it on Xiom Cho Daesong TMX Pro ( outer blade) and FZD ALC.

on TMX - easily engaged, lots of spin, sometimes shooting out, deadly if you have a precise swing.
on FZD - since FZD alc is softer, it was harder to engage the rubber, more controllable but less lively, I did not prefer it.

Overall, rubber has lots of power and spin but has to have the suited blade for it. The spongs of this rubber indeed has more energy stored din it, however the topshet feels similar to other new hybrids,