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In case of more or less perfect contact (e .g. powerlooping fast balls) there is no difference in spin with different material, but you can compare serves, pushes etc. with different material, too.

How big was the difference (%)? Interesting would be the influence of the top layer (more spin with hinoki?), the core (less spin with balsa core?) and the influence of the fiber. If you compare totally different blades it is hard to draw conclusions.

Did somebody test the influence of the blade and the sponge thickness on the spin?

Which option (including fh flip) is safest or best against "medium heavy" short backspin to the fh?

Hello, yesterday I faced an opponent who consistently played short backspin balls to my fh side. He played with NI rubbers, but rather slow stuff for good control I guess. If I played to his bh side, he returned the ball short and down the line, actually very close to the white line. In any...

Maybe. The direction (left/right) was much harder to control.

I tested the Z2 special and had serious problems with looping fast backspin balls (friendly matches and robot). Very uncontrollable. Strange. Anyone who experienced the same? Therefore I probably will continue to play with the normal Z2 (backhand).

Hi, we have a trainer here (a strong player in the past) who recommends max sponge to more or less everyone. Including very young players. In my experience max sponge helps, if you have to play a topspin against a heavy backspin ball. But how often do you get a long heavy backspin ball in the...

One more question: Is there a list or database with information about the softness, thickness, etc. of the topsheet of different rubbers?

Tronix and t19 was mentioned by me. These rubbers were proposed from another player in my club. I already tested a used t19, but maybe the rubber was already used too much. But somehow not bad. One player in our first team plays with used rubbers, everything seems possible. According to him, 6...

Oh, ok. I just checked, all the mentioned rubbers (Tibhar hyprid mk, mk fx, mx-s, joola tronix cmd/acc, tenergy 19) have a soft topsheet but different sponge hardnesses. So better a medium sponge, maybe 45 degree (ESN scale)? Hard sponges need a lot of effort... The Hammond Z2 (my FH rubber) is...

Thank you all for the suggestions. Lets summarize: What properties should my new rubber have for a safe backhand flick (for safe serve receive, where I am sometimes a little bit out of position or cannot judge the amout of spin very precisely): - medium/medium-soft sponge - good friction in...

My problem with the Blowfish is that the pimples loose friction if I brush too fast (even if the contact is good and I go through the ball), so I always have to be careful, especially with the wrist. Is this typical for all short pimple rubbers incl. the VO>102? Or which one is the most grippy one?

It means chop block. Either with sidespin or without sidespin and in this case with the racket pointing completly downwards. A bit unconventionally maybe, okay :).

Yes, I am testing very different stuff in order to find the (new?) right way for me.

Hi, I am still very unsure about the BH rubber I should use. I am testing different rubbers at the moment for my backhand. The problem: I am much better in flicking (banana/strawberry/normal) over the table than in the short game with pushes, therefore I preferred very grippy rubbers in the...

I actually tested tenergy 19, too, it was great for consistancy (topspin and block), but I had much less spin in my tomahawk-serves compared to all other grippy rubbers I tested. No idea why. I tested rubbers with harder and softer sponge, more and less bouncy rubbers..... But why not combine...

Tacky rubbers including hybrids offer good spin, no doubt about that, my question was related to grippy rubbers only. From your answers I conclude that you think very hard rubbers offer most spin. But can you really activate such hard sponges if you serve? Would such a topspin serve land on the...

One question to all Z2 special owners: Today I received this rubber, too, but the rubber looks like the regular Z2, nowhere I can read "special version" or something like this. Is this correct?

Hi, my biggest strength in table tennis are actually my tomahawk serves (with all kinds of spin and different lenghts) and I wonder which kind of rubbers among the fast ESN/Japanese grippy rubbers are generating most spin for my serves. The interesting variables are sponge thickness, sponge...