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I've had a try of my friend's racket which has Hurricane 3 on both sides. I usually use Rasanter R47 on my own racket. When hitting with my racket there's a very loud clicking sound. It's quite satisfying actually, and it helps me to know whether I've made correct contact with the ball when looping. When hitting with my friend's H3 racket, I find that there is no such clicking sound. In fact, there's barely any sound at all and I have a lot of trouble knowing whether or not I have looped the ball properly.
I know for a fact that my friend's H3 is not boosted. I know this because I glued the rubbers on for him and bought his rubber for him. However, when watching videos of players like Ma Long and Fan Zhendong training there is quite a loud cracking (maybe not clicking) sound when they hit the ball. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYMY-1KQrbo
Is this because they are hitting the ball so much harder than I am? Or is it because (as many people have suggested in the past) that they are boosting their hard Chinese rubber? Is it possible to get that loud cracking sound without boosting?
I'd like to know as this would be helpful to know when I'm playing against an opponent who uses H3 (or similar) who might be able to produce such a loud cracking sound when looping and I could then know whether or not his rubber is boosted (not that I can probably do anything about it, anyway).
I know for a fact that my friend's H3 is not boosted. I know this because I glued the rubbers on for him and bought his rubber for him. However, when watching videos of players like Ma Long and Fan Zhendong training there is quite a loud cracking (maybe not clicking) sound when they hit the ball. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYMY-1KQrbo
Is this because they are hitting the ball so much harder than I am? Or is it because (as many people have suggested in the past) that they are boosting their hard Chinese rubber? Is it possible to get that loud cracking sound without boosting?
I'd like to know as this would be helpful to know when I'm playing against an opponent who uses H3 (or similar) who might be able to produce such a loud cracking sound when looping and I could then know whether or not his rubber is boosted (not that I can probably do anything about it, anyway).