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It is difficult to say. I was very surprised that R53 didn´t feel as hard as you´d expect and from my memory it felt better than R50.
But then, no two rubbers are the same and if I´ve come across R50 harder than their nominal 50 and an R53 that feels like 51 degrees it might be a different experience for you, and normally a rubber shouldn´t feel three degress softer with the same topsheet.
If you get a chance, try them both.
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Most of the rubbers that are in that hardness range tend to have softer topsheets to compensate for the surface grip and rebound in spinning the ball.
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Yogi is right, I hope manufacturers start labelling the top sheet hardness as well.
IMO the top sheet makes a much bigger difference in feel than the sponge.
Haven't tried any Rasanters but the DNA h with 50 sponge feels way harder than the Omega 7 Asia at 52.
IMO the top sheet makes a much bigger difference in feel than the sponge.
Haven't tried any Rasanters but the DNA h with 50 sponge feels way harder than the Omega 7 Asia at 52.
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discussed today with another coach
for a hard sponge tacky rubber, in replacement of SpinArt,
he recommended TIBHAR K1J Hybrid
or YASAKA 翔龍 (SHORYU) https://www.kokusaitakkyu.com/shopdetail/000000006622/ct1350/page1/order/
[for info, JIN Takuya is using this YASAKA rubber on both sides]
He said Dignics80 is much faster than SpinArt and there is a lot of risk of putting the ball off the table. But i told him that i'd go for 1.9mm instead of 2.1mm and said maybe its ok then.
for a hard sponge tacky rubber, in replacement of SpinArt,
he recommended TIBHAR K1J Hybrid
or YASAKA 翔龍 (SHORYU) https://www.kokusaitakkyu.com/shopdetail/000000006622/ct1350/page1/order/
[for info, JIN Takuya is using this YASAKA rubber on both sides]
He said Dignics80 is much faster than SpinArt and there is a lot of risk of putting the ball off the table. But i told him that i'd go for 1.9mm instead of 2.1mm and said maybe its ok then.
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That's more commonly known as Rising Dragon, right? A lot softer than SpinArt, but also moderately fast, very spinny and somewhat tacky.
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I´d say it´s the interplay between them that gives an overall feeling.
So yes, an additional rating for topsheet hardness, going from soft to hard+ or something could be helpful.
In exact degrees it just would make people even more crazy
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