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I am a young player and have been playing a Japanese Penholder for a number of months. I play with an xiom 10mm one ply hinoki blade and tibhar aurus prime (a thin topsheet 47.5° bouncy rubber with a high throw). My whole game revolves around my footwork and somewhat consistent and quite powerful forehand loop.
My bat works fantastically for blocking and for mid distance looping (as I loop with an extremely closed bat angle, the high throw comes in handy) but I am being told by much better players that when I put maximum power into my forehand shots that the rubber is ‘bottoming out’, causing the ball to hit the net. It is also a bit bouncy for the short game.
Since my forehand attack is effectively my only weapon, I need it to be a reliable shot and I think the rubber may be limiting me in achieving that.
I am considering trying a harder rubber to solve these issues.
However:
1. I have been told that Chinese rubbers are too hard and ruin the great hinoki feeling. I have also heard that red chinese rubbers are a bit crap
2. I think hard tensors may have a speed to spin ratio that is too high, especially considering my fast blade (and the fact that I play in a division in which there are a lot of players with a good short game and awkward low speed shots, I would probably have even less forgiveness and consistency from the rubber). I reckon I would just overshoot everything if I tried Rasanter R53 for example
3. I am not sure if I hybrid rubber would have the same problems as the chinese ones. They may also be too slow and lack kill power.
I am considering Donic Bluegrip C2 or Yasaka Rakza Z Extra Hard.
I could potentially put them on a stiga clipper or allround classic chinese penhold blades either. Would a stiga clipper + hybrid/boosted chinese rubber work or a Stiga all round classic + hard tensor, for the purposes I need?
What direction should I take to solve these issues? Would a hybrid or hard tensor or chinese rubber work well on any of my three blades?
Thank you for any advice provided 😀
I am a young player and have been playing a Japanese Penholder for a number of months. I play with an xiom 10mm one ply hinoki blade and tibhar aurus prime (a thin topsheet 47.5° bouncy rubber with a high throw). My whole game revolves around my footwork and somewhat consistent and quite powerful forehand loop.
My bat works fantastically for blocking and for mid distance looping (as I loop with an extremely closed bat angle, the high throw comes in handy) but I am being told by much better players that when I put maximum power into my forehand shots that the rubber is ‘bottoming out’, causing the ball to hit the net. It is also a bit bouncy for the short game.
Since my forehand attack is effectively my only weapon, I need it to be a reliable shot and I think the rubber may be limiting me in achieving that.
I am considering trying a harder rubber to solve these issues.
However:
1. I have been told that Chinese rubbers are too hard and ruin the great hinoki feeling. I have also heard that red chinese rubbers are a bit crap
2. I think hard tensors may have a speed to spin ratio that is too high, especially considering my fast blade (and the fact that I play in a division in which there are a lot of players with a good short game and awkward low speed shots, I would probably have even less forgiveness and consistency from the rubber). I reckon I would just overshoot everything if I tried Rasanter R53 for example
3. I am not sure if I hybrid rubber would have the same problems as the chinese ones. They may also be too slow and lack kill power.
I am considering Donic Bluegrip C2 or Yasaka Rakza Z Extra Hard.
I could potentially put them on a stiga clipper or allround classic chinese penhold blades either. Would a stiga clipper + hybrid/boosted chinese rubber work or a Stiga all round classic + hard tensor, for the purposes I need?
What direction should I take to solve these issues? Would a hybrid or hard tensor or chinese rubber work well on any of my three blades?
Thank you for any advice provided 😀