Andro NUZN 55 vs DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Provincial

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Nuzn are effectively nontacky. 50 is a bit slow but the spin is good and the trajectory is very safe, and 55 requires you to hit hard to juice it properly. They don't feel very hard either, if anything 55 feels as soft as some 53 degree ESN rubbers I have tried, but the toosheet is soft which contributes to an easygoing feeling. The worst thing about the 55 is that its heavy, cut to standard Butterfly headsize with glue my sheet of 55 weighed around 53-54g and my 50 weighed around 51g. Not worth the price when Dignics exists and I would honestly choose G1 over both rubbers, it is much easier to play with imo and the only thing Nuzn offers over G1 is increased safety in the short/table game with a slight edge in spin and increased support on hard hits
 
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Two things that need to be considered here:
1. if one cannot or does not use legs, hips, body rotation etc. properly for looping which muscles/body parts will most likely be (over)used? Usually shoulders and maybe elbows and wrists. Tensor rubbers don't help with these issues and they also need proper technique to get good spin and therefore ball control.
2. what is the average rally length in TT? Three to four contacts. This usually means that these shots are played close(r) to the table and not that much movement is needed (which is also needed with tensor rubbers). Where do Chinese rubbers like the H3 shine? Serve, serve receive/short game, (counter) looping.

If one is forced to play far/further behind the table than H3 and the likes can be more demanding (or if there is not much spin and speed to work with) but closer to the table the advantages simply outweigh these disadvantages.



These players can easily bottom out such rubbers 1) but they often don't need to because there's enough incoming spin and speed to work with.

1) see e.g. Kreanga who is still using T05FX on his backhand but he is used to play with such soft rubbers and knows how to deal with them bottoming out. I can't stand the feeling if a rubber changes throw etc. when bottoming out
interesting thoughts about that topic! thanks a lot for the explanation. i totally agree that h3 can be used by allround players as it often is advertised in my tt shops just because it is super slow over the table. but as an offensive player there is a need for a lot of training, footwork and anticipation to get a good attacking game in, in my opinion. and if you play league it get's worse because you will often find yourself caught on the wrong foot. in the lowest league you can get away with spinny balls, but that changes the higher you play. so i still think it is safer (and cheaper) to play, easier to create an arc and more forgiving power creation with tensors, but OP is right = whatever you like as long as you have fun! :)

for the players that play with normal medium-hard tensor: you can watch the videos of Ali Gözübüyük from berlin. one player i know that has a deadly backhand and forehand is yhya mossly, he plays with 2x normal mx-p and has 2250 ttr (what must be somewhat about 2550 usatt, if i understood it right)
 
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