Backhand Rubber Suggestion

[mocker88]

@mocker88
chtt.se does not carry Vega Rubber, unless it goes by a different name.

No sorry. Almost only Chinese products in my shop.

 

[JJ Ng]

I have tried both and I definitely prefer a slower blade with faster rubber. This also gives a bigger spectrum from slow to fast.

Cheers
L-zr

A couple comments:

1) I do not recommend ALL or ALL+ blade even for beginner. I think OFF- is good (but not OFF or OFF + either). With a good OFF- blade, you can then slowly upgrade the rubber to faster tensor rubber and/or thicker sponge over time. I would basically recommend a good solid 5-ply OFF- blade to start off with.

2) To learn how to engage the sponge, I have heard people saying that at the very mininum start with 2mm sponge. No need to go for max sponge yet. But avoid 1.5mm, 1.7mm or even 1.8mm.

3) Therefore what that means is, not too fast of a blade to start with (but not too slow either). Not too fast of rubber to start with (but not too slow or too thin of a rubber either, unless you have decided to be a defender/choppere and use 1.5mm sponge on the forehand side already).

4) Rakza 7 soft is already pretty good. Not a fast tensor like Tenergy. So if you have trouble with service return, this might be a technique issue. Rakza 7 is like the new Mark V. Good well around rubber.

I agree with the other poster that you should flip the paddle over and see if you like slower, hard-sponge chinese rubber on the backhand side too. If you do like that, the choices are literally limitless.

 

[Lazer]

I'd recommend against a soft rubber like Rakza 7 soft, and recommend a slow all+ 5 ply wood blade with a harder rubber. Mark V, Rakza 7 or something like this.
Why?

A too soft rubber is harder to control and will rreact viscously when receiving serves. This is something a beginner certainly does not need.
A slow blade give You a larger spectrum in terms of speed, You can experiment with faster rubbers.
A slow blade is easier to spin with.
A 5 ply wood blade is cheaper.

I like to use a slow blade with faster rubbers...
Actually the better I get the slower my equipment gets. I no longer need the equipment to hit with good speed, I can do it myself and with better accuracy...

Cheers
L-zr

 

[z0uLess]

I have tried both and I definitely prefer a slower blade with faster rubber. This also gives a bigger spectrum from slow to fast.

Cheers
L-zr

I think this depends if you have harder outer plies or if you have softer outer plies and harder plies / thicker plies inside the blade instead. If you have a slow blade that create its slowness from flexibility rather than dwell time on the outer plies, then you can use slow rubbers and create speed with the rebound effect from the flexibility of the blade rather than the tension in the sponge. This is hard to do with backhand, but it is a legitimate way for beginners to play with tacky rubbers on forehand and still have many gears.