Blade Review with Lily Zhang | JOOLA Nobilis PBO-c

[Dan]

What's up guys, today I'm joined alongside US Olympian Lily Zhang to review the blade she uses, the JOOLA Nobilis. Lily is awesome and was a great lot of fun!

Enjoy the review

Have you tried this blade yet? Any questions let us know in the comments.

 

[Loopadoop]

Was she using Joola Rubber or Tenergy ?

 

[Dr Evil]

Rhyzer Pro 50 both sides.

 

[yogi_bear]

Not surprised since Nobilis is more of a control blade. The feel is excellent and good enough power.

 

[BryanY]

I’ve got a Nobilis and like it a lot so far. Extremely comfortable handle too. So far it has a nice balance of speed and control for me when looping and blocking. I do however understand what Dan is talking about the ball popping off quick during passive play.

Originally I had a sheet of Omega V Asia sitting in my basement that I decided to experiment with (2.0 mm) and I liked it way more than I thought it would.

My normal setup is a Stiga Infinity with Rhyzer 48 & 43, so I’m going to glue that on the Nobilis tonight and see how it goes.

@yogi_bear Have you tried the Butterfly Amultart blade? It has the same composition. I’m wondering how the two blades compare.

 

[Dan]

Was she using Joola Rubber or Tenergy ?

Yeah Lily was using the Rhyzer 50 on both sides, she said she preferred the hardest version as it gets her more spin.

I’ve got a Nobilis and like it a lot so far. Extremely comfortable handle too. So far it has a nice balance of speed and control for me when looping and blocking. I do however understand what Dan is talking about the ball popping of quick during passive play.

Hey Bryan, nice! Yeah it's very comfortable extremely smooth finish. Yeah it's a pretty reactive blade, nice!

 

[BryanY]

Also, LiLy’s backhand is really quick! I need to switch coaches. LoL [emoji12]

(Or just train more)

 

[Konrad Bak]

Very good review

 

[Dan]

Also, LiLy’s backhand is really quick! I need to switch coaches. LoL [emoji12]

(Or just train more)

Aha yes lots of training. Multi ball is also a great way to improve the backhand. Also I like doing backhand counter to backhand counter this is a good way to improve the backhand, if you can play your backhand in this situation, it becomes a lot easier to execute against a normal blocked ball

Very good review

Thanks Konrad!

 

[FrenchFrog33]

In 2025, what is Lily Zhang's current equipment, blade and rubbers?