Dear H3 users, do you ever get frustrated?

[doppelmoral]

This is a question to all the fellow h3 users out there: do you ever get frustrated?

Don't get me wrong, I love playing with h3. Have been using it for about 1 1/2 years now, improved alot, and have no intentions of switching. But there are just these days where you are a little tired or your mechanics are off. You are stretching you arm just a tiny bit instead of moving your legs, you dont properly twist your waist, and the ball just dies completly, landing in the bottom of the net.

And at the table next to you, you see a guy sending rockets with only the snap of his wrist because he is using both sides MX-P. I don't want to use ESN rubbers, the post is not of that nature. It's more about those days where your rubber really highlights your own technical flaws

On the other hand, nothing beats that feeling of the blue sponge, the dwell, the arc, when you really impact the ball well. Its addicting

Let me know how you feel about using h3

 

[mamedium]

your point?
frustrated because you suck and not the rubber?

 

[doppelmoral]

your point?
frustrated because you suck and not the rubber?

more like because even after using it for a long time there are still days were I suck too much to use it effectively

 

[Jslick89]

If I win a match, it's because i hit more good shots than bad shots. if i'm hitting a lot of bad shots, i'm not happy. but if i hit a lot of good shots and win my match, i am happy.

With my hurricane, if i hit too many shots into the net, i start second guessing if i need to reboost lol. but i never blame my rubber, i only blame myself. or like i said, second guess if i need more boost.

 

[blahness]

Just do more boosting lol.

 

[Dr Evil]

I played H3 for about a year, and when I was moving well it was the best I've hit the ball, as well as a major advantage in the short game. But just too physically demanding. 09c will have to do. Really good, but not the same.

 

[doppelmoral]

Just do more boosting lol.

its true that I just keep using the rubber after the effect of booster is long gone.
still playable but its alot of work
definitely very rewarding when I move well, sucks when I don't

 

[lodro]

maybe a bit more assistance from a different blade might help. I have 3 different blades but using the same rubber combo depending who i will have to play, whether it is a single or a double match or if I feel real good or under the weather.. 😁

p.s. when I feel like i am having a real shitty day I am using a blade with Rozena rubbers 😂
😂 😂

 

[netdriver]

not rly frustrated

h3 is one of the top rubbers there is

i would be more frustrated if i was playing with a 40$ rubber from other brands like 729, loki or double fish

 

[SFF_lib]

We all have ups and downs, even the top athlets.

Well Ma Long probably fluctuates +0.002% and -0.002% but I fluctuate +10% and -10%

It just happens. Have fun and keep playing/experiementing H3 😂

 

[lodro]

Well Ma Long probably fluctuates +0.002% and -0.002% but I fluctuate +10% and -10%

It just happens. Have fun and keep playing/experiementing H3

The trick is in recognizing early what kind of day one has and then one can have fun regardless of any results

 

[davidsyd828]

I am wondering if it is because you are physically tired. I was in the similar situation. I play in veterans comp. But weekdays play against the young teenagers in local club.They are fast and very fit. After 2 hours of training. I just lose form and lose my games. So I started physical training 4 months ago. Running 3 times a week. Last night I managed to beat last year's boys champion. It's a sport so physically very demanding. Especially when U use
H3 or similar. But it is rewarding when the hard work pays off.

 

[lodro]

I am wondering if it is because you are physically tired.

Absolutely,when the body goes the brain goes too. Still, when one plays badly it will also affect the body. Look at the body language of a winner and then look at a looser

 

[suds79]

I share this story because it really opened my eyes to something and I think it's worth learning. It's the player.

There was a jr cadet usa top 25 player at our club. I think at the time he was playing with Tenergy. He later switched to a version of H3 but it was Tenergy at the time. I have always played with Chinese Tacky. Sometimes have boosted. Most of the time didn't bother.

Well we switched rackets to feel stuff out one time. I had his setup and he had mine. What were my impressions? Everything seemed about the same. I could hit with it and was making minor adjustments. He was still as pure & powerful as ever. If you didn't tell me we switched, I wouldn't have known that's not his normal setup. Lesson to be learned? It told me that an 80 dollar rubber and a 25 dollar one are a lot closer in performance than they are apart. I'm convinced if you were to switch to MXP today, you might get that new rubber high for about one club session but after training & matches in no time you'd find your level & forehand is about the same as it was before. So keep working.

For what it's worth, I once tried MXP. I didn't like it. I felt in no time flat after buying it, that topsheet turned to meh real quick. I was highly disappointed. Can't beat the topsheet of Chinese tacky which IMO comes out tacky but even after it fades some, just stays really really grippy and ultimately that's all i'm looking for.

 

[Tyce]

Yeah I got frustrated. Boost on, boost worn off, boosting a sheet that hardly reacts, and even with a perfectly treated rubber it just sucks to smash. I haven't got the finesse, technique or physique to effectively use this rubber. The majority of shots don't go as planned, except for short game.
It's like driving a sports car really... I live in a densely populated area where it really doesn't make sense except for bragging. If I was a well trained racing driver however...

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

No, I don't

In fact, I love it when I get back to it (after testing samples out - other rubbers).
The trust I have with H3 is what makes the rubber great.
When I know that in those moments where I am out of control, and the ball will still go in. That is the quality of blue sponge over others.

Of course you need enough absorption to trust the rubber.

Today, I was parring with 2 x 2200~2300 juniors.
I can't follow the speed any more, but during some moments when I pivot and using my forehand, I can still rocket the balls pass them.

I feel with other rubbers, I would either net it, or mess up in the arc.
most times, the balls seem to end in the net,