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[doppelmoral]

Been training with H3 NEO Prov. Orange sponge this week (instead of TG2) with my Stiga Dynasty Carbon CS.

The problem for me with less tacky NEO OS h3 it's quite difficult to make the ball stay on the rubber enough time to make a loop kill when the ball is low...and when blocking it slips sometimes and falls into the net. I've been playing with h3 on the fh since forever and with older tackier h3 it was never a problem.

The control in the short game is much worse with h3, as well as some tricky shots.

Now with TG2 Prov. blue the ball doesn't drop almost never, it's very, very consistent. However to achieve good speed one has to have Xu Xin movement to get to the ball and have a swing. Orange sponge is much easier to activate so my technique adjusted and even when I'm not in perfect position I still can do marvellous shots, especially in doubles.

With TG2 the ball does spin better and it seems that it falls not at the edge of the table, but closer to the middle, which is more stable and consistent, however easier to block for my opponents.

TG2 is also very boosting-dependant, h3 neo OS - not so much.

edit: also, counter top spins seem easier with h3 os since the ball penetrates the rubber well regardless of tackiness since it has a lot of incoming speed and spin. But generating my own power when the ball has little of it -pretty hard without tackiness.

I wonder what DHS rubber would be the middle ground here? Is it TG3 prov. blue may be ?

I have the same problem with h3 os, lack of tack and the ball just flies away before I can brush hard

my solution has been to use h3n bs, 39 degree version. boost it once and pair it with a fast blade (i use harimoto super alc atm). bs more powerful and more dwell as we all know, and even after boost is gone, its still good in combination with a fast blade. I dont need to bother with reboosting since 39 degree is easy to hit through

 

[MOJOJOJO-74]

This is the first time I'm seeing this, but TableTennis11 has DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Provincial Blue Sponge in 38° 😱

 

[JackJohnson]

This is the first time I'm seeing this, but TableTennis11 has DHS Hurricane 3 Neo Provincial Blue Sponge in 38° 😱 View attachment 41196

Do they only have it in black but also in red as well?

 

[MOJOJOJO-74]

Do they only have it in black but also in red as well?

They only have it in 2.1 Black 😢 I did order it, but I won't be using it till after my team tournament in May. I've only seen one person that's tried out blue Sponge on backhand it was Xue Fei vs Wang Chuqin in WTT Macao 2021 (R16). I know Fan Zhendong did as well, but he twiddled his blade while Xue Fei glued it on his backhand and possibly Orange Sponge Hurricane on his forehand.

 

[ttarc]

Do they only have it in black but also in red as well?

Blue sponge always has a black topsheet. The red, translucent H3 topsheet combined with the blue sponge would be too dark and is therefore not approved and not usable in official league matches and tournaments.

Liang Jingkun used blue sponge on BH for a while too https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/liang-jingkuns-rubbers-chinese-warm-up-olympics.23824/