Fh red or black ,is this a preference or a rule?

[LucasMcCaine]

i am new to the sport as you can tell ,so here goes, does the Fh have to be a specified color (red or black) or is this preference,my Fh's are always red ,am i wrong?thanks guys

 

[laistrogian]

No, it really depends on your preference. For the professionals, all CNTs use black as their FH (due to that's the only color they provide for their hurricanes) while athletes from other countries have varying color for the FH. I prefer black because IMO it looks better and I can see the ball mark easier on the rubber so I know whether I was hitting the sweet spot or not

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

There are certain types of players who use very different kinds of rubbers on each side. And with these rubbers they will switch which rubber they are using in their FH or BH in the middle of a rally. The act of switching sides is called twiddling. When a player twiddles with skill they can use one rubber with one effect on FH on one shot and the other rubber with a very different effect on the FH on the next shot in the same rally.

The reason that there is a rule that you need one red and one black rubber is that players used to use two black rubbers and twiddle and you couldn't figure out what kind of shot was coming at you. Now, if you watch the player's racket and pay attention, when someone twiddles and is using a special rubber like anti-spin or pips on one side, you just have to pay attention.

So yeah, red can be either FH or BH. And you could even change which in the middle of the rally.

So, choose which one you want on FH. But you have to have one that is red and one that is black.


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[Shuki]

I don't want to discriminate so I switch which color to use on my forehand between every point.

 

[LucasMcCaine]

im so glad im on this site,you guys are the best ,now i know and i feel great ,again guys thnx,you can tell im a noobie !

 

[LucasMcCaine]

im so glad im on this site,you guys are the best ,now i know and i feel great ,again guys thnx,you can tell im a noobie !

 

[anchorschmidt]

I've been thinking recently that it might be harder for the receiver if one uses a red rubber on the forehand as the contrast is less and perhaps the receiver is used to seeing people serve with the black side.

Just a theory.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I've been thinking recently that it might be harder for the receiver if one uses a red rubber on the forehand as the contrast is less and perhaps the receiver is used to seeing people serve with the black side.

Just a theory.

Funny, for a while I've been thinking that is harder to see the exact angle of the racket face with black when someone is serving. But...who knows.

 

[BeGo]

I prefer red on forehand.

Same reason why traffic stop sign mostly red.[emoji14]

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[LucasMcCaine]

the same here all my bats are red Fh ,

 

[ttmonster]

I don't know about the red on the forehand side, but I have seen I do better when I wear a red shirt .... is that a chinese secret too ? I am sure somebody would have published something on the effect of color on competitive sport ...

 

[ttmonster]

Look at this ...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0518_050518_redsports.html

boy was I right or was I right ?

 

[laistrogian]

Look at this ...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0518_050518_redsports.html

boy was I right or was I right ?

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[ttmonster]

hard core buddy hard core !!

Bathe yourself with the blood of your enemies