FH Rubber for ALC Blade

[joesan-tt]

I'm willing to experiement with an FH rubber on my Harimoto Innerforce ALC blade that has the following characteristics:

1. Least sensitive to spin on the short game - This is my weakness and I often loose against opponents that chop short on the table. I quickly loose patience, try to turn aggresive and in the course either land on the net or go outside the table.
2. More forgiving on extreme spinny serves from the opponents - I have massively improved a lot on this. I can read spins and react accordingly, but sometimes I tend to loose concentration and read the spin wrongly. So I need some forgiving rubber that will assist me to still put the ball on the table by a meaningful margin on such occassions.

I'm using another Inner Carbon from Nittaku on which I have G-1. Pretty okay so far, but need to get used to it. I would like to try out something else on the Harimoto ALC. Hence, looking for suggestions!

Tenergy 05, Dignics 80, Nittaku Z2 are the ones that come to my mind.

 

[dave_dd]

I used to have similar issues with my forehand, especially the short game. I can recommend both the Xiom C55 and the Tibhar K3. I played them in 2.1 (C55) and 2.0 (K3).

 

[KM1976]

I'm willing to experiement with an FH rubber on my Harimoto Innerforce ALC blade that has the following characteristics:

1. Least sensitive to spin on the short game - This is my weakness and I often loose against opponents that chop short on the table. I quickly loose patience, try to turn aggresive and in the course either land on the net or go outside the table.
2. More forgiving on extreme spinny serves from the opponents - I have massively improved a lot on this. I can read spins and react accordingly, but sometimes I tend to loose concentration and read the spin wrongly. So I need some forgiving rubber that will assist me to still put the ball on the table by a meaningful margin on such occassions.

I'm using another Inner Carbon from Nittaku on which I have G-1. Pretty okay so far, but need to get used to it. I would like to try out something else on the Harimoto ALC. Hence, looking for suggestions!

Tenergy 05, Dignics 80, Nittaku Z2 are the ones that come to my mind.

I am using Andro Rasanter R48 on the FH on Harimoto ALC. Have been playing with it for a month. My blade weight is around 90 grams. I am very impressed with the spin generation capability of R48, but since this is the first time I am using it. I cannot comment on the durability.

 

[kapahoo]

I'm willing to experiement with an FH rubber on my Harimoto Innerforce ALC blade that has the following characteristics:

1. Least sensitive to spin on the short game - This is my weakness and I often loose against opponents that chop short on the table. I quickly loose patience, try to turn aggresive and in the course either land on the net or go outside the table.
2. More forgiving on extreme spinny serves from the opponents - I have massively improved a lot on this. I can read spins and react accordingly, but sometimes I tend to loose concentration and read the spin wrongly. So I need some forgiving rubber that will assist me to still put the ball on the table by a meaningful margin on such occassions.

I'm using another Inner Carbon from Nittaku on which I have G-1. Pretty okay so far, but need to get used to it. I would like to try out something else on the Harimoto ALC. Hence, looking for suggestions!

Tenergy 05, Dignics 80, Nittaku Z2 are the ones that come to my mind.

Been playing with tenergy 80, dignics 05 and Nittaku Z2. To me the Z2 is clearly less sensitive to spin and easier for service recieve and such.
But it is also slightly harder to generate spin and has a harder over all feel.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

If anything you should consider a milder rubber than G1 like Rakza 7 or Aurus for more forgiveness, not a more aggressive rubber that is faster and more reactive.

 

[kapahoo]

For shortgame I think harder rubbers are easier to handle. Rakza 7 and similar are bouncier.

 

[joesan-tt]

I went with Tenergy 05 for FH, Rakza 7 for BH. The overall weight of this is around 189 gm. I now have 2 solid setup that I will rotate and test over the next months.

 

[Silver Server]

If anything you should consider a milder rubber than G1 like Rakza 7 or Aurus for more forgiveness, not a more aggressive rubber that is faster and more reactive.

Im no pro, but I agree with this and would suggest Rozena on both sides. Lighter than both current rubbers with more tolerance. T05 sounds like it would be more of a hinderance imo.

 

[ck1407]

I'm willing to experiement with an FH rubber on my Harimoto Innerforce ALC blade that has the following characteristics:

1. Least sensitive to spin on the short game - This is my weakness and I often loose against opponents that chop short on the table. I quickly loose patience, try to turn aggresive and in the course either land on the net or go outside the table.
2. More forgiving on extreme spinny serves from the opponents - I have massively improved a lot on this. I can read spins and react accordingly, but sometimes I tend to loose concentration and read the spin wrongly. So I need some forgiving rubber that will assist me to still put the ball on the table by a meaningful margin on such occassions.

I'm using another Inner Carbon from Nittaku on which I have G-1. Pretty okay so far, but need to get used to it. I would like to try out something else on the Harimoto ALC. Hence, looking for suggestions!

Tenergy 05, Dignics 80, Nittaku Z2 are the ones that come to my mind.

I have never tried tenergy or dignics so can't comment on it. As for Hammond z2, I think it is quite easy to receive with it as it is not very sensitive to spin. I used it for a few months and the rubber has good speed to it and it is also great for close table topspins and blocking

Hammond z2 comes in 2 hardness, 40 and 35. Something u can research

Else you can consider yasaka thunder dragon. Provides a clear feedback and decent spin. And it is cheaper than Hammond z2

 

[joesan-tt]

Came back from a training session with the Harimoto alc. It was fantastic, but at the beginning I lacked a bit of control and the FH blocks (from close to the table) were going out of the table, but I adjusted the angle of the blade and it started to get better. Topspins from mid distance felt like a breeze. It went to the opponent with more power and spin.

Chopping felt really good, especially on the FH as most of the time I was able to place with accuracy. Overall I feel that the Harimoto alc is a fantastic find for me.

 

[joesan-tt]

Had another training session with the Harimoto alc. It just amazes me. I need to adjust my technique a little bit with Rakza 7 on BH where it feels very sensitive to incoming spin. Misread some serves and the return went off the table. This was not the case when I used Rakza Z for BH. For the FH, I like the Tenergy 05 a lot than the Rakza Z EH that I used for almost a year. The increased speed with spin capabilities on the 05 is super.

 

[kapahoo]

Had another training session with the Harimoto alc. It just amazes me. I need to adjust my technique a little bit with Rakza 7 on BH where it feels very sensitive to incoming spin. Misread some serves and the return went off the table. This was not the case when I used Rakza Z for BH. For the FH, I like the Tenergy 05 a lot than the Rakza Z EH that I used for almost a year. The increased speed with spin capabilities on the 05 is super.

As stated before - harder rubbers = easier short game. Softer rubbers = easier open ups.