Questions about Switching to Chinese Tacky Rubbers

[Vitor]

Vale a pena sair das tensionadas europeias e experimentar as borrachas pegajosas chinesas ?

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Vale a pena sair das tensionadas europeias e experimentar as borrachas pegajosas chinesas ?

Vitor: you must post in English. Google Translate for above is: "Is it worth switching from the European tension rubbers and trying the Chinese sticky rubbers?"

No more posts in Portuguese. You can write in Portuguese and use a translator to turn it into English if you want. But all future posts for you should be in English when they are posted to the forum.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

This also depends on the person like what I posted in your other thread asking about DHS 301 blade vs DHS Fang Bo Carbon blade.

Maybe others would like to give you their opinion.

 

[land_killer]

h3 (especially boosted) have a pretty different feeling compared with tension rubbers. Some people really likes it, and some people can't get used to it. you will only know after you try.

 

[Brozi]

Vale a pena sair das tensionadas europeias e experimentar as borrachas pegajosas chinesas ?

This question can be changed to "Have you got a coach who will correct your mistakes?"

You can play well with most rubbers, however the danger that comes with switching to chinese rubbers is overcompensating for lacks in technique with brute force. This is where having a coach, who will help you feel the power from the body is really important. Im speaking from experience here, as Im mostly self coached, and have tried chinese rubbers in the past, which has made my swing tremendously big. Right now im working on shortening it, so yeah... Its almost like I wasted all this time playing with chinese rubbers, as I was stuck doing the big swing, which made me unable to increase my consistency, which in turn made me loose more and more matches. So I wasnt improving, moreso getting worse actually.

 

[Gtsnake]

You do need a big swing and fast arm speed to use Chinese rubbers. My shoulder will tell you everything you want to know. However, I'm rewarded with lots of control and spin but I just can't keep it up for lots of matches.

One more thing. You can overcome incoming spin easier due to tackiness that I can't get with most other non tacky rubbers.

 

[blahness]

Biggest problem is boosting. They are good but boosting is just a pain in the ***

 

[Gtsnake]

I don't boost the FH. I only put one layer on the BH and that's it.