Rate my choice or REC STH better Nittaku H2 + Glayzer 09c

[Nick80]

Hello guys! Im an amateur player, who wants to pick good rubbers for my brand new H2 blade. My specs - 45y.o. 178cm, 304 pounds.
When I was young I played well, mostly with premade rackets in basic moves tt.
Now it is pretty hard to do fast long amplitude moves like top spins, because my hand is heavy, and i can not move it fast enough, although I wouldn't say I'm moving slowly.
I am able to do pretty powerful moves.
My playing style mainly consists of close to table and mid distance game with pushes, chops, side spin, short game, blocks and smashes, sometime topspins.
Now i want to learn all kind of advanced tricky moves, on first place are backhand flicks, then forehand flick, banana, strawberry and so on.
For such game i bought Hina hayata H2 blade, which is about 89g and 1395 hz.
I spent a lot of time to learn, which rubbers would be best for my tasks, and i think i found that glayzer 09c would be a good choice.
Would like to hear any opinions about how these rubbers will work together with H2. And if there is something better.
Thank you all)

 

[Egon]

Hello guys! Im an amateur player, who wants to pick good rubbers for my brand new H2 blade. My specs - 45y.o. 178cm, 304 pounds.
When I was young I played well, mostly with premade rackets in basic moves tt.
Now it is pretty hard to do fast long amplitude moves like top spins, because my hand is heavy, and i can not move it fast enough, although I wouldn't say I'm moving slowly.
I am able to do pretty powerful moves.
My playing style mainly consists of close to table and mid distance game with pushes, chops, side spin, short game, blocks and smashes, sometime topspins.
Now i want to learn all kind of advanced tricky moves, on first place are backhand flicks, then forehand flick, banana, strawberry and so on.
For such game i bought Hina hayata H2 blade, which is about 89g and 1395 hz.
I spent a lot of time to learn, which rubbers would be best for my tasks, and i think i found that glayzer 09c would be a good choice.
Would like to hear any opinions about how these rubbers will work together with H2. And if there is something better.
Thank you all)

Hey, Nick! G09C is a good rubber, but I noticed that when G09C is on both sides of the blade, for some reason the overall control of the racket drops. And in general, putting the same rubber on both sides is a bad idea, since the mechanics of forehand and backhand are different. It is better to take a harder rubber on the forehand and a little softer and faster on the backhand. The blade is quite soft, so you can put Fastarc G1 on the backhand and G09C on the forehand.

 

[Nick80]

Fastarc G1 on the backhand and G09C on the forehand.

Hi) Thank you for your opinion. Have you tried g09c on this blade? I have seen several reviews where g1 did not show itself good in flick moves.
I wanted to pick g09c on backhand first of all beause it is good in flicks, and can chop and block good.

 

[Egon]

Hi) Thank you for your opinion. Have you tried g09c on this blade? I have seen several reviews where g1 did not show itself good in flick moves.
I wanted to pick g09c on backhand first of all beause it is good in flicks, and can chop and block good.

I have been playing only with blades that l make for myself for a 5 years. I have a blade similar in structure and wood and right now I successfully play G09C on it on the backhand, and on the forehand I have been playing for 20 years with sticky chinese rubbers and I cannot find an alternative for them yet.
In order to successfully play G09C on the backhand, you must have a very powerful movement, since G09C is not a fast rubber and if you do not play actively, then the balls from you will be candy for the opponent. I successfully played G1 on the backhand precisely on blades with a similar H2 structure. It is very controllable, good spin, medium speed, linear and adequate behavior in all conditions and excellent durability. With G1 you forget about the rubber on the backhand, because there are no questions about it. But for me G1 does not work on backhand on blades with koto and external reinforcement - oaky feeling, less dwell time and rotation.
If you still want to play G09C on the backhand, then I recommend you a harder rubber for the forehand. For example, I currently like Loki Arthur China. At least this one can be played without a booster. You can also consider Yasaka Rakza Z Extra Hard, Dignics 09C, boosted H3/J3 and other.

 

[Rookie]

Hi Nick
this is my first post ever on TTD. i picked up TT again in May to play wt my 13yo son, after playing when I was a kid myself. I now use shakehand vs jpen as a kid.

I use a bty korbel japan with glayzer 09c fh and rakza 7 soft bh (plus also a Clipper wood wt g1 fh and evolution el-s bh). While I have limited experience wt different rubbers (my last rubber was well over 30 yrs ago), my personal experience is the g09c seems good for someone like me re-learning the game. It pushes me to get my footwork going, do proper weight transfer and body rotation, and improve my looping techniques. Otherwise the rubber feels a little slow on my Korbel. My 2 cents thots are that, if you have a chance, it’s worth trying the g09c rubber from friends first before buying as it doesn’t seem to suit many people (based on what I’ve read on reviews; I’m also the only one in my club that opted for g09c). Either way, have fun exploring your new rubber choices!