Recommend rubbers on Nittaku Violin

[nonsleeper]

I need your advice. I just bought a Nittaku Violin 5-ply allwood blade for my 10 yo son (got a good discount and couldn't resist). He's trained for about 6 months on a beginner bat (Palio Expert) whose rubber is dying out so it's time for an upgrade.

I wonder what would be some all-round rubbers to put on this new bat.

For hardness, I think it's time to let him try the medium hard rubbers. The current rubbers are a bit soft imo.

For budget, I like to go under or not much beyond $100.

Keen to hear your suggestions on this.

 

[Ultravisitor]

Coming from the palio bat, a "classic" rubber might be the next step. I suggest 2mm both sides.

Xiom Musa
Butterfly Sriver
Yasaka Mark V
Spinlord Tiger
Come to my mind.

If you want to introduce him to tensor rubbers,

Nittaku factive
Xiom vega intro
Andro Good

Are also reasonable choices, but will be faster and more bouncy and a bigger step from palio expert.

 

[jk1980]

I don't know how sensible it is to teach beginners strokes with non-tensors if it is very apparent that he will not be playing Chinese or classic rubbers. There might be some advantages to that approach, but these might not outweigh the advantages of learning to control faster and more catapulty setups. What you might gain in terms of power through body (if properly trained by a good coach) might be a disadvantage if he suddenly is not able to play short touches, because he never needed to learn how to loosely hold the racket to absorb some energy.

It's a bit like having you child be an aspiring motorcycle racer, but training him to use a unicycle instead of a bicycle first.

So my call on the violin would be Nittaku FastArc G-1 and/or C-1

 

[JJ Ng]

Stick with the rubbers that your 10 year old has been using up to this point. Don't change two variables at the same time. Change the blade but get a set of new rubbers, the same exact he has been playing with up to this point. In a few months, once your 10 year old has progressed, then come back and ask what new rubbers he should try next.