Slower Setup for Harimoto alc

[joesan-tt]

I now have the Harimoto alc with T05 FH and Rakza 7 BH and I had the chance to play against a strong opponent today. I was sometimes unable to control the serve return and sometimes the Rakza 7 just shot the ball outside of the table when receiving serves on BH. I'm now thinking of experimenting with another Harimoto alc blade with slower rubbers which I will use against stronger opponents that has the following characteristics:

1. Easier to control on blocks
2. Spin insensitive - important as these high level opponents do extreme spin serves
3. Medium speed - I will swing to generate the speed I need. I do not want it from the rubber
4. Not so heavy rubber so that the overall blade weight is lighter

I will use Harimoto alc with T05 FH and Rakza 7 BH against opponents same level as me and use the slower setup which is more controllable against tougher opponents. So which rubbers should I consider?

 

[mcfly]

same rubbers but go down to 1.9mm

 

[deepanmania]

Maybe you can try the Glayzer 09c for the BH since it's slightly tacky and gives you a safe medium trajectory.

 

[Silver Server]

G1 is less bouncy than R7, but faster if hit harder. I like it on bh better than R7. It is a bit heavy tho so regular Glayzer may be a better fit. Hybrid MK may also be a valid option.

 

[yoass]

Waitaminute. The ball just flew out from the R7, but you had no problem receiving with T05?

To me a slower setup would be one with a different blade rather than different rubbers. +1 for the G1 suggestion, though; and the C1 is great as well.

 

[joesan-tt]

May be my technique with receiving the same serve on my FH was to chop it back to couter the spin and I did not do that when I received the same serve on the long side of my BH. I was just trying to slightly push the ball and it just flew a few times with a catapultic effect. Was strange and did not expect this from Rakza 7.

The very same serve when I received on my FH where I have the T05, I was either attacking directly with a topspin or I was chopping it back. So yes, may be I need to practice service receive a lot on the BH. But nevertheless, I wanted to do this test to see if having the ALC with slow rubbers, can I make more points against higher level opponents (600 points higher than me) vs having the ALC with my current set up where I already was able to destroy few opponents who were ranked higher than me (200 to 300 points higher than me)

 

[KM1976]

I use Andro Rasanter R48 which is quite good for my forehand. I am not sure how long you have used T05 because moving away from Tenergy requires a learning curve. I have been there, done that.

 

[Doum]

You didn't read the spin correctly. If the ball shoot out, then it was topspin. A slower rubber will only give a high ball to your opponent to attack. it's better to practice serve receive with stronger opponent.

 

[Sland]

Serve recieve is one of the most difficult parts of the game and over time you will become better at it. That bring said, it might be beneficial for you to try a newer rubber. Tibhar hybrid mk has been praised as being very controllable and, while you will be punished for misreading a serve with any inverted rubber, it's more forgiving than some of the older tensor rubbers.

Best of luck!

 

[Jan_]

Get a hurricane 3 blue and hurricane 3 37°. Thank us later. If you have issues controlling the ball after that, it's on you. Your blade has plenty of speed, and the hurricane isn't hard to control or slow.