Stay on Chinese Rubbers or give Tensor Rubbers more days?

[Sageofchess]

How about a balance between control and speed? 40 degrees maybe?

Generally the average person is looking for control, but if you are already out of your league and have godlike control of the ball, then you can use stiffness to increase ball speed and power. For example, Ma long's forehand blue sponge even uses 42d, but I would definitely hit the ball away if I came to use this kind of sponge.

 

[lodro]

It just so happened that I also tried Rozena for the first time. I got a set of the 1.8mm sponge.
There is sweet f all I can do with them on the BH and have little control of the balls but on the FH they are ever so similar to
Rxton 3Pro and I like them but prefer the R3 to Rozena.

I would not get too carried away and start experimenting with too many H3 , neos and the provincial stuff. It will only rip the money out of your pocket but will not improve your game ,actually, nothing will likely improve your game more than sticking with your blade and rubbers for a long time and follow the coach"s instructions and train hard and often.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

I used Chinese rubbers most of my time on FH not use to play on Tensor Rubbers, I find the change too hard to adapt, I just like Chinese rubbers. I used Loki Rxton Pro 3, Rxton 5 and H3 Commercial, it’s my first time using tensor rubbers.

Should I give it more time to adapt or just re-glue my H3 (3months old)?

I asked my coach, he told me it’s my decision but I don’t know what to take.

What is the reason for you to decide to change from Chinese Tacky Rubber ( CTR ) to ESN Tensor?

 

[PaddyPolar]

The reason why tensors are popular is that; A- people start out with playing with tensors and; B- people lack the power or quality of shot to use chinese rubbers, so use tensor.

So if thats none of your issues, then don't use tensor rubbers! However, it is popular to use a tensor/hybrid on thr backhand if a Chinese rubber is too slow.

 

[HappyTableTennis]

What is the reason for you to decide to change from Chinese Tacky Rubber ( CTR ) to ESN Tensor?

I just wanted to try a new rubber combo and just so happens that here in China BTY is pretty cheap than in Europe. I wanted first to go the extreme to try D09C both sides but I said no. When I changed to ESN rubbers I was expecting a faster shot/control but it true about the speed using less effort but overall it seemed very hard for me to like deal with backspin with my CTR technique.

 

[HappyTableTennis]

The reason why tensors are popular is that; A- people start out with playing with tensors and; B- people lack the power or quality of shot to use chinese rubbers, so use tensor.

So if thats none of your issues, then don't use tensor rubbers! However, it is popular to use a tensor/hybrid on thr backhand if a Chinese rubber is too slow.

My shots are pretty powerful with H3 Commercial Unboosted I don’t know if my technique is good with Chinese rubbers.

 

[HappyTableTennis]

It just so happened that I also tried Rozena for the first time. I got a set of the 1.8mm sponge.
There is sweet f all I can do with them on the BH and have little control of the balls but on the FH they are ever so similar to
Rxton 3Pro and I like them but prefer the R3 to Rozena.

I would not get too carried away and start experimenting with too many H3 , neos and the provincial stuff. It will only rip the money out of your pocket but will not improve your game ,actually, nothing will likely improve your game more than sticking with your blade and rubbers for a long time and follow the coach"s instructions and train hard and often.

My coach recommended me to start with H3 then advance little by little when my technique with it is good enough to rise to the Provincial BS.

 

[Sageofchess]

Hell NOOOO!

I am referring to the relative value, a softer sponge absorbs more of the force of the incoming ball into the blade, allowing the hand to control it, rather than letting the ball bounce out with more force. Even Mike Tyson couldn't serve the ball if the blade was padded with a layer of cotton.

 

[HappyTableTennis]

Generally the average person is looking for control, but if you are already out of your league and have godlike control of the ball, then you can use stiffness to increase ball speed and power. For example, Ma long's forehand blue sponge even uses 42d, but I would definitely hit the ball away if I came to use this kind of sponge.

I use 301X which has good control, I used a 41 degree and I could keep the ball on the table whilst maintaining speed.

 

[HappyTableTennis]

Whats the reason you switched from Chinese rubbers to Tensor?

Is there a drawback about Chinese rubbers that made you change to Tensors?

Wanted to try the Spring Sponge effect, I just couldn’t bear to try it and just bought some lol.

 

[Sageofchess]

我使用控制性较好的 301X，使用 41 度，我可以将球保持在桌子上同时保持速度。

其实H 3 Neo Provincial BS只有39d和40d，差别不是很大，如果喜欢硬海绵可以选择40d。

 

[HappyTableTennis]

其实H 3 Neo Provincial BS只有39d和40d，差别不是很大，如果喜欢硬海绵可以选择40d。

Have you tried H3 NEO 37 on Backhand? I’ll use the 39 on FH or 40 on FH.

 

[Sageofchess]

你试过反手使用 H3 NEO 37 吗？我会用 39 打正手，或者用 40 打正手。

No, I don't know what that feels like, I use Short Pips on my backhand.

 

[_ak]

Wanted to try the Spring Sponge effect, I just couldn’t bear to try it and just bought some lol.

Boosted G09C, cheaper than D09C and has a lot of spring feeling.

 

[lodro]

Have you tried H3 NEO 37 on Backhand? I’ll use the 39 on FH or 40 on FH.

I have but ended up using it on my FH instead. For me a BH rubber is hard and sticky.

 

[_ak]

I have but ended up using it on my FH instead. For me a BH rubber is hard and sticky.

Hi Mr Kreanga

 

[lodro]

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