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Thanks for all the posts and advice. I have not been playing for a couple of weeks so I almost forgot about this discussion.
Last Thursday I played with Xiom OVA and as mentioned by others already, the sponge is to hard and probably topsheet as well. To be honest I couldn’t play my normal topspin game to be able to set up any chance for any flat hard hitting at all. I probably got already so much accustomed to it, that I forgot how it’s missing when it is not there. I put back on MX-P my old rubber, but due to all changes recently I didn’t good at all...
Funny though, my clubmate who has playd a variety of Xiom rubbers of the Omega range, and also plays with a Stiga 290 Carbon frame, tried my set-up, and though the rubbers are pretty worn out (but ‘fresh’ glue), did play remarkably well with the MX-P. He even considers buying MX-P now. [emoji23]
I guess I have to accept that hard flat hitting is not that much a part of my game anymore (only when considerebly high) and have to accept that I have to play those kind of shots in a more controlled manner with some spin. Most of the time a direct scored point anyhow.
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Last Thursday I played with Xiom OVA and as mentioned by others already, the sponge is to hard and probably topsheet as well. To be honest I couldn’t play my normal topspin game to be able to set up any chance for any flat hard hitting at all. I probably got already so much accustomed to it, that I forgot how it’s missing when it is not there. I put back on MX-P my old rubber, but due to all changes recently I didn’t good at all...
Funny though, my clubmate who has playd a variety of Xiom rubbers of the Omega range, and also plays with a Stiga 290 Carbon frame, tried my set-up, and though the rubbers are pretty worn out (but ‘fresh’ glue), did play remarkably well with the MX-P. He even considers buying MX-P now. [emoji23]
I guess I have to accept that hard flat hitting is not that much a part of my game anymore (only when considerebly high) and have to accept that I have to play those kind of shots in a more controlled manner with some spin. Most of the time a direct scored point anyhow.
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