Short Pimple and Spin Reversal

Ilia Minkin Asked 10 years ago

Hi Alois,

I recently played with a guy with a very old racket. His forehand had a kind of pimple rubber, probably short pimples. On warm-up, he asked me to block his forehand attacks. Then miracles started to happen. When he played slowly against topspin, his rubber reversed spin so I had to push it back, but once he increased pace of his shots, he created his own topspin that I could block. How to play against this rubber and read the reversal? I found little to no information about this on the internet.