Soft, Medium Hard/Soft, Hard Sponged Rubbers

Cloud Cledera Asked 13 years ago

Hi Alois and Jeff,

I'm really not sure how to differentiate how they must work and how they are recommended, these three types of sponges. So I decided to let you fill up my question like this:

SOFT advantage - , best in FH or BH? because why? - 

MEDIUM HARD/SOFT advantage - best in FH or BH? because why? - 

HARD advantage - best in FH or BH? because why? -  

and what is your best combination if YOU would recommend to us or something that would be a common combination? Example, you recommend a Soft Sponge on a FH and Medium Hard on BH. (without training probabilities)

I do hope you understand my point. Thanks!

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Cloud,

Probably the best thing is to do a search on the Ask the Coach questions for 'Rubber hardness'.  You will find quite a few responses to similar questions that will cover a wide range of information about this.

As far as recommending one particular type it is always a matter of preference.  There are good players that play with both hard and soft sponges on both their forehand and backhand.