Which Rubber for FH?

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Last updated 11 years ago

Luigi Alcantara

Luigi Alcantara Asked 11 years ago

Hello guys,

I am an aggresive player in table tennis, im more of a looper than a hitter, so in table tennis my "gear" right now is

DHS H3 NEO 

DHS SKYLINE TG3 NEO

with a stiga s-3000 blade

I was wondering which would be better for my forehand? These 2 are popular rubbers so I asked if you might know.

 

 

 


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb Answered 11 years ago

Hi Luigi,

Sorry I've never used these rubbers so can't really help you out. As long as you have some decent rubbers, the choice of exactly which one will not make the biggest difference to your game. What will is the amount of quality training you do to improve your technique.


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Surapun Wongopasi

Surapun Wongopasi Posted 11 years ago

I have a blade with exactly same rubbers.  I feel that the Hurricane 3 Neo produces a little more spin than the Skyline 3 Neo and is also less bouncy.  So I would use the Skyline rubber for my backhand and the Hurricane 3 Neo for my forehand. The reason for this config is that you will need more power on your forehand stroke to make the Hurricane 3 Neo perform while the Skyline 3 Neo requires less hitting power.  Alois, please comment if my rationale for choosing the rubbers makes any sense.  And how do you choose which rubber should be for BH and FH?

 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Hi Surapan,

I also haven't used these particular rubbers so I will trust your judgement on them.

My rationale for which rubbers go on which side: The faster one usually goes on the Forehand because you will attack more with the forehand side. Th slower on the backhand for more control and placement.  That is if your forehand is your stronger side.


Surapun Wongopasi

Surapun Wongopasi Posted 11 years ago

Although the Skyline 3 Neo is a bit softer and hence more bouncy than the Hurricane 3 Neo, both have rather hard sponge when compared to the Japanese and European rubbers.  So, you don't have to worry about control as you need to hit the ball with more power than you would with non-Chinese rubbers.  They are quite good for defensive blocks and chops and offensive pushes.  But Chinese rubbers rubbers are known for their tackiness and grippiness, so you can really unleash tremendous spin with your topspin loops and backspin chops.  However, they don't give you the feeling touch upon contact with the ball like you would get from more advanced tensor rubbers and they pick up dust faster, so you will need to keep them clean after and sometimes even during use.  They are 50% heavier and also wear out faster.  But at only one-fifth of the cost of tensor Japanese and European rubbers, I figure they are worth it.  I paid less than 10 USD for each of these rubbers about 3 months ago.

 



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