Black on Forehand

Hi Abdulah,

It depends on type of rubbers players use on FH and BH. Suppose player is using small pips at BH and want to serve any spinny serve from BH in this case players switch from BH to FH and after serve again switch to normal. In this way players switch to confuse opponents and introduce surprizes in game. Hope I clear your doughts :) 

Thanks,

Rajesh Suhas Sawant

i dont care which colours i use for FH or BH i just depend on the rubber

I agree with ashley, but it if you look players from 80's and 90's you will see that they use red for Fh and Black for Bh, but if you see players like ma long, zhang Jike, Ma lin, Wang Hao, and another modern players you will see they use blach for Fh and red for Bh

I think the explanation for players using red on the forehand almost exclusively in the 80 was that prior to that there was only red rubber so that is what they felt most comfortable with.  When Black rubbers ere introduced they were seen as the second alternative.

I've heard about red rubbers that lose the grip/spin ability more easily than the black ones. Expecially red chinese rubbers.

I believe the modern chinese players use black forehands because H3 neo national blue sponge is apparently only available in black! i belive this could be due ot the small amount produced. This probably influenced a lot of people for the cool factor.

For some (most?) rubbers, the red version is slightly stiffer/harder that the black one (I'm speaking about the top sheet rubber layer only, the sponge is the same). Therefore the black one has a bit more grip, and so you will tend to use it on the side you loop most, which is usualy the forehand.