Lifting with softer sponge

Shripathi ramakrishnan Asked 13 years ago

hi alois and jeff,

i've been using the same rubber for a while a now . it is not so grippy for shots off backspin making it a bit of a headache but the speed and control gives it a brilliant drive! as a result i only get about 60% of the backspin balls over the net (that too with slow topspins) . i cant play a solid shot against any pushed balls let alone chopped ones.i never had this problem before with my old yasaka mark V!

 can u suggest anything that doesnt involve me change rubbers?

setup: gki jumbo carbon

fh and bh: tibhar rapid soft.

thanks!

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Shripathi,

You can just open the face of the bat a little to lift the ball over the net.  The softer sponge won't grip the ball off backspin as well as the Mark V but the change in the angle of your bat should allow you to get it on.