What Rubber Does Jeff Use?
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Noel Unknown Asked 16 years ago
Hey
What rubber does Jeff use?
Thank you.
Jeff Plumb Answered 16 years ago
Hi Noel,
At the moment I am using Butterfly Tenergy 05 (2.1mm) on both sides.
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Lionel Unknown Posted 16 years ago
Hi Jeff,
Appreciate some of your personal experience sharing on this, when you mentioned previously that you were using Butterfly Sriver speed-glued, the rubber is able to loop a backspin ball or any spin ball well, and you can tend to be lazier because all shots would not need to be that precise.... Do you mean that for instance, if you loop the backspin ball with the top edge of the racquet slightly away from you, or slightly towards you, and even with these variances of racquet angles, you were still able to successfully loop the ball over to opponent's table successfully?
But since you used Tenergy 05, it is so unforgiving that every shot has to be a good one, did you mean that using Tenergy 05, the racquet angle has to be almost spot on correct everytime you loop backspin ball and any spin ball, so as to make sure the ball can go over to the opponent's table successfully?
Hi Lionel
When I was talking about being a little lazier with a glued up Sriver, I was more talking about playing a counter loop against another loop. With the glued up rubber I could get away with the angle being a little off or hitting the ball not quite in the middle. With the Tenergy 05, I find that when counter looping, I need to hit the ball in the middle and get the angle right otherwise I tend to miss.
I have found the Tenergy 05 to be very good against a backspin ball, perhaps slightly better than the glued up Sriver!
I think it is important to remember that the main thing to concentrate on is your technique. If you have your technique right, you will be able to play well with any decent Table Tennis rubber. Sure, find the rubber that suits your game, but make sure that the perfect rubber is secondary in your thinking and that technique is first!
Charles Unknown Posted 16 years ago
david Unknown Posted 14 years ago
dear all,
like any one of you,i spent countless days or maybe months trying to loop back a backspin serve or return.at first i thought it was mainly on the arm action or just the quick brushing up of the ball.after long and countless trials, i found out that the lifting action to lift the ball comes from the straightening of the bended leg when you drop your shoulders to hit the descending ball.The action is simultaneous, your catch the descending ball with racket dropped below and open,then hit the ball simultaneous with the straightening of of the leg as you rise up brushing the ball and you will observe that the lift and topspin of the ball is created.of course, your rubber should be tacky and thick enough, unlike those that are attached on the premade bats.
Leslie Unknown Posted 14 years ago
Rajesh Sawant Posted 13 years ago
Dear Jeff,
Can you please throw light on features of Xiom Vega?
Do you use it with offensive XX ply? and on both sides fh and bh?
Thanks,
Rajesh Suhas Sawant
andrew brand Posted 13 years ago
anthony pham Posted 13 years ago
hi jeff
above i thought u said you use tenergy and is tenergy faster than xiom vega?
Sean Morrissy Posted 13 years ago
Hi Jeff,
How do Tenergy and Vega Pro compare? I'm using Tenergy and am happy with it, but am wondering if Vega Pro is worth a try since it's quite a bit cheaper.
Sean
Daumisx Krugliakovas Posted 13 years ago
Hey with abit of your help and myself help i can now play good and with that i got a racket:
Timo Boll All Blade
Tibhar Nimbus(red)
Tibhar Genius(black)
could i ask you what do you think about this kind of set? and what advantages does it give?