recovery-rubber-choice

I did try Tenergy 05FX on FH yesterday and it felt more controlled which helps recovery but I dont think it is as penetrating to win outright points. At  moment in league im in im not worried as winning comfortably but next season will go up and will play much better players blocking and countering which will make my training drill problems at moment more realistic.  Ideally something mayb more penatrating than T05fx and something tad slower and more controlled than T05 would be perfect.
A thought did go to maybe trying Dignics80 on FH?  I have previously tried Dignics 05 but found it to be difficult to use and generate great spin and speed unless the stroke is perfect.  Its the reason I went to T05Fx on backhand as i find it effortless to use. 
Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Hi Dipak,

I personally would suggest staying with your current setup as by the sounds of it you like the feeling and are generally happy with it. From what you’ve said its just the recovery from a fast shot and being ready as the rubbers are quick. So I would do a lot more drills on this in training and really focus on keeping relaxed, short and compact shots and improving recovery.

This way you can keep the 05 on the forehand and get the penetrative shots that you mentioned and also the easy to use 05fx on backhand. To me I would say this setup is good and you should just focus on being comfortable with it even when playing strong and the ball coming back fast.

A few good tips for this are keep the bat higher than you think you need which allows you to be over the ball, focus on hitting over the top of the ball and being relaxed on the contact and using the speed already on the ball.

Also having a fairly relaxed grip will help with these shots and also recovery, practice recovering quickly after a strong ball and being able to control the next few shots and in time it will improve.

Also work on better placement of your strong shots for example into the body or crossover so it is more difficult for better opponents in the higher league when you move up to block back easily.

Let us know how you are getting on!

Anything to my query? 

Anything to my query? 

Hi Dipak, yes i totally understand what you are saying here, stick with it and just keep working on those areas and shots that make a difference.

Ok so dignics 80 is a great rubber,in comparison to tenergy 05 it is slightly slower and of course a harder sponge. It has more grip and control in my opinion and I feel is more suitable for a backhand rubber,however both sides it is capable of a lot of spin quality and high control compared to its speed. Its definitely less springy than tenergy and may even feel like more effort to generate power.

Hope this helps!

Brilliant Thanku Tom. Very helpful. I had a good training session and played very well in matches so there’s no need for me to change just to work on recovery and my coach said to play more aggressively and back myself which I did in a session yesterday and made big difference. 

thank you for your reply and help. 

No problem at all, thats great to hear and it sounds like you are focusing on the right areas for sure. Keeo up the good work and practice!