Oldie getting back into it… racket advice
Daniel Hahn asked 2 years ago
Hey Dan, Tom,
really digging a lot what you guys are doing, thanks for that!
Myself stopped playing tt 25y ago at the age of 15. 2 months ago I was in a local club for once with me old racket (Donic ply, fast Andro rubbers) and enjoyed playing so much. Was only average with some good and some baad technique 25y ago, and didn’t change a lot from there. 🙂
I decided to get back into it, but the old racket was really done, and after trying a short and long pimple outside racket for 2 weeks (bad idea, I tell you), I want to get back to “standard” rubbers.
I read a lot and also digested most of your rubber reviews, coming to a result like this.
As I need to (properly re-)learn the techniques, and I want to be consistent more than anything else (speed doesn’t matter as I do not want to go to competition soon, rather have long rallies), I’d go with an all ply racket All+ or Off- with good control.
Same applies for rubbers. I got the impression that the Rakza 7 or Rakza 7 soft rubbers, maybe not to thick of a sponge, would be a good point of start. Thought about going Rakza Z or chinese rubber, however I understood they will let you feel every small error on technique. I am not sure I am up for too much of torture by missing technique yet.
Looking around I saw an offer from a local shop for a Rakza 7 1.8mm and a Rakza 7 soft max on a Yasaka Sweden extra +.
Would this be sth. which you would also probably advice to go for in my situation?Â
Best Regards,
Dan
Dan Academy Coach answered 2 years ago
Hey Dan,
Apologies on the delay in getting back to you we have been away for a few days. I would absolutely go for an all wood blade in your situation this will help with the control and getting the technical skills all back again. So a really good one is a Stiga all round classic, you can’t go wrong, very good feel and control and good price too! The Rakza 7 rubbers will be a great choice too, the are quick enough for the topspin game but not ultra fast so you can’t control them. The spin level is good too and I would definitely recommend that about a Rakza Z or similar, Chinese rubber isn’t often the best thing to learn with if you aren’t very used to it. So it soj ds like you’re on the right track with equipment set up!
Let us know if you have any other questions on this and we look forward to helping you re-learn here with the Academy!
All the best, Dan 🙂
