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    Posted: 08/04/2008 at 10:09pm
With a little homework here, I've tried to tabulate what Top Ranked players are using just for the sake of comparison:
 
As of July, 2008 Ranking
 
Blades
   Butterfly     -    10 (40%)
   DHS            -    3
   Yasaka       -    2
   Nittaku       -    1
   Tibhar        -     1
   Stiga          -     3
   Xiom          -     1
   Donic         -     1
   Avalox       -      1
   Not known -     2
 
Forehand Rubber
   Butterfly    -   9  (36%)
   DHS          -   10  (40%)
   Tibhar       -    1
   Xiom         -    1
   Friendship -    1
   Donic        -    1
   Not known  -  2
 
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  Butterfly   -  12  (48%)
  NIttaku     -   2
  Tibhar       -   1
  Tsp           -    2
  Stiga        -    1
  Yasaka     -    2
  Donic        -    1
  Not Known     2  
 
It is not a surprise if Butterfly is on the Top of the list
What surprises me more is that nobody uses Chinese made rubbers on their backhand, EVEN THE CHINESE!
 
What do you think?
 
 
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It's hard to control blocks with chinese rubber, it's much easier for the ball to be grabbed by the rubber and drop down so it's not a good BH rubber. 
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wang nan uses H3 on backhand :D
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Shes weird~
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Wang Nan probably isn't in the top 500 if you count both genders together. The title says about top 25.
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Hey, she's in my top 25!
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awwwww. lol. Yeah I agree, I tried chinese rubber on my backhand for a while, but I just didnt like it so i switched.
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It's funny.
 
Because during my early playing years (80's). Most of players in our place have chinese rubbers on their backhand. The most popular are Friendship RITCs, PF4, for simple reason that it is cheap and we put the more expensive rubbers (Sriver, Mark V) for the forehand.
 
That is no longer the case. Though chinese rubbers are great for blocking, it lacks that kick in the long distance where most players needed for modern game, 2 winged loop play.
 
On the other hand, putting non-chinese, nontacky rubber on the forehand also makes forehand serves, smashes, and power loop not so powerful. Hence, everything changed.
 
And putting two chinese rubbers together may not always be an ideal combo especially for those whose weight is an issue.
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li xiao,

the 2 unknown there in Top 25 are Adrian Crisan and Yoon Jae Young. Can you help me out as to what they are using? And that will complete the list.
 
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Yoon Jae Young use TBS, rubbers no idea. Crisan uses DOnic Waldner Dicon~
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Originally posted by Hataw Na Hataw Na wrote:

Yoon Jae Young.
 
he uses sriver on both side with special sponges: C53, C54...
 
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What are the rubbers that Ma Long is using because I notice that sometimes for a smash he will twiddle and use his backhand rubber to smash on the forehand
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Originally posted by James JH James JH wrote:

What are the rubbers that Ma Long is using because I notice that sometimes for a smash he will twiddle and use his backhand rubber to smash on the forehand
 
Ma Long:
 
Blade: Nittaku Acustic
 
FH rubber: DHS Hurricane 3
 
BH rubber: Nittaku JO Waldner
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Nittaku JO Waldner SC on the bh..
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Originally posted by Master_of_loops Master_of_loops wrote:

Originally posted by James JH James JH wrote:

What are the rubbers that Ma Long is using because I notice that sometimes for a smash he will twiddle and use his backhand rubber to smash on the forehand
 
Ma Long:
 
Blade: Nittaku Acustic
 
FH rubber: DHS Hurricane 3
 
BH rubber: Nittaku JO Waldner
 
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Hi Master_of_loops,
 
if u see clearly, there is an 'sc' behind it!
go look again if u cant see...
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Sorry, my mistake! Ma Long uses Nittaku JO Waldner SC on his backhand.
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is Dawei IQ UL Chinese? Surely there's some 729 rubber that's good for the backhand, there are so many choices.
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For sure, there are those who use Chinese rubbers BUT WITH JAPANESE SPONGE OTHER TYPE OF SPONGES.
 
Pls let me know if you know of anyone who uses purely chinese rubbers.
Even Wang Nan I think uses chinese rubber with japanese sponge.
 
For curiosity's sake, has anyone wondered why? Or anyone interviewed pros for their logical reasoning?
 
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Chinese players are used to using Chinese rubbers. Notice though how almost no pro using inverted has a dramatic difference between forehand and backhand rubbers. I found that making both sides of my blade centred in balance increased my hand speed and reduced my shanked balls. I hypothosise that this is a result of having the swing weight equal on both sides, meaning I have a more consistant reference for where the bat is and how fast it is travelling.
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Originally posted by Hataw Na Hataw Na wrote:

li xiao,


the 2 unknown there in Top 25 are Adrian Crisan and Yoon Jae Young. Can you help me out as to what they are using? And that will complete the list.

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adrian crisan uses H3 on FH...
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I thought that Crisan is using DONIC J.O. ruberrsConfused!
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Originally posted by T h e N A M T h e N A M wrote:

Originally posted by Hataw Na Hataw Na wrote:

Yoon Jae Young.

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he uses sriver on both side with special sponges: C53, C54...

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What is C53 and C54?
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Originally posted by yorsh82 yorsh82 wrote:

Originally posted by Hataw Na Hataw Na wrote:

li xiao,


the 2 unknown there in Top 25 are Adrian Crisan and Yoon Jae Young. Can you help me out as to what they are using? And that will complete the list.

 

thanks

 

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adrian crisan uses H3 on FH...
 
Sorry, but I think that this is stupid answer! Non Euroean TT player use Chinese rubber!
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really?


Originally posted by TT_Freak TT_Freak wrote:

Chinese players are used to using Chinese rubbers. Notice though how almost no pro using inverted has a dramatic difference between forehand and backhand rubbers. I found that making both sides of my blade centred in balance increased my hand speed and reduced my shanked balls. I hypothosise that this is a result of having the swing weight equal on both sides, meaning I have a more consistant reference for where the bat is and how fast it is travelling.
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I've actually heard the same about Crisan's FH and the H3
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TT_Freak,

If difference in weight is an issue....

then what about these players? If you noticed, their BH rubbers are quite light.


Cheung Yuk (HK)
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FH: Bryce
BH: Sriver FX

Hao Shuai (CHN)
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FH: DHS Hurricane III
BH: Butterfly Sriver FX

Wang Tao (CHN)
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FH: Globe 999
BH: TSP Spectol

Guo Yue (CHN)
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BH: Butterfly Sriver FX

Peng Luyang
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BH: Bty sriver fx

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FH: Nittaku/DHS Hurricane Pro 3 (tokuatsu)
BH: Butterfly Bryce Speed FX (tokuatsu)

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Stiga Kevlar
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BH: TSP Actor

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Originally posted by charlesj charlesj wrote:

really?


Originally posted by TT_Freak TT_Freak wrote:

Chinese players are used to using Chinese rubbers. Notice though how almost no pro using inverted has a dramatic difference between forehand and backhand rubbers. I found that making both sides of my blade centred in balance increased my hand speed and reduced my shanked balls. I hypothosise that this is a result of having the swing weight equal on both sides, meaning I have a more consistant reference for where the bat is and how fast it is travelling.
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Hataw Na,

Surprisingly, there are not many 729 players around...
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