same spin, more control than bryce fx (unglued)

Playing with bryce fx on tbs is stupid. Go for a slower blade now and he could probably go back to the tbs, when he got more experienced. I would say.

sriver is aways a great choice, especially for a 11 yr old. TBS is a fairly fast blade for him, so you can afford to have a little  slower rubbers, like sriver, i would recomend 1.9 mm.
Cheers, Pip

thanks for the sriver suggestion - I take it you mean the normal sriver rather than sriver fx - I had wondered about sriver g2 fx - I was thinking that the FX versions might give more control.

I have used Bryce and Bryce FX unglued before, and I find that Donic Desto F2 is better. Perhaps it would work for your son too.

Even glued up Sriver is fairly slow. SO unglued you should have plently of contol. From experience the G2 version was not noticably spinnier from the normal variant.

Gark

Timo boll uses 1.9?! I thought all good players use 2.1 +

the dude said that if he got sriver 1.9 on both sides and a timo boll spirit he would have the same exact setup as boll.

unglued bryce fx and sriver is nothing special (master of none but jack of all trade), and sriver L or EL will allow your son to develop proper technic. once you used to sriver, hack, the top-end power and all-roundness of the rubber is still hard to beat, especially with Jpen.

on a shakehand, I can tailor my BH and FH rubber separetely, so not much problem. other classic to considered will included Mark V and JO waldner. both have softer topsheet(and/or sponge) for better control compared to sriver's kinda hard feel (the sponge will soften with time into something really amazing though, so I kinda glued them up initially and every once in a while until I like it unglued). both of these would be better fot looping and serve than sriver!!! (BUT I DO NOT OWN A TBS, so have no idea how if feels with JO and Mark V) You may need to look into it.

tbs is not really a fast blade. sriver is the best choice.

Thanks to all for those replies - I think I'm leaning towards sriver g2 fx. Some of the discussion (naturally enough) seems to be based on the assumption of using glue - which is not my focus. I gather that people say that the bryce topsheet has a "grippy" quality which seems useful for maximising spin on serves. I'd like a replacement that was at least as good as Bryce fx unglued in that respect. Any thoughts on a grippy rubber to be used unglued on a TBS.

Thanks Visse, I had wondered about Plasma 430. Would you expect that to have more control (and how about speed and spin) in comparison to Bryce fx unglued?

I havent used Bryce FX. I like plasma 430, its soft for good control, but because of the built in speed glue effect, has excellent spin and speed for topspins. I really like the dwell that I can feel with it. Also, no gluing! and it is made in Germany, better than Japanese.

well ofcourse oyu need ot atleast try sriverG2 it has mroe spin and less speed

DHS hurricane and Globe are just too heavy for a 11 yrold. Besides, these rubber dont have much speed unless you use lots of speed glue on them.

For more spin, less speed and more control compared to Bryce Fx, maybe you can try out the Sriver G2 FX.  However the feel is different, Sriver G2FX has higher throw than Bryce FX.

A local coach's nine year old daughter uses H3 both sides. Please tell me the average eleven year old boy is stronger than a nine year old girl.