Enjoying Hardbat

After years of playing with sponge bats I am really starting to enjoy the hardbat game. At my last practice at the club I put a deep dent in the side of my Hock blade so I ordered a Hunter Hawk with BTY OX pips. I will keep the Hock in storage as they are getting a bit harder to find. I find the game more enjoyable and can still hit fast when needed and yes loop :). Short game is much improved along with service return..go figure. The days of buying rubbers costing over $50USD is over. Anyone use a Hunter Hawk for hardbat? If so how do you like it?

I will give a review of the Hunter Hawk after I play with it a few times. From the information I recieved it is a Hock 3-ply clone. I have also heard that BTY Orthodox OX is a bit spinnier than Yasaka A-1-2. I'ts really nice not having to worry about film covers, tuning, glue, etc....just wipe it clean with a cloth and stick it in the case!

frogger wrote: After years of playing with sponge bats I am really starting to enjoy the hardbat game. At my last practice at the club I put a deep dent in the side of my Hock blade so I ordered a Hunter Hawk with BTY OX pips. I will keep the Hock in storage as they are getting a bit harder to find. I find the game more enjoyable and can still hit fast when needed and yes loop :). Short game is much improved along with service return..go figure. The days of buying rubbers costing over $50USD is over. Anyone use a Hunter Hawk for hardbat? If so how do you like it?

frogger wrote: I usually use 2.0 sponge for years now. New Hawk will arrive tomorrow and will test it this coming Sunday. It's surprising to my opponents to see the amount of spin I can generate with a loop (hardbat) Actually I feel my smashes are actually faster with hardbat than with sponge but I might be wrong. One of the toughest matches I ever played in a tournament was against a strong hardbat hitter...damn ball was on me faster than my brain could compute the distance and speed. Very flat and very fast.