Tenergy 25 or Bryce speed with Plastic Ball

bokai wrote: Hi All, I am struggling to decide which rubber to use on the forehand. I currently use a very low throw, fast and bouncy all wood blade (Cornilleau Absolom). I like to drive, counter, block and smash during rallies on FH and against backspin open up with a loop. I currently use Bryce speed on forehand and although this rubber was made for the strokes I mentioned during rallies it becomes inconsistent when opponents start to flat hit or punch to my FH because of the low throw of bryce speed and my blade. Should I get use to bryce speed? Or switch Tenergy 25? I would like to hear all your opinons! :)

T80 is better than T05 for smashing and blocking. 

Going from what you say is a low throw rubber to T05 which is a very high throw rubber seems extreme and could mess up the rest of your game to fix one technique fixable situation. (I always think you pick your rubber based on your main game play, not on the exceptions).

if you want to stick to Btfy then T25.  I used your mentioned blade last night with a 729 Battle II Prov commercial on FH and absolutely killed the flat smashes.  it has good dwell/topspin also when required.

Edited by tom - 02/26/2019 at 10:04am

vanjr wrote: Going from what you say is a low throw rubber to T05 which is a very high throw rubber seems extreme and could mess up the rest of your game to fix one technique fixable situation. (I always think you pick your rubber based on your main game play, not on the exceptions).

T05

Skyline wrote: bokai wrote: I agree. I love to drive, counter, block and smash thats why I use bryce speed. However, on a low throw hard blade it is very inconsistent if someone flat hits to my fh. I suppose its just a matter getting use to and adjusting? But how much can I adjust my technique to suit this rubber. Perhaps T25 is a better rubber for what I am looking for? Believe me go with T05

Wouldn't T05 be too sensitive to spin to smash and block consistently tho?

This is subjective, as always, based on the way you hit the ball and your standard, as well as that of the person commenting. With the context set, bearing in mind I am probably USATT 2000-2200 depending on the day, I have found MX-P and Rhyzm 48 to be superior flat hitting rubbers by some distance compared to T05. Rhyzm is more towards Bryce in feel i.e. More speed than spin but this means it is easier to hit through opponents spin without as much concentration on bat angle to compensate for their spin. Downside for Rhyzm compared to MX-P is less spin on the open up, serves etc. MX-P is a beast smashing rubber, and it spins nearly as well as T05 too on brush loops using just the topsheet. The extra grip does mean you have to close the face a little more though when smashing through your opponents spinny loops. I myself I am considering going back to Rhyzm from MX-P as the clicky speed glue feeling was awesome and it was so easy to just hit through everything. I am getting frustrated with the lack of advantage gained by using a spinny rubber as the players in my league (mostly USATT 2200-2500 at a guess) aren't fussed by spin at all, the only way through them is placement and/or power, both of which Rhyzm is great at.

Edited by MydasDiablo - 03/01/2019 at 2:49am

Coming from all-wood, probably the Innerforce T-5000 if you can find one. 

I would recommend Primorac carbon T5000 this one is very fast but the control is very good. It's slightly slower than a the Gergely carbon which is also amazing.

Probably T80 then?

Bryce speed, I think, is a much better rubber than T25 in almost every way.
I suppose I never got the point of the 25.

I am sort of biased against other rubbers and only use butterfly rubbers on FH. Im currently contemplating between T25 and T05. I think Bryce speed with the D40+ ball is not good due to its lack of grip for all the shots.