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AW: Joola Tango
I have played Tango since it's beginnings on BH and FH. But the last years I always had bubbles and cracks on my forehand. So I have started an intensive search for a replacement. Mind you on my backhand I still play Tango because I have never had problems with it on that side. I thinks this is because I do not use so much topspin and sidespin on my backhand. Here are my thoughts about last season:
G3-FX: I have played with it for about 20 min two months ago on the same racket as mine and I found it much softer than Tango. I would advice the G3 if your are thinking Butterfly, mind you I have never played with it. But if they stop to produce Tango tomorrow, I will go for the G3 as my first gamble for the backhand.
Tenergy 64: about the same feeling but i had major difficulties with the opening topspin, (high arced and soft openingsspin). VH-topspin was only good if I used more speed than spin. But that's not how I play. After 3 months I decided I had to save my season and swith to something different and hope for the best...
Sinus Alpha: I used this rubber quit succesfully, in december, but after 10 hours of play I started to have bubbles. The feeling and speed were OK, but the problems were the same as the Tango.
Genius: the rubber I have played since januari.
I needed some time to adjust, that for sure but the biggest advantage in the beginning was that I could play good high arced opening FH-topspins. The softness and feeling of the ball with the Genius is for me the same as Tango. The downside was that I had difficulties with soft topspin over topspin away from the table. I needed much time to adjust to this. The Genius also has the catapult-effect. So you need to stand correct behind the table (not straight up with your body) because the topspins are higharced and with a bit more speed. I would say like a fresh glued Tango but the effect lasts. You only must control the speed.
Later I found out more advantages of the Genius: first of all: just give the ball some topspin and it should come on the table (only mind your bodyposition or it's over the table if you stand to straight). A second advantage is the fact that you can make powertopspins and they will hit the table again and again. Now I don't need to play the soft topspin-over-topspin, I just force them back.
After 35 hours of play the first pimp came out. But this remained only 1 pimp for 2 to 3 weeks. Then came a second and yet one week later a third. But still after 40 hours the bubble was much smaller and there were no cracks.
So I wil start with the Genius next season on my forehand.
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