antoine's Rubber Ratings
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Gewo (1) 
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Gewo Codexx EL Pro 52
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Review of Gewo Codexx EL Pro 52I used to play with a Chinese rubber (sanwei target national, a very good rubber btw) as FH rubber. It is quite as tacky, but less heavy. When you are used to Chinese rubber, you need to engage full gas. With this rubber, you can play the same way, but also safer with shorter strokes when you lack of time (with Chinese rubber, playing with less energy often results in making a dead ball). It therefore helped me modify my technique (making less ample strokes) and thus gained a lot of consistency. It is more for giving than Chinese rubber, yet you need to play with a clean technique.Quite hard rubber means easy on blocks.I don't recommend on backhand (too hard). In FH, I would recommend only to players with a good technique, physical engagement and liking top spin the ball a lot (player playing with short, fast strokes or below average top spin should consider something else) (Playing with Viscaria) Dec 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sanwei (1)
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Sanwei Target National
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Review of Sanwei Target NationalI wanted to find a rubber that does not wear out in few months. I was playing with desto F3. And this rubber is by far more durable.I have a quite strong forehand already and I was interested in trying a chinese style rubber to force my technique to evolve. It has the attribute of a chinese rubber in that the sheet is tacky and hard. At first, you really need to adapt a bit as top spins will only be consistent if your hip moves forward while your arm/leg/wrist gives spin. But then, the top spins get an incredible power, super low bounce and spin. I noticed also that the very first time of use the rubber is extremely hard and that tends to soften after 2-3 weeks playing it while your technique adapts in the meantime, which makes a bit more comfortable to play overall. Blocking is generally easier as the rubber hardness and tackiness will absorb much of the speed. Actually, it gives the impression the rubber is quite slow. In the short game, the ball will not bounce off your paddle and you need to push a bit to be sure the ball does not land in the net. This rubber has actually lot of gears. If you attack or slap the ball, it'll go fast. After been used to my new set, I played with other players paddle using Tenergy 05 and I frankly do not see a difference in speed, but comparing with tensor(-like) rubbers: block is easier, attacks are somewhat spinnier, in fact, less efficient if you play with light top spin I also tried a Hurricane 3 Neo in comparison. To me, it feels like you would get the same amount of spin as a H3Neo, but with more gears. So, it probably is closer to the H3 Provincial (which I briefly tried once), but that rubber has a much softer feeling. Aug 19, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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