Changes of table tennis equipment from
speed glue to water based glue and 38mm ball to 40mm ball has brought impact
and effect to equipment maker as well as player, these changes has limited the
power and speed of game with more rally than before. Throughout this few years,
equipment maker has invested lot of money in R&D to fill up the gap of
powerless symptom in post speed glue era, we noticed that current equipment
revolution has reaching a trend of “able to attack as well as able to defense”,
and this the “Tao” of BALANCE which will be the path to win!
(05+64)/2 = 80
The launched of Tenergy 80 has shown
that Butterfly also catching up the trend of balance. T80 succeed the basic
element from Tenergy family, it is the balance between T05 and T64. T05
emphasis on spin, while T64 emphasis on speed, although there are FX version
for alternative choice, however T05 still not able to have speed of T64, and it
is vice verse for T64. T80 adopted the advantages of both T05 and T64 and
integrate into one rubber, although T80 looks moderate, but is getting attention
by players. An all-around rubber like T80, what you need is a skill to control
it.
Fastarc has becoming more balance
Nittaku also taking the same step, in
2013, they released a new rubber Fastarc C-1, this rubber has combined the
advantages of both Fastarc G-1 and S-1, which produced high speed as well as
perfect arc performance.
Moderate ≠ Mediocre
Apparently all major equipment
makers have noticed that beauty of “Balance” has becoming current trend in
table tennis development. Latest products released seldom seek for one extreme
skill, equipment development is toward integration the strength and discard the
weaknesses from previous products, reaching a relatively balancing point from
all aspect.
Source from Table Tennis World No. 255
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