Customer review for Butterfly Feint Long III OX

External Review for Butterfly Feint Long III on February 4, 2013

This rubber is suited for chopping. Contrary to what others have written, this is the slowest, most controllable long pip on the market. The player has a lot of room for error b/c of the soft sponge, which is the softest of any rubber I know of.

Spin reversal is not good. This is both a blessing and a curse. You can generate your own spin, b/c the pip is grippy. Therefore you have more control over how much spin you give back. You must be active with this rubber. Bat angle is also more important b/c the ball reacts more to the incoming spin.

This is NOT a rubber for a passive player/blocker. This IS a rubber for an active defender. It's used by Ruwen Filius and Viktoria Pavlovich.

I can also attack with it, b/c of its grippiness, I'm able to generate my own spin.

Serve return is more challenging with this rubber due to the grippiness. If you watch Ruwen Filius, you can see how he returns serve.

Finally, what I love about this rubber is how much control it gives with chopping. You can modify chops -- giving more or less -- with ease.

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