Customer review for GEWO Proton Neo 325

External Review for GEWO Proton Neo 325 on July 5, 2021

Translated from French.

Ideal for versatile play at intermediate level and if you love the "touch of the ball". Not very fast but it gives confidence to perform all strokes and try new ones (I discovered the confidence of backhand side-spin after 45 years of Ping!) because this rubber has extraordinary control: Even at max, it allows you to block against "bricks" from opponents ranked 6 levels above! Excellent for blocking and passive play, it's perfect for the backhand and quite versatile for forehand chop: the surface is certainly not very sticky, but the contact time transfers very strong backspin often fatal if the topspin opponent is too confident. Very light even in Max (no more tendinitis!) is ideal to mount on heavy carbon or combination wood even large, because everything remains light! At 2.0 mm it allows complete play at the table or mid-distance, and its combination with a mid-long rubber or long pimples is formidable for the opponent because the back of No 325, strongly perturbs and maintains control by rotating the racket to alternate with good pimples. The manufacturer doesn't call it "tensor" yet its double speed from significant elasticity accelerates attacks at high speed with precision and a nice "fast glue" sound. Former club coach for 8 years having tried 100+ rubbers, and it had been 20 years since I felt such sensations as if the plastic ball was becoming a celluloid ball again! I tried several rubbers ranked "best control" on Revspin. it is well above the Razanter 37 or Hexter SFX Andro and moreover No 325 wears out less quickly. In short, I mounted it in 3 thicknesses 1.8 / 2.0 / Max on various combination woods depending on the type of opposing player, it's great! This rubber is perfect for improving players ranked 9-14 gaining confidence to go deep into the ball without "splashing" and trying to reproduce shots of national players or champions.

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