Customer review for Nittaku Hammond

External Review for Nittaku Hammond on December 20, 2009

I had the Hammond Max on both my FH & BH, using Nittaku Septear 7 ply Hinoki blade.

Initially, when I moved to Septear and Hammond setup, I was still developing my strokes, and game. Since then, I have switched and learn other strokes.

My style of play is predominantly BH, and i have a stronger BH than FH.

The rubber is definitely really good for BH as it really block well, and fast. It is good for smashing, drive but it really lack the bite for spins. Even though it was not tacky, it performed fast enough for me. Then, I started to try looping. It was barely passable as a looping rubber.

When I tried DHS Skyline 3 as a BH rubber, it add a lot more spin to my BH loop and the topspin loop/ hook really become a very tricky combo in my game, but it lack the Hammond sponge response that I like in a BH rubber.

As a FH rubber, it was not that effective as I could not loop much with it, though it was fast and good to drive and smash with, it is not useful when you encounter players who are faster than you. But with a tacky rubber, you can play the faster players because I added spin and deception into my game, especially during service.

Compared to Hurricane series (my current setup), it lack the bites in looping and doing tricky spin shots and especially when you are serving. I became much unplayable to some players after the switch to Hurricane, and my service has become one of my strong point too.

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