Customer review for Yasaka Mark V Racket

Review by dbd723 (Verified Customer) for Yasaka Mark V Racket on March 8, 2014

Great racket, just bought a 2nd one as a backup even though my first one is still with very good performance from the rubber. I'm not sure this rubber actually wears out (I also use PP rubber cleaner on it before every match or before every club day to give it the extra clean edge).

I played 3-4x a year starting in college, but just started playing more seriously every week for the last 4 months and this paddle has helped me develop from a good push/block rec player to a decent tournament player with a developing controlled offensive game and loop. Am now rated mid 1700s hopefully on my way up. I have recently tried about 20 different setups of custom paddles including butterfly blades with tenergy, donic blades, other yasaka setups, etc, and this paddle is still so much more effective at keeping the ball low and on the table without giving up much in the way of spin that I easily beat players with this paddle that I will have difficulty beating or even lose to with the more controlled versions of custom setups.

Anyone recreational to rating 2000 should look at this racket as a serious alternative to a custom paddle.

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