Customer review for Yasaka Rakza 7 Soft

External Review for Yasaka Rakza 7 Soft on October 19, 2018

My rubber journey began with Mark V on an all wood bat which gave me enough confidence to explore stroke technique and get excited about table tennis. Along this journey I switched to a faster bat (Rossi Emotion) and put Hurricane III Neo rubbers on it, and it seemed like a great combination for me, even if a carbon bat is serious overkill for a beginner. This setup was used through a period where I progressed quickly - so this is the setup I will have to compare anything new to.

I put Rakza 7 Soft on a new Joola Air Fibre blade - using tensor rubbers immediately had me overshoot the table and put balls in the net, so I took off the Forehand Rakza and put back my Hurricane III. Immediately the Hurricane felt lifeless and dead compared to Rakza, but I magically kept balls on the table. But having had a taste for how awesome, springy and spinny Rakza was for serving and looping, I am now considering taking the plunge and just revert to all tensor rubbers and hopefully get used to them over time. I am testing Tenergy 05, Tenergy 80 and Stiga Genesis II (s) as well. (My coach is encouraging me to stop using slow rubbers on fast blades and instead use slower all-wood bats and put tensor rubbers on them.) I am not good enough to really evaluate rubbers in finer detail, but I can say that serving with Rakza7 is amazing and using it on my backhand seems to work well - with enough of an arc to clear the net when I expect it.

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