Had an hour and a half private lesson from a well respected coach here in the area, who does coach defenders (so rare, as is YouTube info for defenders). Among the many many things he told me, he wants me to obviously chop from further back, but also be able to vary and fire a forehand from that distance, and suggested that I may eventually want to get a faster blade to add more firepower from further back ( I play a Donic DEFPLAY senso) .

I like my blade and may eventually take his advice (he said do it down the road) but until then would like suggestions of a faster forehand rubber instead, so a higher power forehand rubber that may work for this. I currently play Xiom Vega Europe and its pretty good. Oh, and less expensive would be nice. I know that Tenergy would probably work.

Thanks!

I've tried AK47 blue. OK, it's a little faster than the cheaper Chinese rubbers (you can get it for about USD11-12) but not dramatically so. I suspect Presto, Target Pro etc. are also similar, but I haven't tried them yet, and when I have tried something yet there's at least the POTENTIAL that it's as good as the advertising makes it out to be.. Someone posted something about Presto recently, he said it was terribly grippy (not tacky). Made we want to try it, but not at the current prices. Don't know if the price will drop - they usually do, but Battle II remains expensive (for instance).

H3, by the way, is a difficult rubber for beginners to use, because it is SLOW. It has the potential for producing a lot of speed, BUT you have to be able to generate the power necessary.

Iskandar

H3, by the way, is a difficult rubber for beginners to use, because it is SLOW. It has the potential for producing a lot of speed, BUT you have to be able to generate the power necessary.