Explanation
The rubber reviewed on this page is from the French table tennis maker cornilleau. In Japan, juic is the distributor. Although it is not a manufacturer with a strong presence in Japan, Cornilleau’s racket rubber is not bad at all. Cornilleau was founded in 1946 and is a historic manufacturer that began developing competitive rubber and rackets in 2009 under former world champion Jean-Philippe Gatien (France). Currently, they have contracts with different manufacturers, but the world’s top fantasista Simon Gauzy (France) and the fastest two-handed Hugo Calderano (Brazil) have used Conyor’s equipment in the past. It seems that it was. For example, Conyor’s 9-plywood Gatien Conquest (Gatien Conquest, thickness 6.0 mm, 97 ± 5 g) and Target Pro series rubber to be reviewed this time are said to be mentioned. Also, I remember seeing an article in the World Table Tennis Kingdom that a business team belonging to the Japan League got a good impression of Cornilleau’s racket and rubber in the past. Even in table tennis navigation, there are some reviews that it has exceeded the monster rubber Tenergy, and I think that it is a rubber with very high expectations.
It is said that this Target Pro series is manufactured by the technology of Michelin, a tire maker famous for its restaurant rating.
Published performance value
By the summer of 2020, there are four Target Pro series. This time katsuo000 is trying out X51 and H47. The last number is sponge hardness, and you can choose from four types of hardness. It is very easy to understand that the speed performance changes depending on the difference in sponge hardness.
The rubber that katsuo000 is paying attention to is the Target Pro XD series that was posted together. This Target Pro XD series is a rubber that was recently launched (September 2020). For katsuo000, I am interested in Target Pro XD 52.5, which seems to have the highest hardness. I would like to review it if it can be done by the end of the year! I expect Max to be a pretty good rubber!
Target Pro GT-X51 sticking and weight
The Target Pro GT-X51 feels like it’s packed! Still less than 50 g. I have a very high balance feeling!
Target Pro GT-X51
Made in Germany
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0 mm, MAX
・Speed: 16.0
・Spin: 17.0
・Sponge stiffness: H (51)
・6,800 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)Three features of Target Pro GT-X51
A rubber that adds speed and power to a sense of stability!
Target Pro GT-X51 inherits the stability of GT-H47 and feels more speed performance and power! What I especially felt the feature was the improvement of speed performance as shown in the published performance value! Of course, the rubber is harder to the touch when the GT-X51 is touched than the GT-H47, but the bite is very good like the GT-H47, and it is easier to handle than the rubber made in Germany with a hardness of 50 ° or more by other manufacturers. It stood out! Also, hard rubber tends to require impact to hit speed drive, and it tends to be a rubber that emphasizes rotation, but GT-X51 was hard but speed drive was easy to hit! I felt that the speed performance of GT-X51 was overwhelmingly higher than that of GT-H47, and the spin performance was slightly improved because the rubber was harder.
Just like the GT-H47, Tsuttsuki and the stop stop firmly! Easy to do counter drive!
Inheriting the features of GT-H47, GT-X51 also stopped at Tsuttsuki and stopped, and I felt that counter drive was easy to do! It’s very nice!
A rubber that competes with speed and power for a sense of stability!
I think the GT-X51 is a rubber that inherits the stability of the GT-H47 and competes with even greater speed and power! Compared to the high-end rubber of other manufacturers, I felt that the speed performance was characteristic, and it was a rubber like the overseas version Tenergy 80 (Tenergy 80) or the slightly hardened Tenergy 80 hard (?).
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit
It doesn’t feel hard at all in the fore hand.
Drive on long balls and rallies
Like the GT-H47, it bite well and I didn’t feel it falling. Also, I think it makes up for the lack of rotation that I felt with the GT-H47. It’s a good rubber!
Drive with open face
Like the GT-H47, I didn’t feel like hitting the racket board, and I was very impressed with the fact that I could fly while spinning. I think this feature makes it easier to hit the speed drive.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
The loop drive was also good in rotation and quality. Therefore, I felt that it could be used for the foreground.
Speed drive against back spin
It was very easy to do! Normally, I think it’s difficult to get hard, but it was easier than I imagined.
Curve / shoot drive
Because I don’t feel the hardness, there is no excitement.
Block
It was easy to do. Overall it was easy to do. This was also a good feeling.
Counter drive
I’m glad that the overwrite counter drive was easy to do.
Stop
It was easy to stop. I didn’t feel like I was flying with Poyon.
Push
I felt that I had a long time holding the ball because I could grip it firmly. It was easy to control. It has expired.
Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. I felt that a sufficient amount of rotation could be obtained with the fore.
Backhand
Light hit
I didn’t feel that much hardness in the back.
Drive on long balls and rallies
It was stable even if I hit it quickly. However, since it is still hard, the back sometimes had a hardness and a drop due to insufficient impact. I think you can make up for it with enough practice.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
The arc line is low, but I was able to apply enough rotation.
Speed drive against back spin
I was quite surprised to see this. However, there is no weight.
Block
It was easy to do because it wasn’t affected by the rotation so much, even though it bite into it.
Stop
It was easy to do.
Push
It was good that this was also low. I felt that I had a ball and it was easy to cut.
Chiquita
It was very easy to do. I was able to do Chiquita with confidence.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Max spin amount
Dignics 05 > Tenergy 05 Hard > Target Pro GT-X51 ≧ Tenergy 05 > Tenergy 80
Ball holding
Tenergy 05 ≧ Target Pro GT-H47 > Tenergy 80
Tenergy 05 > Target Pro GT-X51 > Tenergy 05 Hard
Speed
Dignics 05 ＞ Tenergy 80 ≧ Target Pro GT-H47 > Tenergy 05
Dignics 05 ＞ Target Pro GT-X51 ≧ Tenergy 05 Hard > Tenergy 05