O ierarhizare calitativa neoficiala si subiectiva a "ierburilor" se gaseste la:
http://members.pcug.org.au/~dean/lp-rubbers.html
RANKINGS
For an away-from-the-table game (mid to long distance chops, mixed with occasional blocks, pushes and attacks), I would rank the above rubbers roughly as follows:
1.Stiga Destroyer
2.Double Fish 1615
3.Butterfly Feint Long II
4.TSP Curl P1R
5.XuShaoFa 989
6.Double Happiness Fog / Cloud and Fog
7.Friendship 755
8.Yasaka Phantom 008
9.Dr Neubauer Scalpel
10.Hallmark Dr Neubauer Super Special
11.Double Happiness C8
12.Hallmark Dr Neubauer Super Defence
13.Joola Fakir
14.Tibhar Extra Long
16.Tibhar Grass Spezial 3000
17.Friendship 563
18.Donic Piranja 2 Original
19.Tibhar Grass Devil
20.Friendship 837
21.Andro Clou
22.Globe 979
For a close-to-the-table game (blocks, pushes and attacks, mixed with occasional away-from-the-table chops), I would rank the above rubbers roughly as follows:
1.Hallmark Dr Neubauer Super Special*
2.Friendship 837
3.Double Happiness Fog / Cloud and Fog
4.Friendship 755
5.Dr Neubauer Scalpel*
6.Tibhar Grass Devil
7.Double Happiness C8
8.Double Fish 1615
9.Stiga Destroyer
10.Butterfly Feint Long II
12.Joola Fakir*
13.XuShaoFa 989
14.Globe 979
15.Andro Clou
16.Friendship 563
17.TSP Curl P1R
18.Donic Piranja 2 Original
19.Tibhar Grass Spezial 3000
20.Tibhar Extra Long*
21.Yasaka Phantom 008
22.Hallmark Dr Neubauer Super Defence [but note the no-sponge version would probably rank much higher]
Eu am ales Stiga Destroyer care pentru jocul la distanta de masa e ierarhizata aici pe locul 1, iar pentru jocul langa masa pe locul 9. Mie mi se pare cea mai versatila insa necesita timp pentru a scoate din ea tot ce poate. De asemenea, Stiga Destroyer e intre ierburile care vor ramane aprobate de ITTF si dupa iulie 2008. Ar fi util ca cel care intentioneaza sa joace cu iarba sa joace periodic si cu fete normale si, foarte important, sa joace cu o paleta normala contra fetei cu iarba pentru a simti ce dificultati pune iarba adversarului.