How to make the right choice:

With our compact description we offer you guidance for choosing the right bat. Every player has his or her own individual style of play – as has every blade and rubber. Here we give you some advice on how to find the perfect match of blade and rubbers – the little tricks that give you the distinct advantage. You will find below some insider information, which arose from decades of co-operation with the best players and manufacturers in the world.
We matched several suggestions to each example. The basis for these categories is the classification of your playing style:

Type of player: Defensive

What really counts for the blade?
The brake effect is crucial to slow the pace and exert control. Important: Vibrations, which interfere with feeling, are forbidden.

Example solution DEF: DONIC Defplay Classic Senso

Example solution DEF+: DONIC Defplay Senso, DONIC Appelgren Allplay Senso V2, DONIC Cayman

What really counts for the rubber sponge (pimple-in)?
You have to be able to give strong downward spin when serving, returning and, when playing defensively when returning topspins. For this you need the confidence of good ball control.

Example solution DEF: DONIC Quattro A’conda Soft, DONIC Slice 40, DONIC Quattro A’conda Medium

Example solution DEF+: DONIC Quattro, DONIC Quattro A’conda Medium

What really counts for the combination of rubber sheet (Antispin, long pimples, etc.)?
You need the right mixture between reliability and aggressiveness – and the required degree of danger.

Example solution DEF: DONIC Twister 40 LB, DONIC Piranja Formula Tec, DONIC Alligator Def

Example solution DEF+: DONIC Piranja Formula Tec, DONIC Akkadi L2, DONIC Twister 40 LB

Type of player: All-round

All-round means to have an answer to everything. To be able to react in a way so that it’s possible to win the point.

What really counts for the blade?
For perfect ball control with a good all-round blade it’s very important that the blade has no vibration. Examples for good all-round solutions are:

Example solutions AR/AR–: DONIC Appelgren Allplay Senso V1 or DONIC Appelgren Allplay Senso V2, DONIC Waldner Allplay, DONIC Epox Control, DONIC Cayman, DONIC Appelgren Dotec Control

Example solutions AR+: DONIC Dima SawTec AR, DONIC Opticon, DONIC Epox Powerallround, DONIC Waldner Dotec AR, DONIC Dima Speedster, DONIC Persson Power AR, DONIC Waldner Senso V1 or DONIC Waldner Senso V2

What’s really important for the rubber sheets?
Ball control is only useful if the rubber offers the required dynamic for winning the point, this means elasticity and explosiveness for spin.

Example solutions AR/AR–: DONIC Quattro, DONIC Vario Soft, DONIC Quattro Formula, DONIC Quattro A’conda Medium

Example solutions AR+: DONIC Desto F3 BigSlam, DONIC Vario Big Slam, DONIC Desto F3, DONIC Quattro Formula, DONIC Coppa Tagora, DONIC Coppa Tenero

Type of player: Spin

What really counts for the blade?

The basically fast blade has to feel the ball distinctively when hitting the blade.

Example solutions OFF–: DONIC Baum SawTec OFF, DONIC Epox Offensiv, DONIC Opticon, DONIC Waldner Senso Carbon, DONIC Waldner Diablo Senso, DONIC Waldner Senso V1 or DONIC Waldner Senso V2, DONIC Persson Dotec OFF

Example solutions OFF/OFF+: DONIC Black Thunder, DONIC Epox Carbotec, DONIC Waldner Senso Ultra Carbon, DONIC Ovtcharov Senso V1, DONIC Waldner Dotec Hinoki, DONIC Waldner Black Devil, DONIC Opticon RS, DONIC Persson Powerplay Senso V1 or DONIC Persson Powerplay Senso V2, DONIC Waldner Dotec Carbon

What really counts for rubber sheets?
Besides the basic speed, which is only possible with elastic rubber sheets, it’s the spin-elasticity that counts: The ability to give a high arc to the ball and thus to go over the net even with high speed.

Example solutions OFF–: DONIC Desto F2, DONIC Vario Big Slam, DONIC Coppa, DONIC Vario, DONIC Desto F3, DONIC Desto F3 BigSlam

Example solutions OFF/OFF+: DONIC Baracuda, DONIC Desto F1, DONIC Sonex JP Gold

Type of player: Smash

The most important thing here is the right combination of rubber and blade. Basic rule: Fast (thick) rubbers combined with blades that are not too fast or give power to thin rubbers by choosing, fast, thick blades.

Example solutions OFF–: Combination thin blades and thick rubbers: e.g.
Blade: DONIC Baum Carrera Senso, DONIC Waldner Diablo Senso, DONIC Persson Powerplay Senso V1 or DONIC Persson Powerplay Senso V2

Pimple-in rubbers: DONIC Coppa, DONIC Desto F2, DONIC Desto F3, DONIC Sonex JP Gold, DONIC Desto F3 BigSlam

Pimple-out rubbers: DONIC Baxster LB

Example solutions OFF/OFF+: Combination thick blades with thin or medium rubbers, e.g.
Blade: DONIC Epox Powercarbon, DONIC Persson Carbotec, DONIC Opticon RS, DONIC Persson DOTEC Carbokev, DONIC Epox Topspeed, DONIC Persson Power Carbon

Pimple-in: DONIC Vario, DONIC Desto F1, DONIC Sonex JP Gold

Pimple out: DONIC Baxster F1-A