Jayce
On YONEX’s official Japanese website, this is the only VT series still listed. It’s not as well known than its big-killer predecessors, and not many people use it. It also suffers from a more recognized lack of structural strength, with an extreme case of a 23-pound break, according to reviews in the gear library.
However, the GZ suffix puts everything into perspective – this, supposedly a slim, sugar-water positioned racket in a 4U format, was actually once shown on the international circuit as the racket used by Tiger and Del Rue. The nrgz, also known as the glanz, is a true pensioner’s racket.
As it turns out, it’s still a Voltric.
Parameters: 4UG4 (CH specification), 83g empty, de-bottomed, 323mm balance point in use condition, 210mm mid-shaft length, stiff tuning, thin-winged boxed frame, 76-hole string bed, 7-5 point string groove, 22lb warranty, 24lb Li-Ning 5 string pull.
Red and black color scheme is more classic with aggressive offensive racquet appearance scheme, former 70k and p3 are similar. The red color on the vtgz is more introverted, mainly on the head, the inside of the 6 o’clock and the cone cover. There are not too many decorations on the whole racket, and the stickers are few and far between. The “GlanZ” font and the superior line logo on the center bar are consistent with the nrgz, and are some of the few details that reflect the elegance of the high end of the racket. The whole racket paint is very brittle, I recovered equipment there are a lot of playing head caused by the paint loss, probably with the ultra-thin frame caused by the windward side of the paint layer tension is too large.
At first I would have overlooked it because of its 4U specification, after experiencing the THRUSTER RYUGA I would have thought that I would be able to live with an offensive racket of this size no matter how much of an exaggerated head weight it had, only to find out at the end of the trial that I had a little bit more counter load than I thought I would have to deal with. I came home and gave it a supplementary balance point measurement – 323mm.
But there’s a reason why this exaggerated swingweight is “overlooked”, because it’s not as bulky as traditional attacking rackets in terms of swing speed. In terms of frame shape, it is very much like VOLTRIC Z-FORCE Ⅱ’s extremely narrow and rounded full line groove design, which effectively reduces wind resistance during swinging and makes the stroke very smooth.
The thin frame and the addition of rexil fibers on both sides of the racket give way to strength in favor of flexibility and swing speed.
It’s true that all rackets crowned with gz have at least one friendly face, and in the most basic lofting adaptations good mid-shot elasticity, significant head weight, and reduced head wind resistance make this 10mm extended racket appear to have a great sense of drive. Feedback from the face is also quite good, with a full sense of power as the wire bed transfers the elasticity of the entire racket to the head at the moment of impact with the addition of the Power Triangle system and vertical wire tube. In terms of stiffness, the tuning is still on the higher end of the scale, but it doesn’t reflect more than VTFB stiffness to begin with, so it feels great in the hand.
Once more on the swing speed, it really does fulfill the mixed doubles needs. As mentioned before, the low wind resistance of the racket frame has done an excellent job, in some mid-court flat block even in the tempo has not yet come up with a more stable pointing of the ball to implement more side-splitting disguised as disruptive to the opponent’s coherence, but not so much as to support me in front of the net all kinds of waves, remember to pounce on the ball when the action should be small, or there is still a risk of going into the net.
A lot of people think it’s a candy ass attack racket, I think it depends on who you’re comparing it to, and that’s true when you’re comparing it to your high end and increasingly extreme VTs. At least its exaggerated head weight provides undeniably excellent downward pressure, and at 4U it doesn’t float at all. And as long as you can hit the sweet spot, you can sometimes hit an incomplete power shot with the aid of the power triangle, strong head weight and excellent elasticity to produce an unbroken half-opportunity press. So if it’s a case of anticipating the block catching the return line, it’s going to be very uptempo and a catch. And in a well-prepared backcourt attack, it falls below the vt series average, a little better than the vtfb. However, at this point, it will be found that this racket is more or less a bit shocking to the hands, and given that the author has put on more shock absorbing film, it is expected that a number of golfers will feel discomfort.
The most it can do is to make it easier for the player to play the offensive characteristics of the VT series, but there is no discount on the cost of the body consumption required for the VT high-end series.
Once the attack is threatened, the means can be more, that is, you can make a difference in anticipation through the change of the flat high ball to achieve more effective suppression, but also through repeated control of the net to make the opponent continue to show weakness. The big and regular sweet spot of the racket allows me to feel the fish at the end of the set, and the steady quality of the racket after racket of the backcourt chopping and slinging, and for the big angle of the ball also shows a very controllable side. When the opponent is tired of dealing with the changeover, relying on the violence in the racket’s pedigree, suddenly adding a shot of explosive downward pressure is more of a scoring routine during my trial period. Of course, with such a strong head weight, it’s a bit hard to adapt to a coherent offense, and it’s a disadvantage to recover the racket.
If you are defending against kills, it’s not that difficult, although the head is heavy, but it’s good for rebound, and the ball is very stable, so as long as you are prepared, basically no matter whether it’s a high pick or a soft block, you won’t be able to make a break. On the contrary, throughout the trial process, there are occasional because of too much force too strong elasticity arc did not control the situation that led to the kill pick out of bounds.
However, behind the excellent performance is a surprisingly high burden of use. If you don’t have the basic strength, I’m afraid you can’t swing this “old age racket”. Also, I was told that the drive is better than vtfb, but when I got home I realized that the larger head weight makes the center bar shape change significantly, but the stiffness is still quite high. Coupled with the slight vibration, this is not a pensioner’s racket, this vt is the death-devil that bears the name glanz.
It was late at night and I had to rub my right shoulder more than I should have, as the adrenaline had masked the pain generated during the day. This is a vt with character, although the skin is brittle and the warranty is very low, but believe me, even if it is only on the hard line of 24 pounds, it is already quite enough, and at the same time, there will already be a lot of players who can’t hit it anymore.
