Jayce
As the Chinese New Year of the Dragon approaches, the Victory THRUSTER series has come out with a new model, which is the upgraded version of the THRUSTER II, the THRUSTER II PRO, which can be said to be the first high-end racket in the Year of the Dragon, however, only three months have passed since the last Black THRUSTER was released, and the release of two consecutive offensive THRUSTERs will overlap the attributes of the rackets. How to choose, today we will talk about the differences and similarities of the THRUSTER II PRO compared to the previous THRUSTER.
THRUSTER series from more than three years ago the official release of the first generation to date, has gradually formed a more complete system, from the first generation to the second generation to the THRUSTER M and now the second generation of the PRO, plus a variety of TD and MINI models, the entire series has become very rich, of course, which also took some detours, for example, by the majority of the players called the THRUSTER II a little bit sugary, because of the first generation of the difficulty of the hands of the higher, and many players are very fond of the THRUSTER II PRO, and many players like to use the THRUSTER II PRO. And many players like this racket very much, so in the second generation of the design of the lightweight processing, but some deviation from the purely offensive attributes of the THRUSTER series itself positioning, the designers may also recognize this point behind the choice to return to the original heart, in the subsequent THRUSTER M as well as the current THRUSTER II PRO on the design of the obvious offensive style, I feel that this is the way it should be, the positioning of each series is different, and the taste is not easy to adjust. Each series of positioning is different, and it is difficult to adjust, stick to the original heart is good.
The THRUSTER II PRO returns to violence, adding another member to the THRUSTER family, the overall offensive performance is significantly higher than the THRUSTER II, the use of the feeling and the Black THRUSTER is almost the same, but there are some differences in the feeling of the following from the coating and the feel of the racket on the details of this racket.
First of all, the appearance, the THRUSTER II PRO follows a similar painting style with the THRUSTER II, the t-head logo also adopts the same design, but on the whole, the PRO’s colour scheme is more vibrant, and all kinds of details are richer, with a lot of dragon scales, claws, heads and other elements of the ‘dragon’, the appearance of the PRO than the THRUSTER II. The appearance of the PRO is significantly better than the second generation.
In terms of configuration, the technology used in previous THRUSTER high-end models are basically used in THRUSTER II PRO, such as high-toughness carbon fibre, Bailo carbon fibre, Strong Core Filling Technology, Whip Strike Gain System, and so on, etc. In addition, this time, THRUSTER II PRO has added the new Energy Ring, and it is still the improved Energy Ring PRO, which makes the middle lever and the handle connect more closely, and the feel is more solid.
In the use of the handle, PRO and the second generation to maintain consistency, the same are suspended handle, but the second generation does not have the energy ring, this time the THRUSTER II PRO uses the configuration of the energy ring suspended handle, compared to the THRUSTER II in the increase of offensive attributes at the same time also enhances the feel of the solid, compared to the THRUSTER generation and the Black THRUSTER, increased handle shock absorption, and this time, the suspension of the internal reinforcement of the handle almost extended to the bottom cover. This time, the internal reinforcement of the handle extends almost to the bottom cover, and the strength of the handle should be enough to support the offensive performance of the racket.
For the configuration of the middle shaft, THRUSTER II PRO adopts the same 6.6 SHAFT as the second generation, and also configured with WES 2.0, while the Black THRUSTER and the THRUSTER I use 6.8 SHAFT, in the hardness of the middle shaft, I personally use it and feel that the THRUSTER II PRO’s hardness is second to the Black THRUSTER, and it’s harder than the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation of the second generation, which belongs to the hard and elastic style.
In addition, THRUSTER II PRO’s handle is a long handle, from the bottom cover to the top of the cone cover measured 208mm, the ball will be more dry, better directionality.
In addition, it uses a lot of dragon element stickers on its shaft, which is very beautiful in appearance.
The frame is also painted with a similar design to the dragon pattern on the centre pole, which is echoed on the top and bottom, giving it a nice overall texture.
For the t-head logo design, the PRO is consistent with the second generation, the same informal logo, but added some dragon scale elements, to be a bit more beautiful than the second generation.
The use of high-toughness carbon fibre and strong core filling technology of the box racket frame, in the process of hitting the racket surface to maintain better stability and torsion resistance, reducing the rate of hitting errors, and improve the efficiency of the ball and route accuracy, and then the head of the racket in the part of the wind design, can be in the process of swinging the racket, appropriate to reduce the wind resistance to enhance the speed of the swing, to speed up the rhythm of the shot.
The half-slot design, with a sunken cable guard in the upper part of the frame, ensures sufficient strength of the frame and at the same time reduces the wind resistance of the swing and increases the swing speed.
The 6.6 SHAFT mid shaft with high tenacity carbon fibre, Bailo carbon fibre and WES 2.0 Whip Gain System has the advantages of light weight, high tenacity, fast rebound and torsional stability, which can bring greater speed enhancement and clearer and smoother power transmission during the swinging and hitting process.
This hands-on use of THRUSTER II PRO for 3u/g5 specifications, warranty poundage of 32, the backing rubber is a separate package, here are some basic racquet parameters:
- handle length 208mm
- empty racket weight (with heat-shrink film) 80.7g
- the weight of the empty racket (remove heat shrink film) 79.2g
- Balance point of empty racket (without heat-shrink film) 331
- Air shot weight on the bottom rubber 84.7g
- Balance point of the empty shot on the rubber 315
- Weight after putting hand glue on the line 93.5
- Balance point after putting the rubber on the line 311
Judging from the data, the balance point of the THRUSTER II PRO 3U racket with sole 315 and top line upper hand rubber 311 is really high, but looking at the weight of the racket body, you will find that it is slightly lighter than a normal 3U racket, and it is closer to the weight of a 4U racket.
In terms of actual hitting feeling, although its balance point is higher than the same specifications of the 3U Black THRUSTER, but due to the weight of the racket body is lower than the Black THRUSTER, the hardness of the middle shaft is also lower than the Black THRUSTER, so the overall difficulty of getting started is slightly less than the Black THRUSTER, but I personally feel that the difficulty of getting started is a little bit higher than the first generation of THRUSTER, and significantly higher than the second-generation THRUSTER.
THRUSTER II PRO in the batting swing can feel the obvious sense of head weight, the middle shaft is hard, the actual use of the process of feeling more than a generation of the second generation of the hardness of the middle shaft, the middle shaft torsion resistance and resilience performance is relatively good, stable control, overall more suitable for high-level players, the basic skills of the hair power requires a higher level.
After playing a few games, I feel that the 3u model is very suitable for singles, whether it is the stability of the control, or the solid sense of attack is very good, unless you have a very strong explosive power, it is not recommended to be used for doubles, the power can be and like doubles players, to get a 4u is also enough, otherwise it will be more tired.
Obviously head heavy feeling coupled with a hard centre pole, in the fast pace of the middle of the forecourt flat pumping fast block will feel more disadvantageous, to the back court attack will be very advantageous, stable performance of the field control and violence of the board to kill the ball is still quite powerful, 3u on the hand is really more difficult, the personal ability of the requirements of the higher, ordinary players recommend 4u on it.
In actual combat, no matter singles or doubles, pulling the backcourt long ball is relatively easy, the racket head is very good to borrow power, the middle stick and racket face are stable enough, the backcourt landing point control is very good, the number of errors out of bounds will be relatively small, in the absence of a good opportunity, you can choose to pull a few boards of stable and spot on the long ball, the other party will be controlled in the backcourt for the time being, so that it is also not able to easily play a good attack, and then slowly mobilise to look for an opportunity.
Through the stable control of the ball to find the right opportunity to attack, the THRUSTER II PRO solid and stable board to kill the ball is really heavy, the landing point is also very accurate, like precision-guided missiles, so that the other side can not be defended, in terms of offensive performance, I personally feel that the THRUSTER II PRO than the first generation of the second generation to be a bit stronger than the Black Dragon Teeth are slightly weaker than a little bit, it is simply a big killer on the court, if your personal ability is better, and then with this powerful weapon, the other side will not be able to hit a good attack easily, and then slowly mobilise to find opportunities. If your personal ability is better, together with this powerful equipment, it is definitely the opponent does not want to face.
The control of the ball is also quite powerful, the stability of the racket body is very good, easy to hit the net or even roll the ball, with 28 pounds of vbs66n, elasticity and control, you can better control the rhythm of the whole court.
When defending, it’s easier to pick the ball or block the net, so you can easily pick the opponent’s backcourt, or block a very close to the net of the forecourt ball so as to counter-attack.
The backhand ball individual play more difficult, after all, 3u’s pure attack shot, and the middle stick is hard, head heavy feeling is also very obvious, need to be very strong backhand ability to control, and this is also a lot of players lack of, so or that, if you like this shot, but the individual ability is not quite enough, then it is best to choose the 4u it, in the process of the actual use of backhand pulling the backcourt is still easy, the backhand transition is also quite stable, but usually more take the 4u it, in the actual use of backhand pulling the backcourt or more easy, the backhand is also quite stable. In actual use, the backhand is still relatively easy to pull the backcourt, backhand transition is also quite stable, but usually more skilled backhand draw and downward pressure is a little bit more than enough, of course, the pure attack racket on the individual ability to require more, there is nothing to say, try to improve their own backhand power is the right thing.
The suspension handle and the energy ring RPO are designed to absorb vibration, reduce palm fatigue, and maintain good ball control stability while attacking violently.
Overall, the THRUSTER II PRO’s offensive performance and handling stability is close to that of the BLACK THRUSTER, but the handle’s shock-absorbing performance is a bit better, and the overall performance is superior to that of the THRUSTER I and II, and the swing speed is faster than that of the BLACK THRUSTER and the I. The THRUSTER II PRO’s overall performance is better than that of the BLACK THRUSTER I and II.
So leaving aside the slightly sugary THRUSTER II aside, this THRUSTER II PRO is now the true meaning of the configuration of the suspension handle of the victory of the purely violent attributes of the offensive racket, both the ultimate offensive ability and stable handling performance, the appearance of the face value is also much higher than the second generation, look forward to its performance in the year of the dragon.
