Butterfly 8270 Naifu Table Tennis Racket

Features

Lightweight, well-balanced design with superior spin and speed
Japanese Addoy rubber designed for control
Flared comfort handle
Five-ply Basswood
1.5-millimeter sponge

Product Description
Designed for intermediate players learning to develop their game, the Butterfly Naifu Table Tennis Racket combines Addoy rubber with a special 1.5-millimeter sponge to give you superior spin, speed, and control during your game. Lightweight and well-balanced, the Naifu is constructed of five-ply Basswood and features a comfort-flared handle. This racket is approved by the USATT and ITTF.

About Butterfly

Hikosuke Tamasu founded Tamasu Co., Ltd. in the small town of Yanai City, Japan in 1950. This was the beginning of a company career which is almost unique in table tennis. A renowned international for Japan, Tamasu fulfilled his dream of a lifetime when he made his hobby his profession. At that time, he could hardly imagine that he would make Butterfly the leading brand worldwide. Creativity, durability, and a profound technical knowledge meant success. 0ver and over again he looked for new possibilities in order to optimize techniques by innovative playing material. Tamasu realized that each player is different and has strengths and weaknesses. By offering individual playing material Tamasu wanted to help players right from the beginning to emphasize their individuality. Since 1983 Butterfly has its own training and research center in Tokyo. Highly qualified scientists co-operate with world class players and coaches for the development of rubber and blade technology. Butterfly's rubbers and blades are used by more than half of the participants at World and European Championships.

Product Description
Naifu Butterfly Table Tennis Racket

Reader Reviews
I have always held Butterfly rackets in high esteem. Returning to table tennis after a gap of a decade, I decided to try this paddle to relearn the game. But I found my old form pretty soon and found this racket lacking in firepower. This would be a good racket to start with if you are only just learning the ropes of table tennis. However, it falls short of expectations if you are a fairly advanced casual player. For my kind of game play (a mix of aggression and defense), it is quite hard to get good smashes or drives with this paddle. It is quite good on control though (as the manufacturers claim). Spin is not quite as good. For fast paced game play I would recommend a paddle with 2.0 mm sponge from my experience with this and other paddles.

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Updated on 5-17-2009.