Table Tennis Rubber Reform! What is Mizuno's original high-quality rubber "Q 3"! What?
Rubber-like rubber attached to both sides of a racket hitting a ball of table tennis. The message of two persons in charge of planning and development of the original table tennis rubber "Q 3" originally developed by Mizuno Corporation (President: Akito Mizuno) for the first time contained a hot message.
Hidemi Sakuma
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2017/11/10
What is a good rubber, state-of-the-art rubber, required rubber?
Mizuno repeated 1,000 sample productions and 3,600 tests, creating the original table tennis rubber "Q 3" for the first time.
ミズノ株式会社
Global Equipment Products Department
Competition Sports Planning & Production Division 課長
Takayama Takashi
――ミズノ初のオリジナルのラバーを生み出した経緯を教えていただけますか。
Takayama: The table tennis rubber has very limited production base, and most of the market brand is ordering to the German OEM destination. Our company also told us the products you want and supply itAlthough we have commercialized samples by conducting actual tests and measuring them with machines,It was difficult to differentiate from other table tennis manufacturers.
Table tennis,The International Table Tennis Federation is making efforts to become a popular event in the Olympic Games. It was for reasons such as considering the safety aspect of ball material change in 2014. But that change is very big for the players, The athlete chose various rubbers. Therefore, we started to develop high-quality table tennis rubber with high quality by supplying it to the market quickly and wanting to be a brand that can meet the needs of athletes.
The material of the table tennis rubber became rubber and we used it in the sole of shoes etc. at our company, but because the required performance is special, we co-developed with professional Sumitomo Riko Co., Ltd. about rubber development and "Q 3" It was born.
――特長を教えていただけますか。
Takayama: It is the top class among the rubber on the market, very cheerful and uses the rubber balls to fly. As for that, Higuchi is detailed.
Mizuno Corporation
Global Equipment Products Department
用具開発課
Mr. Nao Higuchi
Higuchi: It is important for table tennis rubber how much to bounce when the rotating ball hits the rubber. We use rubber whose energy efficiency is top in the market.
We thoroughly analyzed and analyzed various table tennis rubbers. Especially I had a hard time digitizing the evaluation that players feel.
――ボールが飛び過ぎると、ラケットで打つ際にコントロールをする必要性が出てきますよね。
Higuchi: As you say, unlike baseball bats and golf clubs, it is not a good idea to fly a ball. It is important how much you are willing to rotate to gain importance to get a narrow coat.
Takayama: If you jump too far, it will be a difficult product, but as the athlete moves it will move the ball into the partner's coat while moving. If you become a senior, you will choose healthy rubber, depending on your play style, if there is a person who makes the rubber to be attached to the front side (front side) and back side (back side) of the racket the same, make it different There are people, too.
Although Mizuno's original development of "Q3" for the first time is currently one type, I would like to increase the lineup so that players can use differently, I would like to make a new proposal different from other companies.
――近年の卓球人気について、どう思いますか。
Takayama: Thanks to the recognition of table tennis at the Rio Olympic Games, new members of club activities and people who play table tennis in general are increasing a lot. You can enjoy it comfortably, so you need to think about things for the entry level.
――高山さんと樋口さんは卓球を行ってきましたか。
Takayama: Nobody has experienced table tennis at Mizuno Table Tennis Development Team. In order to measure all by the numerical value, I am daring to change the table tennis experience to 0 (haha). In the experiment, it is hard to beat thousands of balls a day.
――樋口さんは、卓球のラバー以外に何を開発してきましたか。
Higuchi: We are designing not only table tennis rubber but also numericalization such as badminton and tennis racket.
I did not go easy, I repeated the work of interviewing and experimenting with the players and then digitizing them for about three years many times over and finished "Q3". There are dozens of people in Mizuno who do similar work.
- Finally, are there any goals for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games in 2020?
Takayama: "Q" will be seriesed and will continue for 2020. I will develop a new rubber and I will try to make Japanese players active.
Higuchi：2020年は大きな1つのゴール地点であり、市場で1番のラバーであると認知してもらいたいですね。現在のルールの中で市場を驚かせ、その結果ルールを変えてしまうような商品をつくりたいです。卓球のルール変更は2020年まではないと思いますので、それまでの期間が重要だと考えています。 (了)
Table Tennis Rubber "Q 3"
http://www.mizuno.jp/tabletennis/madeinjapan/
Mizuno Corporation
http://corp.mizuno.com/jp
Cooperation of coverage / Mizuno Corporation
Photo provided / Mizuno Corporation
Interview photograph / Hidemi Sakuma
