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Butterfly

Butterfly · OFF

Zhang Yining

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF
Price
Not published
Weight
92 g
Thickness
Not published
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
Not published
Handle types
FL
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Secondary sources

Blade construction

Estimated

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core

One blade, drawn as technical linework at real shakehand proportions. The laminated edge along the crown and right rim exposes every ply boundary in the stack. Edge depth is illustrative because physical veneer thickness is not published.

Exploded view of Zhang Yining with 5 plies: Limba · Limba · Ayous · Limba · Limba.
HANDLE · DARK BLUE · WHITE STRIPE

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Limba

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Limba

  3. 3 · Core

    Ayous

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Limba

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Limba

  • Limba

    Outer ply · Medial ply · layers 1, 2, 4 and 5

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Ayous

    Core · layer 3

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  2. 02
    LimbaMedial ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  3. 03
    Ayous — coreCore

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  4. 04
    LimbaMedial ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  5. 05
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Secondary sources · 5 of 5 plies with published material

About this blade

Butterfly Zhang Yining is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures around 92 g. Butterfly positions it for off play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed65
Control65
Spin Potential61
Feel75
Flex·57
Dwell Time66
Catapult50
Stability35
Precision54
Forgiveness44
Power51
Short Game53
Blocking51
Looping63
Countering58
Flat Hitting58
Flicking65
Chopping57
Lobbing62
Touch59

Construction

Stiffness·43
Vibration·85
Sweet Spot25
Ball Hold58
Head Heaviness·52
Balance89
Weight·73
Weight Consistency68
Thickness·48
Overall Thickness·48
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·55
Surface Finish62

Material properties

Carbon Feel·13
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel44
Inner Feel76
Wood Feeling90
Crispness40
Softness·50
Elasticity55
Rebound Speed57
Energy Return44
Damping83

Playing profile

Offensive Rating61
Defensive Rating54
Allround Rating95
Beginner Friendliness57
Advanced Potential58
Technique Requirement·51
Spin Sensitivity·68
Passive Stability64
Active Stability35

A TTDNA blade rating measures how much of the named characteristic a blade has. For descriptive rows — flex, stiffness, vibration, head heaviness, weight, thickness, carbon feel, softness, technique requirement, spin sensitivity — a higher number means more, not better.

TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology