What bats do professional table tennis players use?
Stiga Prestige Carbon 5-Star Tabletennis Bat.
What do the numbers on a table tennis bat mean?
A lower number means a softer sponge, a higher number means a firmer sponge. To give an idea, a rubber-band is around 25 and a car tire is around 80. Most table tennis rubbers will be between 30 and 45. A lower number will tend to provide more spin at lower speeds (including serves).
How much is a good table tennis bat?
A good bat for ambitious beginners costs about $40-65. Bats for simple recreational use are available for as little as $10. The most expensive table tennis bat currently available costs about $758.
Which is the best TT ball?
The Best Ping Pong Balls For Your Table Tennis Games
- Pro Spin Ping Pong Balls – Best Overall.
- KEVENZ 60-Pack 3 Star Ping Pong Balls – Runner-Up.
- Meihzhouer Colored Ping Pong Balls – Honorable Mention.
- Ping Pong Balls – Also Consider.
- Franklin Sports Table Tennis Balls.
What is a fast table tennis bat?
A fast bat will enable you to hit the ball further and quicker with less effort. Bats with fast rubbers and blades can allow you to play with more speed, but they can also be more difficult to control. Spin: This means how much spin you can generate. A higher rating = more spin.
What is more important blade or rubber?
Blades are rubbers are much more than just fast or slow. Blades can be stiff or flexible, hard or soft, fast or slow, and this effects different aspects of the game. Same for rubbers then can be grippy or tacky or not so much, and they can be fast or slow, high throw or low throw.
What paddle does Timo Boll use?
RACKET AND RACKET CARE: Timo Boll plays with the Timo Boll ALC ST blade, and Dignics 09C . He also travels with scissors, spare rubber sheets, side tape (he uses the 12mm wider tape for protection of the rubber as well), and adhesive.
What is a 40+ table tennis ball?
The reason the balls are labelled with 40+ is that when the ITTF made the plastic balls legal for competition, they also allowed the balls to have a bigger size tolerance. So a celluloid ball tends to be around 39.6mm whereas the new plastic balls measure around 40.2mm, making the plastic balls about 0.5mm bigger.