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what kind of rubber should i use for my table tennis bat?

i’m currently using short pimples.i’ve been playing table tennis for around 6 months.but i’m still not sure what kind of rubber is better.please help.

It really depends on your style of play.

Inverted Pimples (anti-spin, smooth surface): are for undoing spin.
Inverted Pimples (Chinese, ‘sticky/tacky’): are for adding more spin and control.
Short pimples: are for attacks close to the table.
Long pimples: are for varied defensive shots.

Sticky rubber is my personal preference, as it has control and can give the ball a good spin. It’s the best all-rounder too. BUT: it’s not for beginner players.
However, sticky rubbers are hard to find in common sports stores and tend to be a bit more expensive. So short pimples or anti-spin are fine and are easy to find. Just make sure there’s a layer of foam between the rubber and the blade, which makes the bat a LOT better. If/when you are getting good at table tennis, assess your style of play and choose the appropriate rubber. Also, assuming you’re a shakehand player, you may want one side sticky and one side short pimples, because backhand shots are usually attacks.

Sponge: If you’re an attacker, get sponge 1.9mm or thicker. If you’re more defensive, use it a bit thin, but never use no sponge. Thicker sponge is faster but has less control, thinner sponge is slower but has more control, and no sponge is useless.

Bottom line: Get sticky rubber if you have a intermediate or higher skill level and can find/afford it (any bat with DHS G888 rubber is good), and short pimples or anti-spin for a lower skill level. Stiga 4-star bats for anti-spin and some pimpled rubber, DHS bats for sticky and pimpled. Sometimes bats have ‘ratings’ for spin, control, and speed, which are nonsense. Consider only the quality of the blade and rubber.
Practice well, hope this helped!

Table Tennis Training – Long Pimple Rubbers OX in Action 02 ( Chopping ) by Frankie

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Which do you prefer….?

Do you prefer to ride with rubber reins (with gripping pimples)?
Or you do like riding with leather reins (braided or laced)?

I definitely like leather reins more! The rubber seems to feel rough (especially the rubber with bumps) when your horse gets too heavy on the bit and seems to bother my hands more than the leather does. I like just the smooth leather reins, not the braided. But personally I like to wear gloves when I’m riding, just in case I end up needing them.

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Table Tennis History and Funny Sporting Art Prints

Imbued in English culture is a love and creator of Sports of all kinds.

I have a website where I have listed and linked to the 100+ various sports and games created by us Brits. One of Englands favorite games is Table Tennis. It was initially an after dinner past time and originated as a common sport in England during the 1800s and was commonly known then as “wiff-waff”. It’s history goes back to Real Tennis played by the English Royal Family in the 1150′s.

In the 1800′s the game was played when a row of books were to stood up along the center of the table as a net, two more books served as rackets and were used to continuously hit a golf-ball from one end of the table to the other. Later, table tennis was played with paddles made of cigar box lids and balls made of champagne corks. Eventually, table tennis evolved into the modern game in Europe and the United States. The popularity of the game led game manufacturers to sell the equipment commercially. Early rackets were often pieces of parchment stretched upon a frame, and the sound generated in play gave the game its first nicknames of “wiff-waff” and “Ping-pong”.

A number of sources indicate that the game was first brought to the attention of Hamley’s of Regent Street under the name “Gossima”. The name “ping-pong” was in wide use before British manufacturer J. Jaques & Son Ltd. trademarked it in 1901. The name “Ping-Pong” then came to be used for the game played by the rather expensive Jaquesses equipment, with other manufacturers calling theirs table tennis. A similar situation arose in the United States.

The next major innovation was by James Gibb, a British enthusiast of table tennis, who discovered novelty celluloid balls in 1901 and found them to be ideal for the game. This was followed by E. C. Goode who in 1901 invented the modern version of the racket by fixing a sheet of pimpled, or stippled, rubber to the wooden blade. Table tennis was growing in popularity by 1901 when table tennis tournaments were being organized, books on table tennis were being written, and an unofficial world championship was held in 1902. During the early 20th century the game was banned in Russia due to a belief that was held by the rulers at the time that playing the game had an adverse effect on players’ eyesight. In 1921, the Table Tennis Association was founded in Britain, and the International Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926. London hosted the first official world championship in 1927. Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.

In the 1950s rackets that used a rubber sheet combined with an underlying sponge layer changed the game dramatically, introducing greater spin and speed. These were introduced to Britain by the sports goods manufacturers S.W. Hancock Ltd. The use of speed glue increased the spin and speed even further, resulting in changes to the equipment to “slow the game down”.

There is a move towards reviving the table tennis game that existed prior to the introduction of sponge rubber. Classic table tennis like Liha or “hardball” table tennis players reject the speed and spin of reversed sponge rubber, preferring the 1940–60s play style, with no-sponge, short-pimpled rubber equipment, when defense is less difficult by decreasing the speed and eliminating any meaningful magnus effect of spin. Because hardbat killer shots are almost impossible to hit against a skilled player, hardbat matches focus on the strategic side of table tennis, requiring skillful maneuvering of the opponent before an attack can be successful.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) worldwide governing body with national bodies responsible for the sport in each country. There are other local authorities applicable as well.

List of Members of the The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

• The European Table Tennis Union is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Europe.

• The English Table Tennis Association is the governing body responsible for table tennis in England.
• The Irish Table Tennis Association is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Ireland.
• The Polish Table Tennis Association is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Poland.
• The Scottish Table Tennis Association is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Scotland.
• The Table Tennis Association of Wales is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Wales.
• The Canadian Table Tennis Association is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Canada.

• The USA Table Tennis (USATT): national governing body for table tennis in the United States.

• The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) is the governing body for table tennis in India.

It always amazes me how from a little Island like England we created and gave the world over 100 sports and games that have dominated the world.

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The Chinese call Britain ‘The Island of Hero’s’ which I think sums up what we British are all about. We British are inquisitive and competitive and are always looking over the horizon to the next adventure and discovery.

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