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Blades & Rubbers

HI-TEC in rubber

When the ball makes contact with the racket at 200 km/h and 300 rpm, the natural rubber material is stressed to the limits of what is physically possible. Modern table tennis racket rubbers are high-tech products made from a combination of natural and synthetic rubber.

Speed ​​| Control | Spin

To make it easier for you to choose between the many top-quality products on the market, we have assigned point values ​​from 0 - 110 for pace ( T ), control ( K ) and spin ( S ). Please note that control is always relative to pace and spin, while the pace values ​​are directly comparable. Spin is the most difficult to assess. The spin potential of a rubber differs for slow and fast balls depending on the elasticity of its surface. Accordingly, the point values ​​for spin can only be compared for rubbers in the same elasticity group.

Tempo = The speed of the rubber. The thicker the sponge base, the faster the entire rubber becomes.
Control = the ability to control the ball. The thinner the sponge, the better the control, as the ball has greater contact with the blade.
Spin/slice = the grip (adhesion) of the rubber. The thicker the rubber, the better the spin potential.

The top rubber of rubbers

In Europe, pimpled rubbers dominate the table tennis scene. Pimpled rubbers for speed players, long pimples, and antispin rubbers for defenders and disruptive rubbers have relatively small market shares, while classic pimpled rubbers are a rarity in table tennis .

The sponge pad of the table tennis bat

They come in different thicknesses. The thicker the bat, the faster it is, the more difficult it is to control it, and the more spin it generates in topspin. The opposite is true for spin. Accordingly, our scores for control, speed, and spin are relative to the sponge thickness of the table tennis bats.

Different sponge hardnesses

  • SUPERSOFT
    The super-soft sponge provides an additional catapult effect, especially when speed-gluing, accelerating the ball to an even higher speed. With non-speed-glued rubbers, the softer design makes the rubber a bit slower, but more sensitive and precise.
  • SOFT
    Soft sponges improve ball control with unchanged spin but slightly reduced speed.
  • MEDIUM
    The standard top sponge. A balanced ratio of control, speed, and spin.
  • HARD
    These sponges provide more speed, at the expense of ball control