Hi everyone, I'm coming back to tabletennis after a bit more than 12 years (I'm 23 now, I used to play it as a kid and winning some tournaments in my city, nothing really special). Let's say I knew how to play. I want to play again but my old custom bat (sold me by my coach for 40€) is unplayable because of the ruined wood and rubber but I wanted to create something with kind of a similar feel but with more qualities material.

The compents of that bat are:

Black FH rubber: Butterfly Bryce

Red BH rubber: Donic supersonic

I don't know about their tickness or hardness but the red one feels more soft.

For the blade is a bit complicated because I can't find a similar one on the internet but it is a TSP Standard, it's obviously a cheap one but I wanted to know if it was an all or an off so I could match it on a new blade for a similar feeling or maybe advice me something more good for me because I don't know much.

I tried to find something by myself but there are too much things and I'm scared to create a really bad bat.

About my gamestyle: I'm a left handed that likes to play aggressive on my FH and more on the defensive and spin way on the BH, I mainly serve with my BH with low balls with lot of spin. I tried to play with a palio expert 2 but beside some spin I feel it is too slow for me. So I'm pretty confident I want a speed rubber on the front but I don't know how much speed would be too fast compared to my old bryce and a slower one on the back but I think the Donic was pretty fast too so I could try again with something similar.

For the blade I'm totally in your hands, I appreciate your help!

(Sorry if any english mistake is made)

Hello! I was gluing this new rubber hybrid Vega China pro using a 5 month old revolution glue that turned dirty white in color, I noticed there were bubbles on the rubber when I glued it together though it was already dried up.

Question: does this kind of glue is still viable? Now i am having a hard time removing the glue residuals 😞

Hi r/tabbletennis, wanted to share the site my brother and I have been building over the last few years for running sports tournaments: https://tourny.ca. At the moment the main sports run through the site are baseball and volleyball but we think it would also be a great fit for table tennis. The goal with the site is to simplify the admin side of running your tournaments (setup, scheduling, tracking scores etc) while also providing a UI that's easy for the players to use. I put together a small example tournament and there is also a short youtube video that gives an overview of the site.

Looks like there was a post quite similar to this one about half a year ago for www.stadiumtt.com. It was cool to see the positive feedback that post got and it seems like it's a really solid option. I assume there is quite a variety of tournaments out there so it may not be the right fit for every tournament. So if you are looking for a new tournament management option it'd be awesome if you checked out Tourny.

I'm only a casual table tennis player. I grew up with a table and played a lot against neighbourhood kids but never got out of the basement to play in any real events. So I'm by no means an expert and would definitely welcome any feedback on the site from those of you with more expertise. We'd be excited to collaborate with the community to implement any features that would be valuable!

Here are a few screens shots to give a sense of what the site looks like. Thanks!

What the players see

Snapshot of some of the admin options (manage tournament, run tournament, submit score, transition to playoffs)

I see people playing on TV and they're having fun. It seems so strange to me. That's not how it was in my house. My strict obsessive father was to ping pong what Tiger Woods' father was to golf and Richard Williams was to tennis. He always insisted on calling it table tennis, never ping pong. He created an actual "schedule" for us that allotted a certain time to practice every day, along with our chores. We never played for fun. Always kept score and whoever lost got in trouble for not playing well. He made us join a competitive TT club and we had to go to TT summer camp. Dad always criticized the way we played just like Richard criticized Venus and Serena. He always made sure to call the plays by their technical terms. Dad is no longer with us, but just hearing the sound of ping pong balls dropping on the floor in the campus student center triggers memories of his bad temper and meanness. Never do that to your child.

I am looking to get a robot trainer, my wallet is gonna hate me but hey.

Can someone who has experience in these advice?

I am looking for a robot that can help me with foot drills. The amicus seems like the best one.

I don't follow the sport closely anymore,

but from what I know last 2 WTTCs were won by FZD,
this years Olympics were won by FZD,
World Cup was won by ML.

Isn't FZD clear #1 still? I'm not too familiar with other events than those 3, but I'm pretty sure these matter the most?

It may be silly but I've had this dream of becoming a national level player or pro in table tennis. This last year, I've been training as much as I could while trying to perform well in my studies. I could barely do any of the basics in April of 2023 which was when I started playing consistently but I've improved a lot since then. (And that I mean, a whole lot.) I'm also currently the captain of my high school's table tennis team and am planning to join a college team when I graduate as well with the help of my current coachs. I just want some honest opinions to see if I still have a chance. Apologies if this doesn't make any sense lol

I have my table in my unfinished basement and I'd like to put up a track netting system that would surround the table so balls don't go keep going everywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions for a company that makes these?

I just watched one of his matches at the current Feeder event and I just don't understand. As soon as he started losing, his serves became more hidden, he started wasting time and constantly going to use his towel.

I know it's because the refs don't do anything about it, but it just isn't nice to see such unsportsman like behaviour and makes the sport seem unserious.

This thread is for all table tennis questions! New to Table Tennis and need a paddle? Check here first.

We also have a Discord server!

Has anyone used this site to buy equipment? Don't see anything on reddit yet.

I'm not a rookie when it comes to gluing rubber, but I've recently run into a problem. I have a 100ml bottle of Ryukyu Blue Water-based Glue that I last used about five months ago, and it worked quite well then. After my last use, I made sure to tighten the cap and seal it properly in a double zip-lock bag.

Today, I tried to glue a new paddle, but while the glue seemed liquidy, there were little chunks of dry crumbles that formed when I used my sponge to spread it. These chunks are hard to peel off, and if I go ahead and glue the rubber to the blade, the surface ends up bumpy and uneven.

Has anyone experienced this before? Is it due to the age of the glue, an issue with my sponge, or did I not pour enough glue? Are there any hacks to fix this? Any advice would be appreciated!

so im currently rocking the hurricane 3 on FH and BH that has been completely battered and id like to say im a pretty decent player and want to switch and i was thinking of changing to a nittaku fastarc g-1 for FH and the joola rhyzer pro 50 for BH. im awear of the change up but i feel like the H3 is a little too slow for my BH but the worn down rubber grip is actually quite nice and compared to a slightly spinnier rubber but nothing rediculous. so im thinking of going for a nittaku fastarc g-1 for FH (im very set on) and the joola rhyzer pro 50 for BH. is there any other sorts of combinations with a faster but still spiny BH. thank you for any contributions.

This is a lengthy and heartfelt interview, revealing how difficult these past three years have been. I sincerely hope she can achieve her Grand Slam dream. I’ve done my best with the translation, and you're welcome to share it.

Chen Meng has finally welcomed a vacation. Participating in various events, sharing photos she’s satisfied with, and spending the National Day with her family—her long hair, grown out just to take pretty pictures, now flows in the sea breeze rather than being tightly tied up for matches and training.

‘Since I started playing table tennis, it’s been 25 years, and this is the first time,’ Chen Meng says about her first long break from training and competition. During the holiday, she keeps up with the China Smash matches, and watching them training makes her feel she should be training too, feeling a slight itch to get back into it. She also often feels the urge to work out, especially when holding a racket for photo shoots. ‘The moment I pick up a racket, it feels like it belongs to me,’ she says.

Chen Meng won two gold medals—one in singles and one in the team event—at the Paris Olympics, defending her Olympic singles title. Looking at her gold medal, she feels a different satisfaction from when she returned home with her Tokyo gold. ‘When I got back from Tokyo and was in quarantine, I couldn’t sleep, I was so excited,’ she recalls, feeling more proud and happy for herself this time. ‘Reflecting on these past three years of perseverance, I feel it wasn’t easy, and I feel a small pride in myself.’

From Tokyo to Paris, these three years were a cycle she found hard to break: losing a match, training harder, then injuries flaring up from intense training, leading to the anxiety of not being able to train. When her injuries were severe, she could only manage 20 minutes of technical training a day, but she would extend her time at the table to around an hour, roughly the length of a match. We've seen Chen Meng running in sandpits, repeatedly throwing a 5kg medicine ball against a wall, or standing on high mats with weights around her waist for squats. The grueling physical training sometimes had minimal results, and her form was constantly fluctuating, but she accepted it all, shedding more tears during training and competitions over these past three years than ever before.

Amid these challenges, Chen Meng often questioned whether she would continue. She never forgot her dream of defending her Olympic title. Shortly after the Tokyo Olympics, she was confident about making it to Paris. Even after multiple losses left her feeling doubtful about Paris, she still refused to give up. When her parents, worried about her health, suggested she should prioritize her well-being, she would jokingly reply, ‘Encourage me, please,’ with a smile, pretending to rebuke them: ‘Don’t hold me back, alright?’ That small flame inside her never went out, and each time she answered herself with a determination to keep playing, to compete in the Olympics.

This dream often felt harsh. After losing to Bernadette Szocs at the WTT Frankfurt Champions Tournament, she broke down and locked herself in a bathroom at the venue for almost two hours, unable to make sense of things, unwilling to listen, and not wanting to face anyone. But when she stepped into the Olympic arena in Paris, her feelings shifted. Seeing the Olympic rings on the field, ‘it all came together at once,’ she says. Her dream suddenly became inseparable from the Olympic arena, and standing there, she found it beautiful as well as demanding.

After enduring three years of injury and doubt, Chen Meng stood in the women’s singles final at the Paris Olympics, marveling at how different it felt from three years ago. ‘In Tokyo, I was very confident, winning consistently before the Games, and naturally had a lot of confidence. In Paris, I lost many matches before the Games, and there were a lot of doubters, so it was entirely different,’ she said. ‘But one interesting thing is that, from the beginning to the end of the Olympics in Paris, I adjusted my mindset very well, without fluctuations or changes due to my goal to defend my title. I was still myself.’ This, Chen Meng said, was her growth.

She looked at her two Paris gold medals again and again, ‘admiring them and feeling a small pride for herself.’ When holding the two gold medals from Tokyo, her focus was on defending her title and achieving the Grand Slam, but now she has found some closure. ‘Of course, I still crave the Grand Slam, but winning the gold in Paris has already made things complete; there are no regrets,’ she said. Looking ahead, Chen Meng says she can accept both winning and losing on the court. ‘I can go and enjoy the game now.’

Anyone here uses Yinhe rubbers specifically the "Big Dipper" series? Several months ago, I had purchase one red Yinhe Big Dipper III rubber and still unopened. Recently I was looking to purchase a black one so I have a pair to try to install on a new blade. To my surprise, I am now able to find ANY Big Dipper III online. Big Dipper II is available.

Anyone know why Big Dipper III disappeared from market?

hi im currently using a rakza 7 soft on my fh and i would like to transition to chinese rubbers my playstyle on my fh is focused on spinning the ball

When I browse through megaspin I see so many new models of blades released this year. My budget is around 120$. I was thinking of getting a Timo Boll Spirit. How does this 24 year old design compare to these 2024 blades such as Anders lind hexa carbon, Tibhar models, nittaku released this year?

https://youtu.be/tIrN3LEzBPc here's full match. Seems not quite good when he facing some fast peace player