violin and thus sound is my job, il like to ear sound when rubber is hiting the ball.
And I have to say I can actually purchase those rubbers discounted, much cheaper than Tenergy
Well, perhaps this is semantics. I like sound. But I am not super worried about it. It is cool when the sound of your contact can actually intimidate your opponent.
Softer rubbers do tend to make more sound.
Also, there are a few sounds to distinguish between. When the ball sinks all the way into the wood and you hear that crack, or snap of the impact of the ball into the wood. This isn't always a good sound especially if it has that harshness of a slap when you were trying to loop-drive. There is that sound of light wood impact and the rebound of the topsheet and sponge that sound of a loop-drive. And there is that corking pop of a loop with a ton of brush impact where the ball never reached the wood and the sound is made entirely by the rebound of the sponge. That one is the hardest to get and the one that is the most useful. That is actually a sonic boom from the rebound of the sponge and it invariably means that there is a ton of spin on the ball and excellent pace at the same time. Like the popping of a cork. Or like the crack of a towel when you use it like a whip. Or....a whip. For that moment the speed of the sponge rebounding is so fast that you get the pop of a sonic boom.
That last sound needs pretty good technique to get it. It needs high impact but semi-thin impact. The ball has to sink in deep enough to activate the topsheet and sponge and it needs to use a decent amount of the sponge. But the brush still has to be thin enough so the impact does not go all the way to the wood.
Not getting the sound is not much to worry about. But getting it is really nice, so, something to want, but not something to cause concern when it is not there.
The better your technique the more pop you can get. The softer the rubber the easier to get that pop. And boosting makes it more likely to get that pop as well. Good topsheet grab helps too.
I even like the feeling of the sound in my hand. These are the things that make table tennis worth playing for me.
Sent from the Oracle of Delphi by the Pythia
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