Please advice TT shoes for slippery floors

[doppelganger_LT]

Long story short - my local club was closed and I have now to play in a venue with slippery wooden floor. As you can imagine, it feels like playing on ice. I keep a wet towel by the table to dampen the soles every now and then but it it still sucks. Are there any shoes designed to solve this problem? Mine are Butterfly Lezoline Rifones. Tried some old handball Mizuno shoes, but they are even more slippery. Help!

 

[PoppaChubby]

Clean the whole floor more often? it seems to be dusty, even Gerflor dedicated TT floorings can be slippery when they're dusty. I'd suggest your local club's representative to rent this kind of machine before something serious happens to a player, like joint injuries (the worst ones !)

Kärcher Scrubber dryers BD 50/60 C Classic Ep

The ideal entry-level model: BD 50/60 C Ep Classic walk-behind, mains-operated scrubber drier with disc technology and 60 litre tank for an area performance of up to 2,000 m²/h.

www.kaercher.com

I've been using them for ages, it really does the job well, 2 times a week would be enough I think.

https://www.tarkettsportsindoor.com/strange-friction-get-a-grip-on-your-slippery-gym-floors/

To keep Omnisports — or any gymnasium sports floor — performing at its best and minimize slipperiness, the surface must be clean. Here are general guidelines to follow for Omnisports. For other surfaces, please be sure to contact the product manufacturer for best practices:

• Dust mop daily, or as often as needed, with a clean, dry dust mop or broom. Do not use oil-treated mops as they will leave a residue, which will affect friction. In high traffic areas it may be necessary to mop between events. In addition to traditional mops or brooms, Court Clean or similar systems are effective and fast
• Scrub the floor with an auto scrubber using a white nylon pad and diluted neutral pH cleaners. Vacuum the dirty water and let dry. A mop and bucket with cleaning solutions can be used instead, but most gyms are too large for this method.
• Less is more. Using too much cleaning solution can leave a residue on the surface, which could affect the surface friction. Tip: look at your game lines. If they are hazy, then that’s a sign there is a residue from cleaning solutions.
• Use high quality walk-off mats to remove as much dirt and dust as possible from shoes as people enter the room. This will help keep the floor clean between maintenance sessions.
• Limit the accesses to the room to reduce the introduction of debris. Some facilities have many doors leading into a gym from exteriors, hallways and classrooms, which makes it difficult to keep the floor clean if they are all used

 

[doppelganger_LT]

Clean the whole floor more often? it seems to be dusty, even Gerflor dedicated TT floorings can be slippery when they're dusty.

Thanks, that's a very good point, actually, I am getting private training sessions there, so it won't be a big hassle to clean the floor around my table.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

gumsole shoes for slippery wooden floors is one possible answer... it's kinda a trial and error process in my experience. some mizuno (meant aasics) volleyball or other indoor court shoes are options (pickleball/badminton/bball). i just got some sanwei shoes and they seem great but i havent tried them at our other gym with slippery floor to confirm yet...

 

[lodro]

I have never been able to use my Mizuno wave drive 8 s because the floors in both clubs are so dirty I would fall on my arse repeatedly. I am now forced to use a a walking shoe, a New Balance 608.
There is no sense in complaining about the dirty floors, nobody will clean them. Everybody just lives with it , like they live with illegal serves

 

[plunder]

I actually brought cleaning utensils to the gym, once even a vacuum lol (with a big cable roll). Just doht use a broom i'd say but something like my VILEDA Ultramax, which is an ultralight mop. Once the floor is clean, any indoor shoe should have sufficient grip again.

From my experience, the ANDRO shoes (CrossStep, ShuffleStep) have extreme grip, imho even too much. I use them only when my other shoes are too slippery on a dusty floor. Then the ANDRO shoes has the proper amount of grip.

 

[PoppaChubby]

I actually brought cleaning utensils to the gym, once even a vacuum lol (with a big cable roll). Just doht use a broom i'd say but something like my VILEDA Ultramax, which is an ultralight mop. Once the floor is clean, any indoor shoe should have sufficient grip again.

From my experience, the ANDRO shoes (CrossStep, ShuffleStep) have extreme grip, imho even too much. I use them only when my other shoes are too slippery on a dusty floor. Then the ANDRO shoes has the proper amount of grip.

Yeah using a light mop with very few water does the job for a limited area, say around the table you use. But then you're limited to that table only, if you switch to another table during the session you'll have to do it again.

Now for a 5 to 6 tables venue only, sure renting a pro scrubber drier can be too much, buying 2 or 3 Vileda light mops is enough for sure. I'm currently playing in a 16 tables arena, that's why we use the pro scrubber drier: we fold all the tables each sunday evening when competitions or tournaments end and clean the whole arena, it takes 1h/1h30 to do it.