Importance of rubber weights

Arsou29 · Apr 26, 2019

Hello everyone, I'm kind of new to table tennis and was wondering how the rubber weight would influence the balance and what could be the consequences in game. For example having a very heavy forehand and pretty light backhand.

Simas · Apr 27, 2019

I am not sure what would be the effect of having one light and one heavy rubber (i think not a big one), but in general the weight of the rubbers effect the balance of your setup. More head heavy or more balanced (and the overall weight off course

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Arsou29 · Apr 27, 2019

Simas said:
I am not sure what would be the effect of having one light and one heavy rubber (i think not a big one), but in general the weight of the rubbers effect the balance of your setup. More head heavy or more balanced (and the overall weight off course )

Allright thanks guess I'll have to try it out myself

igorponger · Apr 27, 2019

[size=+2] TIMA BOLL: VARIANCE BY WEIGHT ???? I WILL TOLERATE NOTHING SUCH/.

Timo Boll did strictly stipulated that Butterfly ought to supply rubbers to him with one&same weight. Within accuracy no more than a gramme.[/size]

Danny Edwards · Apr 27, 2019

Who’s Timi Ball

Arsou29 · Apr 27, 2019

igorponger said:
[size=+2] TIMA BOLL: VARIANCE BY WEIGHT ???? I WILL TOLERATE NOTHING SUCH/.

Timo Boll did strictly stipulated that Butterfly ought to supply rubbers to him with one&same weight. Within accuracy no more than a gramme.[/size]

So do all players play this way?

Xylit · Apr 27, 2019

Weight of your setup is just for your personal preferences. There is no "good" or "bad" weight. Try out different setups and stick to one for a longer period of time.

Personally, I have never ever thought about the weight of my setup for 20+ years of playing table tennis.

greentree · Apr 28, 2019

Speaking of rubber weight, I would also include the glue weight in your thoughts.
When you use thick layers of glues or often reglue on top of the old layers, this will make your racket heavier as well.

lasta · Apr 28, 2019

I think the total weight is more important.

I play penhold and try to keep below 180g. When I experimented with shakehand, 190+ wasn't a problem at all

Der_Echte · Apr 29, 2019

How your weight is distributed affects thing a LOT more.

I can hand a player two blades of the same model with same rubbers and same overall weight.

A player would very quickly like one over the other calling the reject a sledgehammer difficult to swing.

These would be same total weight same weight rubbers same initial weight same model blade... where Der_Echte beast modded the handle on one and added bty power tape to the outside edge of the other blade.

Would be no contest.

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Arsou29 · Apr 29, 2019

Der_Echte said:
How your weight is distributed affects thing a LOT more.

I can hand a player two blades of the same model with same rubbers and same overall weight.

A player would very quickly like one over the other calling the reject a sledgehammer difficult to swing.

These would be same total weight same weight rubbers same initial weight same model blade... where Der_Echte beast modded the handle on one and added bty power tape to the outside edge of the other blade.

Would be no contest.

Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Yes but that affects the vertical balance, not the horizontal. What I was really wondering was if having one side heavier than the other would be handicapping. Like 50g on the forehand and 30g on the backhand.

langel · Apr 29, 2019

No.
But if you swirl you may feel it lighter with BH afront and heavier with FH afront, and it depends on the grip too, and more precisely on the activity of the middle finger with the wings.

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