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Hello, I have checked out a lot of the blades available on multiple websites and done my research on what kind of blade is well suited for myself. However, I've always wondered: What kind of blade and rubber setup is good for someone who has never touched a table tennis ball before? I'm wanting to teach one of my friends the bare basics of table tennis, and I want them to have a better start than I did.
I started with those hard bat, recreational pimples out things; you know what I'm talking about. I worked with those things always thinking "Man, do the pros play with this stuff?" and after a year of staying with the same thing, I finally realized that people make their own paddles with rubbers and blades.
I was thinking I could start them out with a Stiga Allaround Classic with Yasaka Mark V rubber on the forehand and backhand.
Does anyone have any other sort of proposition as to what a good setup would be?
Keep in mind this is for someone that has NEVER touched a table tennis paddle, ball or table in their life.
I started with those hard bat, recreational pimples out things; you know what I'm talking about. I worked with those things always thinking "Man, do the pros play with this stuff?" and after a year of staying with the same thing, I finally realized that people make their own paddles with rubbers and blades.
I was thinking I could start them out with a Stiga Allaround Classic with Yasaka Mark V rubber on the forehand and backhand.
Does anyone have any other sort of proposition as to what a good setup would be?
Keep in mind this is for someone that has NEVER touched a table tennis paddle, ball or table in their life.