is my blade broken? :(

[darkky65]

Finally got to play table tennis after 1 year and did some drills with my coach. i noticed that when i hit the ball hard enough it sounds like a broken ball. i changed the ball that i was using and it still happen. is there something wrong with my blade or is it normal?

 

[mahomedy13]

ive also had that problem with a premade bat.however, i dont think its broken.maybe the glue holding the rubber has worn of in that place.
I am not sure,but i might be right.

 

[Olio]

It's one of the characteristics of Chinese rubbers like TG2. When you hit hard it sounds like a broken ball. If you hit hard with Vega Asia it won't make that noise. If it does, there is indeed a problem with your blade.

 

[darkky65]

thanks a lot. ill try hitting hard with the vega next time but i do think its the tg2. this did not happen while i was still using my old hexer

 

[Olio]

No probs. Happy to help.

 

[tabletennis11.com]

Rubbers with harder topsheets and sponges often produce that sound. It may not be a bat problem but a stroke problem, if your contact is more direct and you are hitting more horizontally and flat then the sound will be quite sharp. If you are brushing the ball more and producing more contact then the sound will be softer, Hexer is quite a good rubber for offense and speed from the sponge and spin so it's possible that the change in rubber is causing the different sound. Try borrowing someone else's bat to play with and see if it still happens, in which case it would be a stroke problem not a problem with the bat.

If it's a carbon blade you can tell if it is broken by holding the blade on the sides loosely with the handle pointing upwards, slowly rock the bat so the handle swings forward and backward and then gently hit the handle against your forehead (sounds silly but it works). If the bat makes a crunchy vibration sound then the carbon sheet is broken and your blade is useless. If the sound is a softer vibration then it is ok!

Hope these ideas help.

 

[ttmonster]

Is there a video somewhere on how to do this check ?

Rubbers with harder topsheets and sponges often produce that sound. It may not be a bat problem but a stroke problem, if your contact is more direct and you are hitting more horizontally and flat then the sound will be quite sharp. If you are brushing the ball more and producing more contact then the sound will be softer, Hexer is quite a good rubber for offense and speed from the sponge and spin so it's possible that the change in rubber is causing the different sound. Try borrowing someone else's bat to play with and see if it still happens, in which case it would be a stroke problem not a problem with the bat.

If it's a carbon blade you can tell if it is broken by holding the blade on the sides loosely with the handle pointing upwards, slowly rock the bat so the handle swings forward and backward and then gently hit the handle against your forehead (sounds silly but it works). If the bat makes a crunchy vibration sound then the carbon sheet is broken and your blade is useless. If the sound is a softer vibration then it is ok!

Hope these ideas help.

 

[rofllevel]

u need to re glue ur bat

 

[Rajah*]

Is it a "cranckk!" Sound or a broken "tickk!" On contact?
Did u brush the ball hard and fast or you gave it a flat drive?
When you shake your blade is it flapping?or you just hear the broken sound when you hit a ball?

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[darkky65]

it sounds broken on contact. happens when i hit with it really hard both topspin and flat drive. doesn't flap.

 

[Rajah*]

Rubber is the culprit here

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[darkky65]

thank you very much

 

[Rajah*]

But you see you dont have to replace your rubber if you are comftable using it.. besides itis somewhat intimidating too hahaha..

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[darkky65]

I'm giving the rubber about a month. if i cant adjust to using a chinese rubber i might change to a tensor. im really interested in the softer version of dhs rubbers but cant find any

 

[tabletennis11.com]

Is there a video somewhere on how to do this check ?

No don't think so, it's one of those things where some people will know it and others have never heard of it before A broken carbon blade can be a huge problem because it's hard to identify and you really lose your touch and feeling for the ball.

 

[ttmonster]

That's the reason I asked. It happened to one of my blades

No don't think so, it's one of those things where some people will know it and others have never heard of it before A broken carbon blade can be a huge problem because it's hard to identify and you really lose your touch and feeling for the ball.

 

[marici22]

It'd be much easier to tell if there's pic

 

[megaexception]

Similar happened to me when edge of my rubber was a little bit (few millimeters) torn off the blade: on some strokes I had strange sounds, similar to sounds of broken ball.
For me this problem was fixed with re-gluing rubber.