Rubber thicknesses

[Overseer Kevin]

I noticed that rubbers come in different thicknesses. 1.9, max, etc.

What is the significance of different rubber thicknesses?

 

[TTFrenzy]

Suppose you have 2 same brand rubbers with different thickness. The incoming ball has the same characteristics (speed spin) and you topspin it executing the exact same movement (same blade).

In both occasions if we assume that both rubbers are fully compressed, then the thicker rubber will produce more spin and speed.

on playing terms, its just a matter of preference on rubber & blade combination . some players love more control on their paddle (so they choose slower blades and thinner rubbers 1.9 for example), while other players like spin and speed so they choose faster blades and thicker rubbers. It all comes down to what suits you best

 

[Suga D]

Not much to add to that... Except some players like it when a sponge 'bottoms out' 'cause they like to feel the wood and hence choose thinner sponges.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

The basics are above. I don't need to add this but I will anyway:

With the thicker sponge, theoretically, the ball can sink in more so the topsheet can grab more of the surface of the ball so you can get more spin. But the thicker sponge also ads more catapult when it rebounds so, less control for certain things. Also, to make a thicker sponge, useful you have to have more precise and more solid contact so you can get the ball to dig into the sponge more fully and so the topsheet can grab the ball more fully.

So, just the same way that hard, tacky rubbers reward bigger impact, thicker sponges do as well.

If you drive more than you loop slightly thinner sponge like 1.9 or 2.0 is better than max. If you are at that stage where you are learning to loop but the contact is not as consistent a thinner sponge is also preferable. If you mostly loop and your contact is well developed and your ball quality on your loop is high, so you get a lot of spin, that is when Max becomes more worthwhile.


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