Table tennis shoes

[poltery]

guys i bought a new shoe its called stiga focus . It has the (non marking and suction technology). I was thinking why does the shoe sole have these beehive formation and foam undercovering ?

 

[KevinTT]

I have the Butterfly Energyfoce, i personally love this shoe!

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I've always worn butterfly shoes they seem ok, maybe I should try something new? I don't know go with the status quo works fine for me

 

[azlan]

I have always been using yonex since I play badminton as well..its nice to have one pair of shoe that fits both games

 

[Matt Hetherington]

the joola court shoe isn't bad its a more built up shoe very comfortable!

 

[Tek101]

I use Adidas Sala. lightweight comfortable nice tackiness........ alll around great shoe I have always been keen to indoor soccer shoes.

 

[jannypana]

now,i don't care about the brand,i usually wear nike

 

[WiWa]

To be honest I never paid too much attention, I just didn't want to pay too much for shoes. I might get Mizuno's next, seems they are really good :O

 

[CJ]

I have mizuno wave medal in my opinion they are definately as good as energy force 3 they have loads of grip and support even zhang zike used them in the wttc 11 only problem is they are hard to get hold of in the UK but if you can find a pair then i would definitely recommend them to anyone

 

[dici]

Does anyone know where to get the mizuno shoes through online retailer? It seems like there is no any online retailer in US that selling the mizuno's shoe for either TT or badminton at all.

 

[Anders]

I like Stiga Master shoes, they have nice grip and are very light on the foot

 

[YosuaYosan]

Wait..Yonex is a badminton brand right ?Still love the tackiness anyway

 

[jamesmeyers1992]

I don't mind really but it is very important for the players find it comfortable to wearing right shoes for table tennis.

 

[azlan]

There are several on line retailers for mizuno. Here are some of them :

http://www.eggcatcher.com/catalog/p...ve-delight-table-tennis-shoe/?source=googleps
www.tabletennisworld.com.au/mizuno-wave-flick-shoe-p-741.html

 

[MrRothhaendle]

I prefer the Tibhar Contact De Luxe

They are really comfort and have a good price
http://www.spinfactory.de/shop/images/tibhar_schuh_contact_deluxe.gif

 

[sedwardsswift]

NIKE or Adidas shoes are best for table tennis shoe.

 

[rahul]

I would stick to yonex because lots of badminton players use that and the flooring are also same for table tennis and badminton

 

[Michal_Z]

Well I use asics for some years, because when I bought them, there were no shops for table tennis equipment in my city..
And I still use them, but I am thinking, when I will have money for it .. to buy new shoes..
But not sure what to buy.. Here I read mizuno are great and also energyforces from butterfly..
But I guess butterfly will be really expensive, hehe..

 

[Der_Echte]

Ironically, those fakes are probably the same quality or close to it as the real ones in most cases. The reason is because companies like Mizuno go into countries like China, find a company that can produce cheaply their clothes and shoes. Well those companies that make the fakes, do basically the same thing. They sometimes even use the exact same factory, or if not, some factory that is exactly the same, they use the same materials, same design, but just appeal to a different portion of the population, those who want the stuff, but aren't willing to pay the brand price that Mizuno charges for them.

Haha, that is exactly what happened here in Korea during the 80s, especially with Nike. They had factories here to make the shoes for the authorized stores and many of the bootleg shoes were from the same places. Was cool to be able to get a great shoe for $10 USD back then. It was all good until the government got real serious cracking down (like raiding stores and interrogating old men and women with 4 inch thick wood poles!) Those stores were becoming very risky business ventures by the start of the 1988 Olympics.

I can fit into a wide range of TT branded shoes. I usually go for value, so my current 30,000 Won Stiga Challenger shoes are the bomb at under $28 USD.

 

[Der_Echte]

Oh yeah, wearing original Mizuno shoes here in Korea are almost the equililant of driving a large BMW for your TT status.