By: Kasmono Monex, a fan of healthy living
How do we know which rubber is suitable for use according to our playing style? As we all know, when buying table tennis rubber, we are usually faced with various thicknesses of sponge to choose from. The "thickness" of the sponge of the rubber sheet has a significant impact on how your bet will work and feel once the rubber is set.
Why is thickness important?
Before we get into the specifics of thick sponges, it's first important to understand why sponge thickness really has an impact on gameplay.
When it comes into contact with the ball, the sponge under the top sheet of rubber is compressed. The ball sinks into the rubber and is essentially knocked out as a result. Therefore, varying degrees of thickness affect how the ball is affected by the rubber and thus the three main factors of table tennis performance, namely speed, spin and control.
Other factors such as the hardness of the sponge also play an important role, but in this article, I will focus on thickness only.
Thick sponge impact (2.0 mm or more)
Thicker sponges are more suitable for aggressive players who want maximum speed when ball contact occurs. When making contact, the ball spends less time on the bat than if the bat had a thinner sponge. The result is faster ball speed but less control.
Not recommended for beginners, as it feels heavier overall and requires a difficult level of control from the player.
This type of rubber produces as much speed and spin as possible and does not require too much additional control assistance from our bat.
I myself am currently using this type of rubber. For ForHand I use Tenergy 05 Hard, while BackHand uses Tenergy 05.
The use of rubber is not absolute for me, because sometimes I rotate it. Sometimes on ForHand I install Tenergy 05, BackHand Donic S1. The point remains thick or maximum rubber.
Not because of experienced reasons or not, but rather because I like the character of the fast ball speed. Taking advantage of the opponent's reflexes that aren't good with fast balls, that's one of the reasons. Ha ha ha...
Basically the rubber/bet is only a supporting tool, the most important thing is to continue to improve the ability to play good technique.
Don't be tired of practicing, master the tools of our choice to support playing performance and don't be a confused player in deciding to choose the tools we use. Because using tools or thick, thin, anti-sponge or speckled rubber is just an option, it's up to each player.
Also read: https://kasmonomonex.blogspot.com/2022/11/player-galau.html?m=0
Healthy spirit and greetings 🏓
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