Catapult effect

Pawel Walczuk Asked 9 years ago

Alois, Jeff,

First of all, thank you for a probably the best website on table tennis. I really appreciate your tutorials.

I am just buying new rubbers. I thought about Tibhar Rapid. Tibhar describes its rubbers by a 'catapult effect' (low-medium-high-extreme) and I am just not sure what they actually mean.

Could you throw some light on this?

Thanks in advance. Greetings from Brussels / Belgium and thanks again for a great website.

Pawel.

Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago

Hi Pawel,

Thanks for the kind words.

The Catapult effect is basically the speed of the racket.  Usually it refers to the rubber being stretched which means that there is more tension in the rubber which will make it faster.