Checking opponent's rubbers
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Roy J Asked 7 years ago
There is a multitude of various rubbers out there for your bat and its difficult, certainly for me, to decide which is best for me.
The question is this; Without asking your opponent(s) directly, which is just not done at club or local league level, how on earth do you discover what rubber your opponent has on his/her bat as all rubbers are either red or black? Surely this will affect how you play them?
RoyJ
Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago
Hi Roy,
You should ask them to have a look at their bat before a match. Thi saw very accepted practice in Table Tennis. It is important that you do this as you have discovered.
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Roy J Posted 7 years ago
Please read the question again Alois.
Sorry, I am not sure what you mean then. I think you should ask your opponent even if it isn't what is usually done.
Nigel C Posted 7 years ago
Roy, I often ask my opponents if I can see their bat and I have seen others ask their opponents too. I confess sometimes I only ask after hearing an odd sound after the ball hits their bat or if during warm up their returns don't behave as I expect (usually means long pimples or anti on their blade)
Alois is dead right though, we should ask and as far as I know it is never considered in anyway rude or unsporting to do so. More often than not this is how I learn about other rubbers as it usually leads to a discussion on how the rubbers or pimples play. Table tennis is I am glad to say usually a very friendly and sociable sport...so just ask.
Beauford P Posted 7 years ago
Roy, the only way to discover what rubber your opponent has is by asking. This is done before a match which is in the rules:
It is done at any level.
One thing that blew my mind was that my coach told me if I wanted to be a 'very' good player, I may want to learn about all the major rubbers used out there and memorise each one, so that when I looked at an opponents bat I would instantly know what that rubber did. (I have not done this yet as it is too mind boggling for me atm).
Abhishek Purkar Posted 7 years ago
Roy you can learn about the rubbers on this site :
http://www.tabletennisdb.com/
this site has all the rubbers and blades included. You can read the reviews from players worldwide and ratings of the rubbers and blades. This will help you learn a lot.