Rubber Colour
Equipment
Samuel Lim Asked 3 years ago
Hi Coaches Alois and Jeff! sam here, I was wondering why a majority of players choose black topsheets for their forehand rubber and Red for the backhand? is this style preference? or is there an advantage here?
Alois Rosario Answered 3 years ago
Hi Sam,
I haven't really seen any evidence of one colour being better than the other but a lot of players tend to follow what the better players do.
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D K Posted 3 years ago
I have seen soem rumours that red rubbers are more springy and black rubbers are harder and stickier due to chemical differences in the dyes. I consider it rather a rumour though...
Jeff Van Goidsenoven Posted 3 years ago
I remember from one of Timo Boll's blogs, in which he prepares his rackets for a tournament, that he mentioned that black rubbers tend to be heavier and that heavier rubbers are harder which he prefers for forhand.
D K Posted 3 years ago
That should be true for sponge. But I seriously doubt that two rubbers differing only by colour have different sponges.
Who knows though,I am not a chemistry master and table tennis equipment is a science on its own.