Stroking the table

I've noticed that in table tennis, a lot of the professional players wipe the top corner of the table every now and then.

I wouldn't have thought that they would use that bit of table very often.

Do you know why this is?

Kai (-:

Hi Kai,

They are usually wiping the sweat off their hands. They use that part of the table because the ball doesn’t bounce there very often.

← Close table defence Improvement of lob/chop accuracy →

Does it affect that part of the table?

No, it doesn’t. It is also a part of the table that the ball very rarely hits.