Table Tennis Equipment

Dylan Dylan Asked 11 years ago

Hi Alois,

I play actual tennis and just recently have seriously gotten into table tennis. So are a bunch of players from my tennis team. I just got a table tennis table and have been practicing nonstop for the past week. The problem is, the paddle I am using is cheap and around 5 dollars so I would like an upgrade. I would like a bat and rubber for around a 50 dollar margin. Before this, I bought a cheap 729 Friendship blade with the RITC 729 rubber and I tried to install it myself. Things did not go well and I ended up gorilla gluing it because it would not stay put with Elmer's glue :(. That obviously destroyed the blade and the rubber so my budget is not so abundant right now. So what should I do? I have been looking at tournaments to go to with my tennis friends but I have to get an ITTF approved rubber and decent paddle by then. I have been practicing nonstop while watching all of your videos and I have really improved my game but I can not put hardly any spin on the ball with by current paddle. 

Please respond ASAP

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Dylan,

The most important thing is to get a decent rubber.  It sounds like you were on the right track the first time.  Why don't you do that again but use a proper Table Tennis glue to stick them on?