How to choose a racket for table tennis? Recommendations

Probably, for any kind of sports there is no universal inventory that would suit any player or for any manner of playing. Therefore, the right choice of racket for table tennis - not an idle question. Despite its (in general) simple design, it still has nuances that can greatly affect the game.

In order to know how to choose a racket for table tennis, you need, first, to determine the level of the tennis player for whom it is intended. And here athletes can be provisionally represented in the form of three groups: athletes, beginners and continuing. Professional players on the boards do not need.

We decipher the indicated concepts. Athlete - a person who plays tennis for leisure, does not train specially and does not participate in competitions. A beginner is a person who has an initial level of play, but, unlike a fitness athlete, purposefully trains and tries to achieve a result, rather than just positive emotions. Continuing - one who has a good class of game, but does not yet use professional equipment and has no experience of serious preparation.
The easiest way to answer the question about how to choose a racquet for a sportsman. It will suit almost any inventory from well-known manufacturers, for example, table tennis rackets Stiga or DHS, Joola, Yasaka, Butterfly. All these companies designate the class of their products as stars - from one to five. The most reasonable choice would be, perhaps, a racket with three or four stars.

The beginner is not yet able to determine which style of play is most suitable for him, and therefore the racket should help him to make a choice, not to obstruct. In total, three main styles are distinguished in table tennis: the defense game, the attacking style and the so-called all-round, which contains the elements of the previous ones. Of course, a beginner should choose an all-round racket. She will help him to work out the basic elements, learn to control and keep the ball on the table.

Structurally, the all-round racket has a medium-speed base and lining with a sponge of medium thickness. Under the first are understood the grounds ALL, ALL + and OFF-class (with reservations). The most suitable thickness of a sponge for such a racket is 1.5-1.7 mm.

How to choose a racket for table tennis ? Such a person has already decided on the style of the game, but still can not choose for himself the inventory.

Consider two styles: "attacker" and "defender". A tennis player playing in an attacking style can use the base class of the type OFF. In addition, the thickness of the sponge can be increased to two millimeters. Protective style, as a rule, implies the use of studded overlays - the so-called pimple out. The game with them is specific and diverse, and their choice is very large, so in absentia something to recommend to an unprofessional player is meaningless.

The continuing player already has his own idea of what he needs, but choosing the best is always a way of trial and error, and do not try to immediately find the perfect combination.

Well, in the end a few general recommendations on how to choose a racket for table tennis:

- go to a specialized store better with an expert in this matter who knows how to choose a racket for table tennis;

- You should try to try out as many raks of different kinds as possible, using inventory used or taken from friends;

- the main thing in the racket is the ground, and its lining - a thing though important, but still secondary;

- it is not necessary, once playing, immediately take another racket. Only a few training in a row with one inventory will make the right judgment about him;

- do not simultaneously change the lining and the base, you should try them in a different combination;

- all the overlays from one batch, as a rule, are identical, but the choice of the basis should be approached very scrupulously and selected personally.