Bat size

Rules

Stefan Liew Asked 15 years ago

Hi PingSkills,

According to your 'Essential Table Tennis Rules' video, you said that we could use any size of bat we wanted. But what is the Umpire measuring before the game starts?

Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hi Stefan,

You can use a bat of any size. What the umpire is measuring is the thickness of the rubber. This has to be less than 4mm in total on each side.

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Rahul Ramesh Posted 14 years ago

wat is the use for the thickness of the rubber....in ur page whre u sell ur rubbersd wat is maximum black

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago
Maximum is usually about 2.2mm of sponge. It will be close to 4mm in total with the rubber.

Luke Daque Posted 14 years ago

How about the thickness of the blade? Is there any rule for it? Can I make my own blade?

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago
Yes, you can make your own bat. There are no restrictions on thickness or size. It must be mainly of wood though.

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