Design of Paddle
Equipment
Bennett Brown Asked 9 years ago
I was watching a table tennis video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6BXkTbUFBE
and at 0:29 the guy in the blue shirt has a weird shaped bat with semi circles taken from the sides. Do you know what this is?
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Bennett,
I think that was Damien Eloi of France. From memory he used a weird shaped bat at one stage. Maybe he felt that those parts of the bat were not necessary and taking them off made the bat lighter.
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Jean Balthazar Posted 9 years ago
Yep, that's Damien Eloi. His blade was a Tibhar IV-S cut to this odd shape that makes it look like a guitar. It's name was "Swing" (in reference to the guitar). Why this shape? I don't know. Alois's theory about unused surface (Eloi is an attacker) and weigth gain is probably correct. Maybe it also reduces drag and thus helps increasing racket speed. They also made a "Swing" version of the popular Tibhar Patrick Chila blade.