Soft and Hard Rubbers
Table Tennis General
Last updated 10 years ago
Mario Unknown Asked 14 years ago
What are the differences of soft and hard rubbers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the two and what type of play does one suits best?
Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago
Hi Mars,
The softer rubbers suit players who hit through the ball a little more (a flatter contact). The hard rubbers suit players who brush the ball more.
They are both fine, just depends on your style.
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DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
so that if want to have more spin on it, i must have a hard rubber ? what about the xiom vega pro ?
Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
You can generate good spin with both, Just the contact is slightly different. This is not something that you need to worry about at this stage of your development. Just focus on the strokes as we show you and keep working hard.
DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
ok then
thanks a lot.
DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
i got a really different information as what you said about the rubber harness
this is it
Similarly to sponge thickness, the hardness of the sponge will have an effect as well. The harder the sponge, the less the ball will tend to sink into the sponge, and so the 'dwell time' will be reduced. This tends to mean that harder sponge will produce less spin than softer sponge. Whether this improves your control really depends more on the type of strokes you use - drivers and smashers tend to like the harder sponges, while loopers favour the softer sponges.
what do you think about it ?
Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
Again Frendy, I think that it's best not to think too deeply about these matters. Try a few combinations, and see which feels better to you. Then stick with that and focus on improving your technique. That will yield 100 times the results you will get from small changes to your equipment.
DHS Lover Posted 10 years ago
oh ok, thanks for the advice :D