December 27, 20186 yr Just got a new table tennis table for the family, inexpensive, came with 2 crappy paddles. Does anyone know what brand of paddles is decent? Don't want to spend too much, $20ish for 2 should be ok, until we get good enough to really need a true upgrade. Thanks
December 27, 20186 yr Can’t offer any advice on paddles, but I will tell you that the table can’t hold up to the garage door being let down on top of it. Ymmv
December 27, 20186 yr if you're going to spend money on those you have to spend about $20 per racket before it becomes worthwhile. even then it's only going to get you something just above pub quality.
December 27, 20186 yr Last time I played the hip thing was urethane. No idea what's considered good now. As a kid we had some with sand paper on them.
December 27, 20186 yr 1 minute ago, El Diablo said: Last time I played the hip thing was urethane. No idea what's considered good now. As a kid we had some with sand paper on them. ...so I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style St the time....
December 27, 20186 yr 47 minutes ago, 52-80 said: ...so I tied an onion to my belt. Which was the style St the time.... Right? Even then, and this was in the 60's, those were the ones we looked down on. Most of them had the textured rubber but some of those were so old the rubber was peeling off in spots. Dad probably picked them up at the Goodwill store, he was good about thrift shopping for stuff for us kids.
December 28, 20186 yr We had a ping pong table when I was in high school. Just had the little cheap paddles.
December 28, 20186 yr https://www.amazon.com/Ping-Pong-Paddle-Set-Professional/dp/B078XKVG21/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1546019546&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=ping+pong+paddles+set+of+2&psc=1
December 28, 20186 yr Author 22 hours ago, EE2B said: Can’t offer any advice on paddles, but I will tell you that the table can’t hold up to the garage door being let down on top of it. Ymmv LOL, good thing it's in the gameroom. 1 hour ago, shnsajax said: https://www.amazon.com/Ping-Pong-Paddle-Set-Professional/dp/B078XKVG21/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1546019546&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=ping+pong+paddles+set+of+2&psc=1 Thanks shnsajax, that looks like a pair we can use for a while until we get good enough to require an upgrade.
December 28, 20186 yr Children play with paddles. Table Tennis professionals play with Blades...show some fucking respect. Go first class or don't go at all.https://www.paddlepalace.com/Butterfly-Zhang-Jike-Super-ZLC/productinfo/SBZSZ/
December 29, 20186 yr On 12/27/2018 at 3:06 PM, Lone Star Horn said: Just got a new table tennis table for the family, inexpensive, came with 2 crappy paddles. Does anyone know what brand of paddles is decent? Don't want to spend too much, $20ish for 2 should be ok, until we get good enough to really need a true upgrade. Thanks What style grip do you use? Shakeahand or Penhold? Need that information before recommending anything.
December 29, 20186 yr Author 7 hours ago, Bill Clay said: Children play with paddles. Table Tennis professionals play with Blades...show some fucking respect. Go first class or don't go at all.https://www.paddlepalace.com/Butterfly-Zhang-Jike-Super-ZLC/productinfo/SBZSZ/ Well, we're definitely amateurs, no way in hell that I'm spending more for "blades" than I did for the damn table. Like I said, just for family fun. 8 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said: What style grip do you use? Shakeahand or Penhold? Need that information before recommending anything. I have no idea what either of those grips are. This is just for family fun, we aren't even thinking of playing that hard. We're just having fun and getting some aerobic workout as we do so. The paddles linked earlier are good enough for what we need, thanks for your input.
December 29, 20186 yr I have no idea what either of those grips are. This is just for family fun, we aren't even thinking of playing that hard. We're just having fun and getting some aerobic workout as we do so. The paddles linked earlier are good enough for what we need, thanks for your input.Is the paddle up or down?
December 29, 20186 yr Author We all pretty much hold the paddle facing up, so I guess more of a handshake grip.
December 30, 20186 yr I used to think I was the shit at ping pong. But I entered a tournament one time and in the first round got beat 21-3 by a big German dude who brought three paddles to the tournament. That dude later got beat in the semis. I no longer think I'm the shit at ping pong.
December 30, 20186 yr I used to think I was the shit at ping pong. But I entered a tournament one time and in the first round got beat 21-3 by a big German dude who brought three paddles to the tournament. That dude later got beat in the semis. I no longer think I'm the shit at ping pong. This was me, but I made the semi’s.
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