Table Tennis Bat or Table Tennis Racket

There are a wide variety of Table Tennis Bats/Rackets available in the market. How do you choose one?

First, try to categorize yourself, which category do you fall into?

• At home player
• Club Player
• District/Provincial/County level
• State Level
• National/International level

Now that you've identified your playing level, you can choose to buy one of the following types of Table Tennis bats:

• Pre-assembled hobby bats (Rs. 500-1200, approx $ 9-22)
• Pre-assembled professional bats (Rs. 4000 - 20000, approx $ 70-360)
• Separate Table Tennis Rubbers (Pips in and Pips out) and Blades (Wood or Carbon) that can be assembled (Brands - Butterfly, Tibhar, Andro, Yasaka)

If you need more details about a Table Tennis racket that will suit you, shoot a mail with a very brief description of your playing style to:
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Table Tennis Ball and Racket details

Table Tennis Ball dimensions and Bat details

2.03	THE BALL
2.03.01	The ball shall be spherical, with a diameter of 40mm.
2.03.02	The ball shall weigh 2.7g.
2.03.03	The ball shall be made of celluloid or similar plastics material and shall be white or orange, and matt.
2.04	THE RACKET
2.04.01	The racket may be of any size, shape or weight but the blade shall be flat and rigid.
2.04.02	At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with fibrous material such as carbon fibre, glass fibre or compressed paper, but shall not be thicker than 7.5% of the total thickness or 0.35mm, whichever is the smaller.
2.04.03	A side of the blade used for striking the ball shall be covered with either ordinary pimpled rubber, with pimples outwards having a total thickness including adhesive of not more than 2.0mm, or sandwich rubber, with pimples inwards or outwards, having a total thickness including adhesive of not more than 4.0mm.
2.04.03.01	Ordinary pimpled rubber is a single layer of non-cellular rubber, natural or synthetic, with pimples evenly distributed over its surface at a density of not less than 10 per cm2 and not more than 30 per cm2.
2.04.03.02	Sandwich rubber is a single layer of cellular rubber covered with a single outer layer of ordinary pimpled rubber, the thickness of the pimpled rubber not being more than 2.0mm.
2.04.04	The covering material shall extend up to but not beyond the limits of the blade, except that the part nearest the handle and gripped by the fingers may be left uncovered or covered with any material.
2.04.05	The blade, any layer within the blade and any layer of covering material or adhesive on a side used for striking the ball shall be continuous and of even thickness.
2.04.06	The surface of the covering material on a side of the blade, or of a side of the blade if it is left uncovered, shall be matt, bright red on one side and black on the other.
2.04.07	The racket covering shall be used without any physical, chemical or other treatment.
2.04.07.01	Slight deviations from continuity of surface or uniformity of colour due to accidental damage or wear may be allowed provided that they do not significantly change the characteristics of the surface.
2.04.08	Before the start of a match and whenever he or she changes his or her racket during a match a player shall show his or her opponent and the umpire the racket he or she is about to use and shall allow them to examine it.

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