Tibhar Balsa Allround 50

Tibhar Balsa Allround 50 - Your ideal partner for an (active) allround game

In case you prefer a controlled and safe game with occasional spin-attacks, the Tibhar Balsa Allround 50 might be the optimal choice for you. The German brand Tibhar created a highly balanced table tennis blade, with a very low weight (approx. 73 g). This is also due its relatively thick (5.0 mm) light-weight core made of natural Balsa wood (more details see below). Hence, there is a great handling and your arm is less likely to fatigue, even after longer rallies. In addition to its low weight, the Balsa Allround 50 also convinces with its great gaming behavior.

Tibhar Balsa Allround 50 - Balsa and other ingredients under closer examination

As already mentioned, the Balsa core veneer plays a fundamental role here. This is because the core is literally the soul or heart of a blade, and its properties substantially affect the whole behavior.

Balsa, a tree native to neo-tropical regions (South America, Central America, and the West Indies), reaches a height of approx. 50 m, whereas its trunk has a diameter of up to 2 m. As already mentioned, Balsa is very light (density 130 kg/m³), not very strong (Young´s modulus: 2,600 N/mm²), and soft (Janka hardness: 88). You can see that this wood is perfect to reduce weight. Furthermore, the softness of the wood causes very pleasant overall gaming properties: e.g., good control, much safety, and much feedback. However, Balsa is also known to exhibit catapult-like effects. Hence, this wood unites speed and control/feeling.

The controlled touch of the ball allows highly sensitive strokes, but also a higher variability which allows you to act flexibly when doing serves or returns. This makes it quite hard for your opponent to act / react appropriately.

Another strength of the Balsa Allround 50 from Tibhar is its behavior when doing blocks and counters. With regard to this, there is an excellent ball safety as well as precision. Additionally, by means of rotational topspins, you can also try to exert pressure on your opponent (forcing him/her to errors). You can combine these slightly more dynamical strokes with precise strokes in order to make blocking even more difficult for your opponent.

Tibhar Balsa Allround 50 - a brief summary and a short presentation of the tibhar balsa family

All in all we can summarize that the Tibhar Balsa Allround 50 is suitable for passive, sensitive strokes; but also for effective attacking strokes. Both scenarios can be executed in a very controlled and precise manner. This makes this low-weight blade the ideal partner for variable allround players (All and All+) preferring much ball safety.

within the Tibhar Balsa series, there are the following models:

• Tibhar Balsa Def 25: defensive table tennis blade
• Tibhar Balsa Allround 50: Allround blade
• Tibhar Balsa Fibretec 60: a blade for the controlled offensive (Off-)
• Tibhar Balsa Fibretec 75: a purely offensive blade, high quality and low weight