Professional Allround Table Tennis Bat

The Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket is the racket recommended by TT-SHOP.DE for players making the transition from recreational table tennis to competitive club play. It offers excellent ball feel, a comfortable weight and can be customized to suit your individual strengths and weaknesses. Please note the recommended default configuration: Based on our experience, the forehand rubber is slightly faster than the backhand rubber.

What Is a Professional Table Tennis Racket?

A professional table tennis racket is a custom-assembled racket that club players either put together themselves or have professionally assembled by a trusted table tennis shop. Players choose a separately available blade, along with one red rubber and one black rubber.

For this Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket, we have selected the following individual components:

Professional Table Tennis Blade: Tibhar Allround Premium

The Tibhar Allround Premium is an excellent choice for beginners, youth coaches and club players who prefer a controlled playing style. Its five-ply construction, combining Limba and Abachi veneers, is based on one of the most widely used and proven blade constructions in table tennis history. Through precise adjustments to the thickness of the individual veneers, the bonding technology and the seasoning time of each wood layer, Tibhar has developed an outstanding allround blade. This is why we confidently selected it for our Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket.

The Tibhar Allround Premium has been optimized for playing with modern plastic table tennis balls. Thanks to a special bonding technique, it delivers a faster and more direct response during active strokes without sacrificing control or ball feel. In our opinion, it is the best allround blade on the table tennis market, even surpassing established classics such as the Stiga Allround Classic and the Donic Appelgren Allplay, as it has been perfectly adapted to the demands of modern table tennis.

Blade Features at a Glance:

• One of the best allround blades on the market
• Perfectly suited for playing with plastic table tennis balls
• Maximum confidence, an optimized sweet spot and comfortable weight
• Excellent balance of speed, spin and control

Red Professional Table Tennis Rubber (Forehand): Donic Desto First

The Donic Desto First rubber is a modern table tennis rubber perfectly suited to the needs of beginners and allround players. With the recommended 2.0 mm sponge thickness, which is selected in the default configuration, it allows players to produce controlled topspin shots with plenty of spin when making clean contact with the ball. During passive play, the Desto First provides the necessary control and reliability. Its greatest advantage is the extended ball contact time, resulting in excellent feedback and a high level of control.

As you might expect, there is no single "perfect" professional table tennis racket. The term is often used by players looking for a high-quality racket for advanced recreational play or for joining a table tennis club. Based on our experience, this rubber in combination with the blade described above is ideal for players looking for a high-quality yet affordable table tennis racket.

Red Professional Forehand Rubber – Key Features:

• Soft, modern table tennis rubber offering excellent value for money
• One of Donic's bestselling beginner rubbers, with a recommended red forehand configuration of 2.0 mm
• Higher quality than conventional entry-level rubbers
• Excellent control, a spin-friendly topsheet and outstanding versatility

Black Professional Table Tennis Rubber (Backhand): Donic Desto First

The combination of Donic Desto First rubber and the Tibhar Allround Premium blade delivers not only outstanding quality but also excellent value for money. The only question is whether the Donic Desto First is also the right choice for your backhand.

Donic is one of the most popular brands among competitive table tennis players. Players using rubbers such as the Donic Bluefire M1 generally have a strong command of the essential techniques and aim to get maximum performance from their equipment. The Donic Desto First, on the other hand, is a soft allround rubber with a grippy topsheet. It provides excellent control, a forgiving response and a comfortable playing feel. Offensive strokes can be executed with precision and confidence, making it an excellent choice for allround players and table tennis beginners.

Another major advantage of the Donic Desto First is its affordable price. It allows players to learn all the fundamental table tennis strokes, while the complete Professional Allround Racket offers significantly higher quality than conventional premade rackets sold in department stores. Motivated and ambitious players who train regularly will find the recommended 2.0 mm forehand rubber particularly suitable. For the backhand, we recommend 1.8 mm, as players generally benefit from greater control on this side. This is our specific recommendation based on many years of experience. This exact configuration is also our most frequently sold version through direct sales and has received consistently positive feedback from numerous customers.

Black Professional Backhand Rubber – Available in 1.8 or 2.0 mm for Excellent Control:

• Affordable and reliable Donic Desto First rubber for the backhand
• One of Donic's bestselling beginner rubbers, with a recommended black backhand configuration of 1.8 mm
• Versatile rubber suitable for a wide range of tactical playing styles and all essential beginner strokes
• Spin-friendly topsheet and excellent control thanks to the elastic sponge

Recommended Default Configuration of the Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket

The default rubber thicknesses of the Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket have been carefully selected by TT-SHOP.DE. The forehand rubber is slightly thicker and faster, while the backhand rubber is thinner and easier to control. This makes the racket particularly suitable for allround players who build their game around consistency and precision.

The setup provides excellent characteristics for forehand topspin attacks and powerful smashes. The backhand is primarily designed for controlled and more passive play. The blade handle is configured with a flared handle. Approximately 85% of club players prefer this handle shape.

EXPERT TIP: If your playing style is more offensive or defensive, you can adjust the equipment accordingly:

• The thinner the sponge, the easier the rubber is to control, although speed decreases
• The thicker the sponge, the faster and more dynamic the rubber becomes, although control generally decreases

Outstanding Service – Our Thoughts on the Allround Table Tennis Racket

To provide beginners with a high-quality table tennis racket at an affordable price, we have significantly reduced the prices of all configurations of the Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket. In fact, this racket costs less than many premade rackets, which often feature lower-quality components and rubbers that are difficult to remove or replace.

By choosing the Donic Desto First rubber, we provide an excellent introduction to competitive club table tennis. This high-quality allround rubber is easy to control and offers beginners a high degree of confidence. Mounted on both sides of the blade, it creates an excellent allround racket for beginners and ambitious recreational players.

Incidentally, most club players use a red rubber on the forehand and a black rubber on the backhand. However, this is entirely a matter of personal preference (see "Free Rubber Assembly").

Final Tip: We strongly recommend having the blade sealed. This makes it easier to remove and replace the rubbers later without damaging the wood. Players who train intensively will improve over time and may eventually want to adapt their equipment to their developing skills. For example, upgrading to a faster or grippier rubber can provide additional performance without having to purchase an entirely new racket.

Alternatives to the Professional Table Tennis Racket – Finding the Right Setup

There is no single professional table tennis racket that perfectly suits every player. Table tennis manufacturers compete intensely with one another, constantly developing new technologies and equipment. Every year, more than 30 new rubbers are introduced to the market. Including Chinese rubbers, pimpled rubbers and anti-spin products, this number can exceed 50. For experienced competitive players, even small differences can have a noticeable impact on performance. These include variations in ball trajectory, sponge hardness of 40° or 42°, medium-hard or hard topsheets and many other technical characteristics. On the one hand, this variety makes table tennis particularly interesting for players who enjoy experimenting with new equipment. On the other hand, it can create considerable confusion, as every manufacturer and retailer promotes different rubbers, blades, bonding technologies and performance characteristics.

At www.tt-shop.de, we take a different approach by focusing on transparent product information and professional advice. One important aspect of our service is that the product descriptions throughout our shop are written based on our own knowledge and experience. Our custom-assembled professional table tennis rackets, consisting of a separately selected blade and two rubbers, are specifically configured for different playing styles. As already explained, the Professional Allround Table Tennis Racket offered here is particularly suitable for players joining a table tennis club and for those who describe their playing style as allround. It is one of our absolute bestsellers and has never been the subject of a customer complaint.

The alternatives listed below do not differ in terms of fundamental quality. Every professional table tennis racket in our range meets high quality standards. The main difference lies in suitability: Each setup is designed to match different playing styles, individual requirements and stages of player development. Take a look at the alternatives below to see which racket might be right for you. Based on our experience – and this really is the conclusion of a very detailed product description – most enthusiastic recreational players, experienced allround players and those returning to table tennis achieve particularly good results with this setup.

• Table Tennis Bat for Kids: appropriate for kids with small hands
• Stiga Allround Premium Spin: better than common bats from the store, winner of the price-performance ratio!
• Professional Table Tennis Bat Allround: Bestseller at www.tt-shop.com, suitable for allrounders, career break returners, and for club starters. Sponge thickness of the rubbers (responsible for speed) may be adapted at this bat.
• Xiom Intro Classic: Blade and rubbers are somewhat faster compared to the Professional Table Tennis Bat Allround, style: Allround plus. Rubbers exhibit a slight speed-glue-effect. Perfect for the transition from ALL to OFF.
• Stiga Aurus Carbon: Compromise between speed, spin, and control. Style: controlled offensive.
• Stiga Offensive Evolution Spin: maximal spin at good control in passive game, style: controlled offensive + strong spin, especially suitable for topspin players