The development and purchasing behavior of a table tennis player generally progresses in 4 steps. Accordingly, the playing equipment is gradually adapted to the increasing level of play. The Table Tennis Racket Configurator is only needed in the 4th and final step, namely when a club player is searching for the best possible individual playing equipment. Before that, they typically go through the following steps in their career.
Table Tennis Racket - Recommendation for Beginners and Club Entry
Step 1: The Hobby Area
In the hobby area, a simple recreational racket in the price range of 10-30 euros is sufficient. These are suitable for school, garden, or garage sports. A selection of bestsellers for the leisure area can be found
HERE.
Step 2: Joining the Table Tennis Club
Once caught by the table tennis fever, one will also find the way to the nearest table tennis club. The first thing you often hear there regarding the racket you brought is:
"With this department store racket, it won't work".
The Reason: The quality of a brand or also referred to as a professional table tennis racket is significantly better. It has more grip and better rebound behavior. The rubbers are purchased separately for this purpose and glued with a special table tennis glue. The type of gluing allows the rubbers to be removed when they lose grip and the blade to be equipped with new, separately purchasable rubbers. The
recommendations from TT-SHOP.DE for entering club training are:
For both table tennis rackets, the focus is on ball feel. From the secure ball feedback of the racket, all stroke techniques can be learned and refined.
Step 3: Participation in League Matches
The allure of competition naturally does not stop at the desire to start with the best possible equipment.
After a while of training, the stroke techniques that one masters better or worse become apparent, making further development of the playing equipment sensible.
For the "convenient customer" who likes to trust the specialist dealer, the team from TT-SHOP.DE has compiled a
table tennis racket for each brand and player type that is suitable for the following playing systems (example brand: Donic):
The proposed products are suitable, based on experience, for a large number of players of all playing classes. The products within the recommendations are usually in stock and significantly reduced! The reason for this is that we sell exactly these products very frequently and can therefore purchase larger quantities from the dealer, receive better conditions, and gladly pass on this better purchase price to the customer!
Step 4: Assemble Your Own Table Tennis Racket
Those who like to read up should also get to know ALL TABLE TENNIS RUBBERS and ALL TABLE TENNIS BLADES of the most common brands in order to then decide for themselves how the racket can be assembled. This is then done with the help of the
Table Tennis Racket Configurator.
Those considering assembling a table tennis racket individually tailored to their own playing strength usually browse catalogs or search the internet to find exactly the material that brings maximum success.
When you realize that there are over 50 table tennis brands, each trying to impress with about 30-50 blades and rubbers, you will quickly notice that without structure, you can easily get lost in the jungle of table tennis materials.
TT-SHOP.DE wants to simplify this search!
This is how the Table Tennis Racket Configurator works
The basis of every racket is the blade. The table tennis blade is the
soul of the table tennis racket. Accordingly, the selection of the blade is important. Under the following link, all blades can be viewed, sorted by brand.
The table tennis blades of each brand are assigned to an extra category. If the "Read more" tag is opened within the category, a
table with all manufacturer information on values such as speed, control, weight, and price can be found there.
If you then want to get to the corresponding product, you have to click on the product name highlighted in green.
There are
the following options for each blade that can be clicked:
- "mount ordered rubbers"
- "red on FH, black on BH" or "black on FH, red on BH"
If nothing is clicked, the blade will be delivered separately, and the rubbers can be mounted by yourself.
The selection of table tennis rubbers is done according to the same principle.
In the description of the category "Table Tennis Rubbers," there are further links to the
overview tables of all table tennis rubbers sorted by brand.
So if you choose a table tennis blade and two table tennis rubbers and click the option "mount ordered rubbers," you can assemble the table tennis racket individually! The Table Tennis Racket Configurator is practically operated by you!
Simply add the desired products (including the information whether they should be mounted) to the shopping cart - done.
Note for Bargain Hunters
The brand rackets mentioned above for each player type are significantly reduced. This is explained using the example of Donic. The recommendation for the player type Offensive Spin, intended for attacking players who build their topspin game with a lot of spin, is:
Donic Waldner Bluefire Spin.
This racket in the default setting includes the Waldner Senso Carbon blade, the Donic Bluefire M2 on the forehand, and the Donic Bluefire M3 on the backhand. If the racket is purchased, you receive a
25% discount! The good thing for the well-read customer: ALL BLADES OF THE WALDNER SERIES can be combined with ALL RUBBERS OF THE BLUEFIRE SERIES. This results in a very large selection of possible combinations at a bargain price. The Donic racket can thus be configured by yourself.
Experience shows that many players assemble their racket themselves so that they mount a rubber on the forehand and backhand that can be assigned to the same product family. Many trust different brands for the blade - for whatever reason. So if, for example, you want to combine a
Stiga Blade (market leader in the field of table tennis blades) with a
Tibhar Rubber (most popular product series in the shop = Evolution), you will get the best deal with the following savings sets:
For further questions or individual advice, I, Matthias Bormann, managing director of this table tennis shop, am happy to be at your disposal: