Is It Legal To Use Sponge With No Topsheet on Your Table Tennis Bat?
Is It Legal To Use Sponge With No Topsheet on Your Table Tennis Bat? I’ve recently been experimenting with multi-surface bats and I have some questions about the legality of a bat with one side regular rubber and the other having just the sponge layer with no rubber covering. I’d be interested in hearing your opinion as to the legality of this surface or if you could suggest some kind of alternative. TylerAnswer: Hi Tyler, No, it is not legal to use sponge without a topsheet on a table tennis racket. If sponge is used, it must be covered with a topsheet made of ordinary pimpled rubber with pimples inwards or outwards. According to the Laws of Table Tennis: 2.4.3 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 2mm, or sandwic
Is It Legal To Use Sponge With No Topsheet on Your Table Tennis Bat?I’ve recently been experimenting with multi-surface bats and I have some questions about the legality of a bat with one side regular rubber and the other having just the sponge layer with no rubber covering. I’d be interested in hearing your opinion as to the legality of this surface or if you could suggest some kind of alternative. TylerAnswer: Hi Tyler, No, it is not legal to use sponge without a topsheet on a table tennis racket. If sponge is used, it must be covered with a topsheet made of ordinary pimpled rubber with pimples inwards or outwards. According to the Laws of Table Tennis: 2.4.3 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 2mm, or sandwich
