Rackets used by some top players

Name (Country)	Racket	Forehand	Backhand	Glue
Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	Waldner Dicon	J.O. Waldner 2.0	J.O. Waldner 2.0	Donic Waldner Speedmaster
Kong Linghui (CHN)	Avalox 5-ply	999 Hard Type 2.0	Xu Shaofa 999
Vladamir Samsonov (BLR)	Samsonov Alpha	Rapid 2.0	Rapid 2.0	Tibhar Rapid Clean
Liu Gouliang (CHN)	Clipper Wood WRB	Clippa	Mendo
Wang Tao (CHN)	Avalox 7-ply	Globe 999 or Avalox Purot	Spectol 2.0
Zoran Primorac (CRO)	Primorac Carbon	Sriver max	Sriver max	Butterfly Fair Chack
Peter Karlsson (SWE)	Stiga Allround Classic WRB	Stiga Mendo	Stiga Mendo
Kim Taek Soo (KOR)	Cypress PenHolder	Sriver max		Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorg Rosskopf (GER)	Rosskopf Viva	Telum max	Telum 2.0	Joola Green
J.M. Saive (BEL)	JM Vmax	Vmax 2.0	Vmax 2.0
Ding Song (CHN)	Double Happiness	Globe 999	Friendship 802 short pips
J.P. Gatien (FRA)	Gatien Extra 3D	Mark V	Mark V	Yasaka Gatien Speed Clean
Ma Wenge (CHN)	Avalox 5-ply	Magical Spin 2.2	Magical Spin 2.0	Nittaku Rubber Dine
Johnny Huang (CAN)	Avalox 7-ply	Spin-Pips 2.0	Spin-Pips 2.0
Kakinikos Kreanga (GRE)	Kreanga	Ekrips 2.1	Ekrips 2.1	Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorgen Persson (SWE)	Persson Powerplay	Coppa Tenero max	Coppa Tenero 2.0	Donic Persson Light
Ma Lin (CHN)	Avalox blade
Yoo Nam Kyu (KOR)	Cypress Pen Holder	Sriver max		Butterfly Fair Chack

Johnny Huang now uses a Killerspin blade with Stiga Clippa rubbers I think.

I think Kong Linghui is back using Globe 999.

Since he doesn't like tackifire from butterfly.

But he is still sponsored by Butterfly.

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Name (Country)	Racket	Forehand	Backhand	Glue
Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)	Waldner Dicon	J.O. Waldner  max	J.O. Waldner max	Donic Waldner Speedmaster
Kong Linghui (CHN)	Kong Special	Bryce 2.1	Bryce 2.1	Tibhar Rapid Clean
Vladamir Samsonov (BLR)	Samsonov Alpha	Rapid X-Press max	Rapid X-Press max	Tibhar Rapid Clean
Liu Gouliang (CHN)	Clipper Wood WRB	Clippa	Mendo
Wang Tao (CHN)	Avalox 7-ply	Globe 999 or Avalox Purot	Spectol 2.0
Zoran Primorac (CRO)	Primorac Carbon	Sriver EL max	Sriver EL max	Butterfly Fair Chack
Peter Karlsson (SWE)	Stiga Allround Classic WRB	Stiga Mendo	Stiga Mendo	Stiga Energy Glue
Kim Taek Soo (KOR)	Cypress PenHolder	Bryce 2.1		Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorg Rosskopf (GER)	Rosskopf Viva	Cava max	Cava max	Joola Rossi Plus
J.M. Saive (BEL)	Andro Kinetic OFF+	Revolution C.O.R	Revulotion C.O.R	Andro J.M Performance
Ding Song (CHN)	Double Happiness	Globe 999	Friendship 802 short pips
J.P. Gatien (FRA)	Gatien Extra 3D	Mark V	Mark V	Yasaka Gatien Speed Clean
Ma Wenge (CHN)	Avalox 5-ply	Magical Spin 2.2	Magical Spin 2.0	Nittaku Rubber Dine
Johnny Huang (CAN)	Avalox 7-ply	Spin-Pips 2.0	Spin-Pips 2.0
Kakinikos Kreanga (GRE)	Trinko Keen OFF	Bryce 2.1	Bryce 2.1	Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorgen Persson (SWE)	Persson Powerplay	Coppa Tenero max	Coppa Tenero 2.0	Donic Persson Light
Ma Lin (CHN)	Yasake Gatien Extra			Tibhar Rapid Clean
Yoo Nam Kyu (KOR)	Cypress Pen Holder	Sriver max		Butterfly Fair Chack

I know some more materials of players - if you interested.just ask....

hi,

This is a good article.

However, I will lilke to stress out something.

This may sound untrue but, do you know that the average national player doesn't use any of the rubbers you buy in the market?

The may use the same brand name as those in the market but they are by far more better than the ones you see in the market.

The rubbers in the market (some with players names and some without) are just there for advertisement.

I am not saying that they are fakes or something like that, what I am saying is that the companies make special rubbers for these top players and they never sell them in the market.

Rather, governments or associations (e.g canada table tennis association, or USATT) pay to these companies.

In return, the companies supply 10 rubbers every month to each player.

Blades are supplied every quarter of a year or so.

Ask a top player and he will tell you.

If you get to use a top players racket, you will know what I am talking about.

 

Do u think that those new tensioned rubbers increase the skill of a low level player or decrease because it is too hard controlling them?

hi lucio pingpong,

Actually, to be honest with you, a rubber doesn't increase a players skill however, it could help you improve certain skills.

Back to your question proper, the new tensioned rubbers can only assist you to execute certain shots with ease (this is due to their grippy nature).

For a low level player (pending on how low) its better to first of all decide which style you want to play.

By that I mean, you will have to evaluate yourself (or a good coach can help) to see which shots you are conversant with then you can select the right rubber.

In other words a tensioned rubber may not be suitable for you if naturally you are  not used to (or don't feel comfortable) executing shots that will maximize the use of that rubber.

Remember, first you evaluate yourself not technically (strength and weaknesses) but naturally.

I hope this helps.

Meeking

To Meeking,
   I know one of the top players(top top) in North America and he gets no custom rubbers, or blades. Just the standard gear we get from Paddle Palace, or TTP. The only thing different is that he will be shipped a number of blades of one model to hit with to choose the one he likes best. The other thing is that he has tremendous skill, and talent, bourne, and perfected through years of hard training and competition.

John

   "I know one of the top players(top top) in North America and he gets no custom rubbers, or blades. Just the standard gear we get from Paddle Palace, or TTP. The only thing different is that he will be shipped a number of blades of one model to hit with to choose the one he likes best. The other thing is that he has tremendous skill, and talent, bourne, and perfected through years of hard training and competition".

It may be true that the top player you know buys his rubbers from local distributors.

O.K can you be kind enough to tell us the name of this top player?

I will also appreciate it if you can tell us the world ranking of this player with tremendous skill, and talent, bourne, and perfected through years of hard training and competition.

 

Lucio,

I believe you were asking me to offer some suggestions on what you should do - right?.

O.K

First of all, I can assume that you probably (either consciously or unconsciously) evaluated Joo Se Hyuk's style of play and you concluded that he seldom produces topspin with his backhand, which in some cases is a disadvantage, thus you decided that you wouldn't want to copy his style blindly but build on it (I am only assuming).

Now lets face it, do you play close to the table or stand close to the table? (you said you play close to the table). There is a difference.

If you are a defensive player, you would stand close to the table during service and return of serve (this is normal) however, the real game evaluation is not during these periods but during the rally (after serve and return).

During rallies, do you still stand close to the table and chop with your backhand? I guess not.

You back off from the table to give yourself room so that you can judge the ball and chop, this being the case, your rubber is meant to absorb the spin or speed of the opponent.

If a rubber is meant to absorb spin or speed, you cannot use it to generate any effective spin. This is a fact.

If you stand close to the table hoping that you will use your backhand to produce spin, block or counterloop, your game will be in serious Jeopardy.

Also, you said you cannot block on your backhand, your backhand is not meant for continous blocking (remember that) you can block one, two or more against less speedy or spinny balls (passive players) but when you meet an opponent whose balls have high speed and spin you will definitely regret playing close to the table with your backhand rubber. Because almost all the ball will sink into the net.

Secondly, if you are a backhand chopper, that means that you are slow in judging balls (or why do you think you cannot see the ball when an opponent drives with extreme speed to your backhand?). And if that is the case and you have come to accept that you are slow on the backhand, then immediately after you return the serve you have to move at least 1 step (15cm at least) from your initial position to watch what your opponent will do (he may drop the ball or decide to start attack) if he drops the ball, you can still move in to hit the ball (15cm is not a great distance) and if he decides to attack, you will see his swing and the direction of his attack then move back to retrieve the ball with your backhand or counter attack with you forehand.

For now, try to stop blocking with your forehand, and to work on counterlooping with your forehand, that means getting to the middle distance fast, if you do so, you will develop a good footwork which will also build up your backhand chop.

Hope this helps

 

Lucio,

Before I make any suggestions, I will like to ask the following:

What exactly do you consider to be the controlling factor in your game.

What I mean is that, some people rely on different factors to help them play at their maximum and these factors can also be regarded as control (remember that rubbers also have controls).

Let's take a good example.

Let's say you know that if you produce a very strong backspin (during practise sessions), opponents find it difficult to smash the ball, and you are very certain of this fact, this then becomes one of your controlling factors and if fully developed, it becomes the main controlling factor of your game.

This being the case, you will have to get a defensive rubber that produces strong backspin.

Or may be you noticed that when you kill the spin on the ball (after practicing with various players) the ball travels back slowly and very low (or just slowly or low) to your opponent and this kind of trajectory(low) or flight (slow) makes him lose his driving rhythm.

In this case, you will have to get a defensive rubber that kills spins and speeds of incoming balls.

There are several rubbers in the market and because I don't leave anywhere close to you (to assist you in making a good evaluation), I will suggest that you follow my guide (written above) and then try one of the newer technological rubbers. The newer rubbers promise more than the older versions.

Also, since you will have to change your rubber almost every 2 or 3 months, then you can try other brands that promise the desired effect you want and if the newer ones don't deliver what they promise, then you can revert to trying older ones.

I believe that if you change your rubber almost often, you will come across a rubber that will help you maximize your potential (maybe not fully but at least it will help you improve beyond your initial level).

I hope this helps.

Hi ppl nowadays the table tennis game is so incredibly fast that the players rarely move out of the table and if u noticed, in the last championships there is more use of backhand than forehand than in the past years

this is because backhand is such an efficient, fast and simple stroke when compared to the forehand.

Hope for more information to update list. thanks
Laudi: how to put information in a nice format?


Name (Country)     Racket     Forehand     Backhand     Glue
Jan-Ove Waldner (SWE)     Waldner carbon senco     J.O. Waldner� max      J.O. Waldner max     Donic Waldner Speedmaster
Kong Linghui (CHN)     Kong Special     Bryce 2.1     Bryce 2.1     Tibhar Rapid Clean�
Vladamir Samsonov (BLR)     Samsonov Alpha     Rapid�X-Press max�     Rapid X-Press max     Tibhar Rapid Clean
Liu Gouliang (CHN)     Clipper Wood WRB     TSP Spin pips     Mendo     
Wang Tao (CHN)      Avalox 7-ply     Globe 999 or Avalox Purot     Spectol 2.0     
Zoran Primorac (CRO)      Primorac Carbon      Sriver EL�max      Sriver EL�max     Butterfly Fair Chack
Peter Karlsson (SWE)      Stiga Allround Classic WRB     Stiga Mendo     Stiga Mendo     �Stiga Energy Glue
Kim Taek Soo (KOR)     Cypress PenHolder     Bryce 2.1          Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorg Rosskopf (GER)     Rosskopf Viva     Cava max     Cava�max     Joola Rossi Plus
J.M. Saive (BEL)     Andro Kinetic OFF+     Revolution C.O.R     Revulotion C.O.R     Andro J.M Performance�
Ding Song (CHN)     Double Happiness      Globe 999     Friendship 802 short pips     
J.P. Gatien (FRA)     Gatien Extra 3D     Mark V      Mark V      Yasaka Gatien Speed Clean
Ma Wenge (CHN)      Avalox 5-ply     Magical Spin 2.2     Magical Spin 2.0     Nittaku Rubber Dine
Johnny Huang (CAN)     Avalox 7-ply      Spin-Pips 2.0     Spin-Pips 2.0     
Kakinikos Kreanga (GRE)     Trinko Keen OFF�     Bryce�2.1     Bryce�2.1     Butterfly Fair Chack
Jorgen Persson (SWE)     Persson Powercarbon     Sonex jp     Sonex jp     Donic Persson Light
Ma Lin (CHN)     Yasake Gatien Extra               Tibhar Rapid Clean�
Yoo Nam Kyu (KOR)      Cypress Pen Holder      Sriver max           Butterfly Fair Chack
Timo Boll(GER)�      �Timo Boll Spirit     Sriver L max     Sriver L max     Butterfly Fair Chack
Wang Hao(CHN)     Yasaka Gatien Extra     DHS G666 2.1     DHS G666 2.1     �Tibhar Rapid Clean�
Ryu Seung Min     Penholder Kim Teak Soo     Bryce 2.1�          �Butterfly Fair Chack
Michael Maze(DEN)     � Michael Maze OFF     Bryce 2.1     Sriver El 2.1     Butterfly Fair Chack�
�Joo Se Hyuk(KOR)      Spezial All+     Tackifire 2.1     Bamboo Curl max     �Butterfly Fair Chack
Werner Schager(AUT)�     Werner Schlager Carbon OFF+     Bryce 2.1�     Bryce 2.1     Butterfly Fair Chack
Wang Liqin(CHN)     DHS Wang Liqin(WTTC 04)     DHS Hurricane2 2.2     Nitttaku Hammond     �Tibhar Rapid Clean
Chuan-Chih Yuan(TPE)     Donic Dicon(or Chuan)     Vario max     Vario max�     Donic Persson Speed Light
Alexei Smirnov(RUS)     Donic Dicon(or Chuan)     Vario Cooper S     Vario cooper S     Persson Speed Light

kong ling hui--> fh: globe 999 national black, bh: bryce 2.1
smirnov-> i think he used a kong ling hui euro, there was a pic here posted before..
samsonov-> tibhar speedy spin and rapid???

In a Kong Linghui�s training video it looks like he uses a Hurricane rubber on the forehand.