Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it?
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Topic: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it?
Posted By: haggisv
Subject: Bat, racket or paddle - what do you call it?
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 4:43pm
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I've always wondered where the different terminology comes from. As far
as I know, most people in my region (South Australia) call them table tennis bats. What do you call them in your region? ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
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Posted By: siestakey
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 5:21pm
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Blade ! ------------- Siesta Key W968 Omega Tour 7 i |
Posted By: Medax
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 5:44pm
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In my local league we call it a bat (UK). When I am buying new equipment for myself, I call the middle bit (wood or composite) the blade and the whole thing a bat. I've never called it a paddle though, is that more an American term? Being curious I wondered what Wikipedia said.... "The ITTF uses the term "racket",[27] though "bat" is common in Britain, and "paddle" in the U.S. and Canada." |
Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 5:55pm
Interesting... makes you wonder why the ITTF would choose a terms that's not the common term used in the biggest english-speaking countries. ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Medax wrote:Posted By: mon22
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 6:17pm
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Paddle Location: FL ------------- I am a total Newb. Come at me! |
Posted By: Fulanodetal
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 7:03pm
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As far as I have been able to figure out: Blade: the wooden part, usually constructed from several layers of wood and sometimes with carbon layers or other composites. Racket/paddle: The blade plus the two rubbers glued to the blade. The complete assembly. Nobody has really come out and defined the terms clearly. FdT
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Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 7:50pm
Yes I agree with that, but what do you call it in your region, a bat, racket or paddle? ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Posted By: ThePongProfessor
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 7:56pm
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Denmark: bat Just to increase the confusion - translated, the blade is called "bat-wood', irrespective of its nature (all-wood or composite).
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Posted By: iamj8
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 8:38pm
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Wood without rubber = blade Wood with rubber = bat I always felt the shape reassembled a racket but then if you think about it one potentially characterizing trait of a racket is the strings which tt doesn't have. Region is New Zealand. ------------- A version of Hurricane 3 A version of Tenergy A Stiga blade... |
Posted By: Fulanodetal
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 10:53pm
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"Yes I agree with that, but what do you call it in your region, a bat, racket or paddle?" "Racket". In Canada I have never heard anybody talking about a "bat" while talking about tt. "Bats" are used in baseball and Cricket. "Paddle" and "racket" are used interchangeably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat-and-ball_games" rel="nofollow - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat-and-ball_games FdT
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Posted By: Chicobo
Date Posted: 01/14/2018 at 11:08pm
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Mainly paddle. Some international students call them bats. I think racket is the rarest form, usually implying tennis, badminton, or racketball/squash. Southern USA ------------- Stiga Genesis x2 on Nexy Rubicon Galaxy Moon/Air Illumina Alpha on Andro Temper Tech Off- USATT 1620...Learning to play vs long pips |
Posted By: Lightzy
Date Posted: 01/15/2018 at 4:50am
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Where I grew up it is called "matka". Edit: ok fine, racket. |
Posted By: ronakvyas86
Date Posted: 01/15/2018 at 7:00am
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In India, some call it a bat and some call it a racket. Cricket and badmiton are the two dominant sports in India. All those people who are gravitated towards Cricket call it a bat while the ones who like badminton more call it racket. Since cricket is also a common and appreciated sport in countries like UK, Australia and New Zealand, they prefer to use the word "bat". ------------- Yasaka Goiabao 5 CPEN, Donic Baracuda MAX FH & RPB |
Posted By: slaplink_pat
Date Posted: 01/15/2018 at 7:18am
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racket - Philippines ------------- Blade: Xiom AZX FH: Xiom Omega VII China Guang BH: DHS PF4 Blade: Donic Alligator Combi FH: TIbhar MXP BH: Spinlord Zeitgeist |
Posted By: aeoliah
Date Posted: 01/15/2018 at 8:17pm
In my country the usual term is bat, but I have heard somebody called it as frame, but this is rare. Racket is more used for badminton, tennis and squash. The term paddle makes me think to an oar to paddle a canoe  ------------- Member of the Single Ply Hinoki Club Viscaria Super ALC C-Pen Rasanter C48 |
Posted By: JoeB
Date Posted: 01/15/2018 at 8:48pm
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I taught PE for 28 years. The way I always helped my students get it was ...if it has strings it is a racket, so we have tennis rackets and badminton rackets and squash rackets. If no strings then it is a paddle (solid) so table tennis paddle and there is a game called paddleball where you hit a tennis ball with a solid, no strings, paddle. Sometime in paddleball there are holes drilled through the wood paddle to make it lighter but it should still be called a paddle because no strings. The term bat comes from baseball and cricket and is incorrect but often used in table tennis. One final example in racketball why do they call it a "racket" The critical component is the strings.  ------------- Joe B BBC Hinoki/carbon BBC Hinoki |
Posted By: shaolinTT
Date Posted: 01/17/2018 at 1:37am
| Racquet |
Posted By: col6628
Date Posted: 01/17/2018 at 6:35am
| blade, with rubbers on bat |
Posted By: Odie
Date Posted: 01/17/2018 at 7:57am
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It's a bat, but trying to find the right one is a racket. |
Posted By: taczkid
Date Posted: 01/19/2018 at 1:40pm
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if someone usually asks me at tournament... They usually say: "What blade do you use" or "What racket you play with" Nobody ever asked me what BAT or PADDLE do you use... That being sad here is different websites, and how they call them: megaspin.com (Racket) blade w/rubbers paddlepalace.com (Paddle) blade w/rubbers butterflyonline.com (Racket) blade w/rubbers tabletennis11.com (Racket) blade w/rubbers stigatabletennis.com (Bat) blade w/rubbers tibhar.de (Bat) blade w/rubbers I rather just like to stick to BLADE as referring to wood and RUBBER |