can you use tennis racket grip tape on table tennis racket... regardeless of obviously wasting 50% of the material? (thinking to use one for two or three rackets I lend to people at work.)
Thanks, we will return the question with another question, because we don't know the answer. Is tennis grip tape, thicker than table tennis grip tape. Table Tennis Grip tape is pretty thin allowing good sensory feedback of the ball into the hand. If tennis grip tape is similar than I would say yes. Await responses.
Yes. I´ve just bought and installed the classical tennis HEAD Extra Soft overgrip, which is only 0.5mm thin, so even 0.1mm thinner than official Butterfly/Stiga TT overgrips. It´s longer than TT overgrips, so you have to cut it, but I like it, because I have more space for adjusting the wraps density and thickness on specific parts of the handle to fit my palm. BTW the HEAD Extra Soft tape has super nice and comfy feel, more like some very fine fabric or luxury thin leather, definitely not the rubber/plastic feeling, and it looks like it will soak sweat very well. Looking forward to test in more in the training.
Yes. As I wrote above, f.e. the tennis HEAD Extra Soft overgrip is only 0.5 mm thin, so it´s a tiny bit thinner than official Butterfly or Stiga grips. I´ve just tried one and it´s very good!.
Your hand applies the highest pressure to hold the racket at the bottom of your palm. The tape must start at the bottom and finish at the top. The last tape goes at the top, not at the bottom of the racket. That way your own hand doesn't doesn't destroy your own work as fast, compared to the way you demonstrate in the video. Also, the finishing tape makes your gripping slippery at the bottom. As explained before, this is where the hand applies the highest point of pressure to the racket.
Yeah, idk if you're correct. The butterfly grip tape I got for mine says to start at the top, so that's what I did. He clearly says you can do it whatever way you want in the video, also.
Thanks for the response. The above is interesting. Our only comment is that in table tennis, the grip needs to be firm not tight. Most players at the recreational level clench the racket, which limits racket speed on contact. The pro's hold the racket just tight enough to have stability but loose enough to snap or rip the racket through the hitting zone. I am rather confident that grip tension is either equal throughout the top and the bottom of the racket or the inverse, where the tension is at the top of the racket, thumb and forefinger and at the top of the palm. That said that does not make it better to wrap from the top vs wrapping from the bottom. Most if not all pro's also don't put grip tape on their rackets. Likely, reason, they want maximum sensory feel of the ball transmitted from palm to hand. This gets muffled, I am quite sure with grip tape. Welcome comments. Ben
