Equipment Tips
Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi
2/27/2008

To get the best results when gluing: Try to pre-glue your rubbers:

• before starting your practice or
• before the first match of the competition or
• perhaps when you rubbers have not been used for few hours.

For instance, just take your rubbers and put one layer of glue on them and put them back on the blade right away without letting them dry. After 5 minutes, take off your rubbers and do your regular gluing.

If you are using a new set of rubbers for a competition, try to put few layers of glue the day before the competition. Otherwise, only one layer of glue prior to a match will not give you the best result in terms of speed.

Before a match, make sure to select a proper ball. Quite frankly, the percentage of table tennis balls being totally round is quite low. Choose the best one in terms of roundness and the one that is equally hard over the entire surface.

Bring always a towel even if you do not really need one in a match. It’s always good to break the rhythm if you lost few points in a row. After 6 points, take your towel and regroup or refocus.

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[Playing Tips. Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi.]