3 comments to “ What's the reason of having 2 different colors in a ping pong paddle/racket? ”

1. # 1 RainMan_CT has sayed:
   November 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

   yah, that was a rule change made some years ago (20?) by the I.T.T.F. so that players with different rubber-types couldn't gain advantage.

   ex) anti-spin or long pips on one side and regular on the other - if the player flipped the blade during a point, it's a lot easier to tell when they are forced to use two different colors.
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2. # 2 Mr. God has sayed:
   November 11th, 2008 at 2:39 pm

   The International Table Tennis Federation mandates that the surface of the covering of a racket's blade must be bright red on one side and black on the other side, so that players can tell which side of the blade their opponent has used to hit the ball.

   Many players use different types of rubber on each side of the paddle, often having very different characteristics. Prior to this rule, a player could surreptitiously flip his or her paddle during play to change which rubber was on the forehand side, making it much more difficult for opponents to judge how the ball would be returned. By forcing the two sides of the paddle to be colored differently, this rule allows a player to more easily tell which rubber their opponent used for any given return, making gameplay less confusing.
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3. # 3 dominique d has sayed:
   November 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

   1 hard side 1 softer side
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