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Should Table Tennis Beginners Use Junk Rubbers?

Monday February 23, 2009
Can You Handle The Pips? Photo © 2006 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc.
Most coaches and experienced table tennis players would recommend that new ping-pong people should stick to using inverted rubber on both sides of their racket, until the basic strokes have been mastered. But is this truism good advice? Or can table tennis beginners use junk rubbers?

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