What is Anti-spin Rubber?
In general, anti-spin rubber is a smooth sandwich rubber with little or no grip on the surface of the rubber. You can hold a table tennis ball in your fingers and rub (not roll) the ball along the surface, and the ball will simply slide along the surface with very little friction when compared to a 'normal' smooth rubber. Different anti-spin rubbers have varying amount of grip, which is why not every anti-spin plays exactly the same, but they will all have much less grip than a normal rubber.Why do People use Anti-spin Rubber?
Anti-spin is used by players of a variety of styles, but overall there are three main reasons why anti-spin is used.- To provide very good control of the ball regardless of what shot your opponent makes.
- To provide variation in the behavior of the ball in comparison to strokes made with the normal rubber that is typically on the other side of the bat.
- To allow the user of anti-spin to turn or 'twiddle' the bat in his hand and make his opponent incorrectly guess which side of the bat was used, thus forcing a poor return.
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