How Often Should I Change Table Tennis Rubbers | MHTT Blog

PublishedOctober 13, 2022 byMatt Hetherington This is a very common question for players of all levels once they have entered the world of using custom table tennis rackets. How often should a player change their table tennis rubber?A Useful General GuideWell there are a few things to think about, up to a certain point there is a useful rule of thumb that you can follow which may make sense as a general guide. This can be particularly useful for players who are going from using a recreational ping pong racket, to a more professional table tennis racket. A handy method is to divide the year by the average number of hours you play in a week. In this sense a player who is playing 6-8 hours a week should at least change their rubber once every couple of months. A player who has a full time training schedule and trains 4 hours a day, 5 times a week should change their rubber once every couple of weeks. Similarly a player who is only playing 1-2 hours a week should change their rubber once o...