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Hi, I'm starting my adventure with table tennis again. I used to use basic table tennis racket, but now I want to start playing with a more professional product. So, if you could recommend me a product or tell me which company makes the best paddles and balls, I'd appreciate it

Well, welcome back!

Since balls are 1 2 or 3 star (3 being best quality), you can choose 3 star balls. I use Yinhe 3 star 40+ poly balls. They are good and shouldn't be expensive.

What racket is suitable for you depends. Generally DHS PG7 or Yinhe U2 are a good "all around" choice. These are 7 ply wood blades; although some might say these are "too fast", that's what I recommend.

You should be able to find these paddles online with rubbers already applied.

Goodluck.

You can also search on the forum for other recommendations.

What basic setup do you use now? And how much of a leap do you want to make? Budget wise and performance wise.

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I suppose if you want to learn properly you should get an all wood 5 ply blade and a couple sheets of inverted rubber. There are a large number of blades available, my preference would be the Sanwei M8 (it's cheap but it's really good), and two sheets of any of the $5-10 Chinese inverted sheets (729. Reactor Corbor, Yinhe 9000, Kokutaku 868.. there are a ton of them). Rather than assemble the bat yourself (it can be traumatic if you've never done it before and have to deal with the current water-based cements, which you really don't need to do - Elmer's Rubber Cement works fine) get a blade-rubber "combo", or ask the vendor to assemble the racket for you, which a lot will do for free. Total outlay can be as low as USD$20 and will last you well until you're rated over 1800. AliExpress is a good source, though you will have to wait for the stuff to arrive. Lots and lots of advice in the forum about how and where to buy, here's a couple links.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006233318089.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001186948615.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32893633495.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005391518049.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32636422548.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005674348883.html

I don't know how experienced you are, but if you've never played with inverted rubber before it's going to be traumatic. The ball will fly in every direction and you will seemingly have no control over it, if there's any bit of spin on the ball. So it's probably best to go somewhere where you can have someone show you how to use such a bat, e.g. a club.

As for balls - get any of the new "ABS" "40+" balls. They're mostly made in one factory, there are many brands (DHS, Donic, Sanwei, etc. etc.) but they're pretty much the same since they come out of the same factory. The "three star" ones are actually tournament grade, but the one and two star types are fine for pretty much everything and will save you some money. They do seem to last forever, so it's not as much of an issue any more. You can get them in white or orange, get the color that suits your playing venue. There are also some bi-color ones which might be useful to learn about spin (I like them because they're super visible if you play in a non-ideal place).

Iskandar