Control your Wood!!!!

All the creative devices to ply ping pong just aren’t cutting it any more. Students can’t play at the level they want and can't go beyond there potential with plates and cups. But a new way to play has yet again arrived. Its paddles, but not just your ordinary ping pong paddle. These paddles are pure wood, non rubber, homemade paddles. These paddles were created by a person with gifted hands. They were created by a student that has way too much time on their hand which seems contradictory since that someone goes to LASA. Anyway, that someone is Even Myers, I have to say there pretty amazing paddles for home made.

However, there are some minor problems with these paddles. The handles are a bit short but the real problem is the fact that they have no rubber. The blade is all wood, causing the ball to rebound off the paddle with much more force, than students are used to. When you get served a fast low ball, it is very difficult to return it without overshooting the ball. But besides all the problems, they’re still amazing and in the words of Travis duck, “These paddles are so awesome.” To learn more about getting your own wood for making paddles go to the wood shop website

                                          texture of the paddles that were made

                                          photo by flickr

-wolfpack (sammy)