JOOLA Omega Speed - Table Tennis Racket for Advanced Training with Flared Handle - Tournament Level Ping Pong Paddle with Vizon Table Tennis Rubber- Designed for Speed

This racket is incredible. I bought it one night when scheming of ways that I could beat my nemesis at table tennis. It was highly reviewed and came in at the fraction of the cost of many other comparable rackets. I was somewhat skeptical to begin with because of that low cost, but boy oh boy was I wrong.As soon as I unwrapped it, it was as though I heard angels singing from heaven, and I felt my body being possessed the spirit of a table tennis god! my nemesis no sooner saw the glorious tool when he fell to the ground weeping, knowing that he would never beat me at even one more table tennis game.As the game began I served one after another backspin serve, and he returned every one into the net. I won by an astounding 21-0 for 6 games straight! I haven't seen him again since that day, so I no longer really need this product, but it is still fully worth the cost.If you find yourself in a similar situation, I can advise no better way to spend you money! JOOLA forever!!

I have half of my ping pong table set up against the wall and this lets me practice. This paddle has great grip and is easy to spin the ball or slam it across the net.

Contrary to ITTF rules, this paddle came with black rubber on both sides. A paddle should have black on one side and “a bright colour clearly distinguishable from black and from the colour of the ball on the other.” That other bright-colored-side, this paddle has not.But, the quality is amazing, it performs well, and I have found it satisfactory for playing with friends.

I’m no professional, so I wasn’t really sure I’d notice a difference from the cheap paddle that came with my ping pong table to this performance paddle. I totally noticed on the first hit. It’s powerful, I kept hitting off the end of the table at first because I wasnt used to a paddle that hit back that fast. And the sticky surface allows me to put some amazing spin on the ball. Sadly, this was a gift for my son and now he’s tearing me up. I don’t recommend buying this for your opponents!

My son likes it a lot. Feels really confident using it. It's bouncing the ball to speed very easily.The weight is good, not getting tried after +hour of play.Only sad it doesn't come with a pouch,I bought one separately.

Very nice paddle for the price. Great grip. The edge of one side of the rubber is starting to have small tears. Not sure why this is happening.

I couldn't spin a ball at all before, but now i can rip top spin on the ball all day long. Im amazed how long the grippyness lasts.

My particular playing style consists of lots of spin with a moderate amount of behind the table deep topspin pace. For that, my ideal racket is usually 44+. For whatever reason, I assumed that the JOOLA Omega Speed - Table Tennis Racket for Advanced Training with Flared Handle was going to be a speed racket.YMMV, but I LOVE a flared handle, and this item has one. If you're familiar with other JOOLA blades, this one is the same shape. Compared with my preferred rackets, this one is a bit on the lightweight side. For me, I like the extra mass to dampen my movements a bit, but I can see where short-hoppers and wrist action players would appreciate the reduced mass. The rest of the construction is a little confusing for me. There's enough travel in the rubber for spin, but there's not enough foam to put loads of spin on. The racket is light, but there's too much foam for this to be a pure speed paddle. Jack of all trades, I suppose.But you know what they say about a jack of all trades... master of none. Pace is going to come entirely from your stroke with this racket, as there's enough foam and rubber to take a decent chunk of energy off of whatever is coming your way. Generally the tradeoff comes in the form of spin generation, but that's really not the case here. I'm not an expert in ping pong gameplay theory, but it's hard for me to see what player type would like this. I'm assuming it would be somewhere in the spectrum between recreational and competitive, possibly playing against more aggressive players.