Should I Buy a Table Tennis Training Robot?

Should I Buy a Training Robot?

Answer by: Jasna Rather, Texas Wesleyan University Coach
In the US where there are not so many organized places for practice, it is good to have robot because you can always have some form of practice. If you get any coaching in clubs, you can always use those tips in your practice with the robot. Also, new robots have so many functions and they can do almost as much as some practice partner. Robots can be programmed to do exercises which are great for players that cannot have every day sparing partners.

Answer by: Stellan Bengtsson, Only player to have won singles, doubles and teams at both the Worlds and Europe Championships. 67 International singles, doubles and team titles. Coached Jorgen Persson, JO Waldner, Peter Karlsson and Erik Lindh, all World and Europe Champions
Personally I do not believe in robots. You might get the ball on the table with a weird stroke. The robot can’t tell you how to do. If you live where you don’t have any practice partners the robot can be an option.

Answer by: Tahl Leibovitz, USATT National Coach and Paralympic Gold Medalist
Training robots are excellent. There are two main reasons why everyone should own a training robot. The robot can put the ball in the same place with the same speed and spin. This is very important because when you want to work on a particular technique you need to the ball to be in one location and at one speed. This is why many players higher top level coaches. The coaches are able to put the ball to virtually the same place all the time, only the robot can do it better and is a lot more inexpensive.

It is also good to have a robot because after you have done all your training you can do service practice. You’ll find when the robot is set up and you are done training, you will want to practice serves. Service practice is very important.