Table Tennis Racket Design

prashantakerkar

15th July 2012 - 04:03 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis_racket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_%28projective_plane%29

Table Tennis Racket are Oval (Egg) shape string with a Handle to Hold.

Can there be further enhancements in Table Tennis Racket Design ?.

Other than "Oval" Geometrical Shape of the Table Tennis Racket Head, which other Geometrical Shapes can be taken as an Best alternatives viz Square, Rectangle, Circle, Triangle, Pentagon, Hexagon, Octagon, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone, Prism, Pyramid ?

Will the new shapes tried out for Constructing Table Tennis Rackets with different Geometrical Shapes
other than Oval shape can bring variations in the Game while hitting the table tennis ball by the Table Tennis Players ?

Thanks & Regards,
Prashant S Akerkar

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