Three Star Table Tennis Balls - 1 pc

A quality grade set by the maker: roundness, wall thickness consistency, hardness and bounce consistency. One star is a training ball, two stars a practice ball, three stars the match grade. The ITTF sets no specification at all for one and two star balls - only three star balls appear on the approved list. Anything advertised above three stars is marketing; three is the top grade that exists.

That a specific brand and model has been measured against the ITTF specification and added to their published approved list, and is licensed to carry the ITTF logo. It is granted to a named product, not to a category - so an unbranded ball cannot be ITTF approved no matter what the packet says. For sanctioned matches, look for the brand, 40+, three stars and the ITTF logo together.

No, and we want to be clear about it. ITTF approval is granted to a named brand and model on a published list, and an unbranded ball cannot appear on it. These are three-star grade - the top of the maker's own scale - which means tight tolerances and consistent bounce. They are training and club balls, not sanctioned competition balls.

Club nights, practice, drilling and casual play - which is the overwhelming majority of table tennis played anywhere. A sixty-ball jar in particular is a multiball training quantity, and no one uses match balls for that.

For a sanctioned match or tournament. Then you want a branded three-star 40+ ball carrying the ITTF logo - we stock the DHS DJ40+.

The modern plastic ball. Table tennis moved off celluloid from July 2014, mainly because celluloid is highly flammable and increasingly restricted for shipping and storage. Plastic balls are made to a slightly wider tolerance window and marked 40+ to distinguish them. They bounce a little higher, travel slightly faster and take noticeably less spin than the old celluloid ball.

The ITTF specify a playing surface 2.74 m long by 1.525 m wide, 76 cm above the floor. The net is 15.25 cm high along its whole length, suspended from posts whose outside edges sit 15.25 cm beyond each side line - which is why a regulation net spans 1.83 m, or 72 inches. The ball is 40 mm across and weighs 2.7 g.

Yes. We deliver across Dar es Salaam and send nationwide to Arusha, Moshi, Mwanza, Dodoma, Zanzibar and beyond by courier. A table is a bulky item, so tell us when you order and we will arrange the right transport.