Fact: it’s not the best time of year for outdoor sports. Other fact: ping-pong is technically a sport. And should the act of playing it bring you joy, here are a few select pieces of table tennis miscellany that will also help you crush people. It’s mostly about the joy, though.
Table tennis: not always a high-intensity workout. So consider this tiny tracking device that’ll tell you when you need to turn up your game. On the flip side, it’ll also track your breathing patterns and stress levels and alert you if things get a little too heated. Beer also works.
In case you don’t have room for both a ping-pong table and a dining room table, here’s an attractive steel-framed situation that transitions from a full-size table tennis playing field to a roomy dining surface in seconds. Which reminds you that you need one of those.
You walk up to the table. You gingerly place a custom, felt-lined box with a shiny piano finish on it. You ceremoniously open that box to reveal a paddle crafted with layers of carbon fiber and high-performance rubbers. And then you just play ping-pong and the world keeps turning.
We don’t know where you put your paddles, but it’s probably not inside this immeasurably sturdy Tracksmith duffel made from industrial-strength duck canvas and leather reinforcements. If there’s a more unnecessarily intense way to store recreational sports gear, we haven’t seen it yet.
