Does the floor a table tennis table is placed on have an effect on the bounce of the ball and if so, how?
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It may not notice to you but to a no-weight tennis table ball it is important.
The best bounce, an equal velocity out to that coming in, is only achieved if the table has no give and a smooth hard surface.
Put a mat under it and you have ruined it, but not measurably.
as long as the floor is level, nothing else really matters. why?. if you put a table on a floor that is not level, the table will not be level which means the ball does not have a consistent surface to bounce off. the ball will bounce in the direction that relates to the out of balance table top
No, of course not.
Well. this effect is much less than the ration between the masses of the table and the ball.
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