My 6/6+/7/8/9 approach to construction of essential rackets

Needless to say, table tennis is both a local community as well as a tournament sport at the international level. And there is a vast space in between where academies clash and members of various schools compete at venues that may or may not be ITTF qualified. That calls for equipment - many rackets - that can meet the demands of variable tables and venues. Below is a construction guide that I've used for myself. The rackets to construct are listed by score (out of 10), with 10/10 missing because perfect rackets rarely exist. 

 

6: Non-Winning Standard racket for Medium-fast tables, non-tournament approved (NWSRM) or Social Racket (SR) - This would be something like a good-feeling Victas Quartet blade paired with “entry-level” rubbers or some particular all-Yinhe (soft carbon) setup, with the good feeling necessary to make up for the lack of crispiness from inelastic tables or balls in purely social games. 

6+: Strong Social Racket (SSR) - a more powerful version of 6-, this blade might be paired with faster rubbers for a higher win rate in social games, for example, a light Stiga Sense 7.6 blade paired with MX-P or K3 Pro rubbers. 

7: Winning, Offensive Racket for Medium-fast tables (WORM) - this racket would be suitable when playing on tournament grade tables that have aged so that they're colloquially no longer “Fast”, only Medium speed or Medium-fast. The winning racket formula on these tables tends to be extremely good feeling Offensive- (minus) as opposed to the Offensive+ (plus) type. Examples might include Butterfly Outerforce CAF paired with variable good rubbers or Darko Jorgic’s Tibhar blade with a slightly altered overall setup than him. 

8: Balanced Tournament Spare (BTS) racket: These would be well-crafted and balanced blades possessing certain shortcomings that make them just short of constituting all-time winning rackets, leaving them suitable only as spares. Examples include Victas Koki Niwa ZC, its shortcoming being its stiff backhand feel, or Joola Vyzaryz Hybrid, its shortcoming being its lack of absolute control. 

9: Tournament, Offensive, Winning, Extra-Good feeling Racket (TOWER) - These would be the standard or cutting-edge setups used by professionals. Examples include Butterfly Viscaria Super ALC paired with extra hard or tensor rubbers, or any number of similar range products.