Thin foam padding will make it bouncier, no idea where to get it though. Several sheets of news paper will give less bounce, I know where to get that.

Bouncy tables will drive shooters like all of us crazy

I’ve learned to avoid them or play so little $$$ on them, that they’re "tolerable"

You might be able to get a piece of a really thin foam padding at a Mailing and Shipping store if they sell the supplies you would use to pack a package. Might be one source anyway. Then you could make a removable inlay with a thin board, the foam and a final layer of felt over the foam.

Just my two cents. I can’t see any harm in practicing that way at home for bouncy table conditions but I would record a few thousand numbers to see if I really had an advantage before I would take that toss to a casino with a bouncy table.

One time when I was replacing the felt, I pulled it real tight so as to not have any wrinkles (I was having an OCD kind of day). The result was a very energetic surface.

Look just skin the table with a sheet it will give you huge bounce but it will be a fair bounce if you can learn to control it under that condition you can control it on any surface.

They teach you how to very your shot for multiple conditions in the advanced class.

Are you ready for the advanced class?

If you are not ready for it then why are you trying to learn something you are not ready for, if you are take the class it will teach you the fundamentals of adjusting your shoot for many conditions.

First and foremost master the basics first you know hit the wall tip the crew have fun.

i didnt ask to get spammed for a class just wanted just suggestions for table underlays thanks

Danny:

I cut up an old tee shirt and lay it flat under the whole 1/4 side or the table where the dice land. This seems to produce a livelier effect.

However, if I have to play under conditions where I have to practice with a piece of foam under the felt, I’m fairly certain that these will not be good conditions to play under as the dice will bounce off the bounce. Meaning that the table is like a trampoline. With just the tee shirt under the felt, I get bit of a bounce but the dice have a true directional bounce. But with a piece of foam under the felt, it will re-direct the dice in a whole other direction on the first bounce, then when it hits the felt again on the 2nd bounce, it will re-direct direction again. These conditions are not playable. I hope I was able to give you a visual on that.

If you are on a manageable table with a little more bounce than our great GTC tables, I may make my shot a little lower than a standard shot just to take out some of the energy when the dice hit. A lower shot will push the dice forward whereas a higher shot will have more of a tendency to splatter and yaw sideways.

thank you. i took a piece of wood and bought thin cotton (muslin) and then put felt on top of it. it gets me to get used to throw with less energy and lower arc, when i played on the table that was giving me a hard time (the casino) i had two 30 rolls so it certainly helps