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I lost three pips and I have been wondering which the limit is to be able to play legally in a sanctioned tournament or league .

I also wonder if there is a difference about the place in the rubber ,that is, whether the pips fall off at the edge or in the center .

Thanks a lot !!

I think logic would say it is illegal as soon as there is a missing pip at the start of a match. (any pip not at the edge of the blade)

Thanks for reminding me of something I disliked about using LP.

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With all due respect,logic is not at stake here.I need to know what the rules say about this.I think you can still play with some missing pips .

I need to know the exact number because I believe there is some tolerance about this,especially in lower leagues .

ITTF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL UMPIRES.

An instructive document ITTF HMO teaches as follows:
7.4 THE RACKET Damage
-- A racket should be considered legal for using unless it loses uniformity of pimples over a significant part of the surface.

Those proficient umpires would apply a plastic card with a rectangle aperture of 1 sq cm. Any part of the playing surface must have at least 10 undamadged pimples per sq cm.

Be happy.

The popular notion with common people that the lack of a single pimple would make racket illegal is a misconstrue of the Rules and should be ignored anyway.

From this information we assume that 3 missing pips do not make the racket illegal .

Thanks

I think that's right, but it's really up to the umpire/referee of the day to interpret the rules, and there are NO specific rules on missing pimples, only guidelines.

If I was missing 3, I would keep using it, unless they were all next to each other. Once you start losing pips, it's time to change anyway, as many more are likely to break soon.

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Very good advice.

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