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| Author: | ZFT [ 09 Nov 2021, 10:54 ] |
| Post subject: | If spring sponge was never invented.. |
I’m curious to know peoples thoughts on how the game would look today if spring sponge was never invented. Would a Kreanga technique be more prevalent with more short pips and defenders in the men’s top 100? Would the banana flick be viable? XX in place of FZD in the Olympics singles? Mima GOAT pathway? |
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| Author: | iskandar taib [ 20 Feb 2022, 16:20 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If spring sponge was never invented.. |
You probably aren't aware of what there was before this "spring sponge" was invented. There was "speed glue". "Spring sponge" was developed to mimic the effects of speed glue when it was banned. And they still aren't quite there yet. All these styles that are supposedly taking advantage of "spring sponge" were around before, except the ball was smaller and therefore the effects were even more pronounced. Defensive players had less of a chance at the top levels back when the ball was 38mm and people were gluing up. Joo became the first Top Ten chopper in decades after the 40mm ball. I think Kreanga was active even back then, come to think of it. Iskandar |
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| Author: | charmander defender [ 21 Feb 2022, 00:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If spring sponge was never invented.. |
They changed the ball , they banned speed glue, they banned Fl pips,......any intelligent person can see how much money the ITTF got from manufacturers, let alone from the friction tests and the astronomical fees . Why don't they start a war against the Chinese market? or against the Haifu booster? , again, money, money,money........ |
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| Author: | ZFT [ 22 Feb 2022, 11:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If spring sponge was never invented.. |
Money definitely matters, you see with other sports they are happy to support/promote social justice causes up until the point it doesn’t impact their bottom line. It’s no different in table tennis, the most money is made from attacking players; whose rubber material lasts MUCH shorter than anti/pips and OFF-/OFF/OFF+ blades with whatever weave of composite costs triple to 10 times more than an allwood blade a defensive player would generally use. I can see a sustainability movement starting which will start shedding light on how wasteful and harmful table tennis is toward our environment. I.e. Unsustainable logging of trees and rubber wastage where pros have no problem saying they use a fresh pair every couple of training sessions…. Once this starts I can see a move toward more players choosing short pips/anti as a conscious choice, it just needs a green company willing to fill this gap in the market and begin the transformation. We will see just how corrupt the ITTF is at this point ! |
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| Author: | igorponger [ 22 Feb 2022, 17:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If spring sponge was never invented.. |
ITTF AGM 1959 in Dortmund known as "Clash of the Opinions" Second (decisive) Session vote: With a vote of ▲72 ▼19 (against: Japan, Korea, Sweden Egypt, Iran, Yugoslavia) the compromise was finally achieved. Law 2.4 The Racket was subsequently revised to state as follows: Final version of Law 2.4 wrote: The racket may be of any size, shape or weight. Its surface shall be dark coloured, and non reflecting. INTERESTING TO NOTE: It was then a daily occurence to srike the ball with the bare-wood racket side.The blade shall be of wood, continuous, of even thickness, flat and rigid. If the blade is covered on either side, this covering may be either -- (a) of plain, ordinary pimpled rubber, with pimples outward, of a total thickness of not more than 2mm; or -- (b) of sandwich rubber consisting of a layer of cellular rubber surfaced by plain ordinary pimpled rubber –turned outwards or inwards– in which case the total thickness of covering of either side shall not be more than 4mm. Many refinements to this Law were to come in the future, but for now the ITTF President Escq. Ivor Montagu could rest assured that the crisis had been resolved. A stormy decade of dissent had come to a peaceful end, thanks largely to his passionate appeals for unity as well as his ability to communicate and formulate a workable plan, based on teamwork, confidence in the committee process and respect for inputs from all member associations. |
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| Author: | iskandar taib [ 27 Feb 2022, 03:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: If spring sponge was never invented.. |
charmander defender wrote: They changed the ball , they banned speed glue, they banned Fl pips,......any intelligent person can see how much money the ITTF got from manufacturers, let alone from the friction tests and the astronomical fees . Why don't they start a war against the Chinese market? or against the Haifu booster? , again, money, money,money........ Ha. I think the changes were for the good, actually. Table tennis had gotten to the point where the top players weren't really in control of the ball any more, rallies were getting very short - that's why the 40mm ball came about. Should they have banned speed glue? Yes. You think buying Tenergy every couple of months is expensive? Try buying $10 cans of speed glue that last 3-4 playing sessions, and rubber that you have to throw away after 2-3 weeks. Not to mention going to tournaments where all the kids were gluing up in the bleachers. Iskandar |
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