Bright light, white background, white floor tiles

[ML fan]

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He didn't say it was illegal for tournaments but if all the Tournaments they play in use a white ball, like 99.9% of tournaments do, then there's no point to get used to orange balls when you'll be playing with a white one when it matters.

I agree the orange ball can make a difference as I struggle in different halls with white backgrounds and ours also used to be white, we only just got our painted grey before Christmas!!

Orange ball is especially nice in blue tables but I've never had any luck when asking if someone would use it in tournament or competitive match. They all prefer white it seems, or just choose white because they knew I DIDN'T want it and felt it may be to there advantage, who knows?

My advice to the OP, buy the paint and paint the hall yourselves. That's what we had to do and it makes the world of difference!!!!

Thank you for explaining for me..🤣 However, we are just borrowing halls and what I do is I cover with cloth but most tournaments held also in white wall halls or even in malls that there's a lot of different colors and lightings everywhere.

 

[ML fan]

Unfortunately thats gonna be most venues unless you're in a big tournament venue. Table tennis clubs are in malls and malls use white walls. Plus light in the back makes it hard to see, they're also having trouble with it.

I also use eyeglasses with a high grade + astigmatism.
Even in schools its the same problem.

How did you manage to perform well? In my case, my performance drops, and because I struggle visually, I struggle mentally too. I got disappointed.

 

[ML fan]

Hahaha, he won't have any luck in tournaments unless he pushes the visually impaired path... personally I find this part of table tennis strange, ask the opponent and if they are happy with the ball change to Orange then play on IMO.... But I think at his own club people need to be a bit friendlier and play with an orange ball. Otherwise he is going to leave the sport.

Maybe bring in a bed sheet and tape it to the wall behind the table? It might also give event organisers a solution to a problem they are ignoring out of laziness.

I have only ever played at one tournament where one wall was an off white and the other side had big windows out to snow. Was an old European sports hall. It took a bit of adjustment but i just intensely (crazy man eyes) stared at the ball itself.

Thank you so much for your reply! Great for you that you can adjust. For me, maybe the eyeglasses adds up to the difficulty.

 

[MORTtheORT]

Thank you so much for your reply! Great for you that you can adjust. For me, maybe the eyeglasses adds up to the difficulty.

I assume it would make it difficult. It would be nice if the people you play with realise this and help you out with trying different balls etc.

Would a bed sheet on the wall at the end help reduce the brightness on the ball?

Maybe even a different brand of ball. I am looking at a white DHS-approved ball at the moment, and it does have a matte finish on it. Maybe this could help?

I have a tournament at the end of this month in a city with a major club that is very good at this type of stuff. I hope I will remember (I can get a little narrow-minded heading into a tournament) as I can ask them about this as they might have some good solutions.

 

[Migzkulit]

How did you manage to perform well? In my case, my performance drops, and because I struggle visually, I struggle mentally too. I got disappointed.

You just have to play more, eventually you'll be able to generally guess where the ball is and "delay" your timing long enough for you to see it again. Basically footwork the heck out of it.

Also try to mess around with how you stand fron the table, certain angles make it easier to see the ball.

 

[MORTtheORT]

I will try the orange ball, however, my playmates feel that orange balls are also bright and not used in tournaments already.

What ball brand is your club using? Maybe worth bringing like a DHS ball for yourself?

Would a dark bedsheet taped to the wall help?