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I have always found this a strange regulation. From me, the ball is allowed to disappear completely behind the server's back👻, as long as I can see the ball and racket at the point of contact.

They measured from the moment the ball left his hand. They did their job as it should be.

A diagonal angle is always longer than straight. Just because you take care of your service for a trial doesn't mean it's always the same when it's really about the marbles like in Singapore now. I also note that with age, Timo is raising his balls even less than before. He also makes himself...

From 00:48 Exceptionally a good one;)

Gosh yes, it always remains difficult to judge of course but surely something you can see with the naked eye for years in certain players does not need technical confirmation? Technical support should only be used when in doubt, just as it is in all other sports. With a lot of players, it is...

So because you are a player of standing, you are allowed something more than others? I don't know where he gets that right but apparently you can do just about anything with referees, even make them believe you have a perfect serve yourself. 🫣

Lol:ROFLMAO:, no ill intentions against Boll but apparently you have the right as a living legend to berate others notwithstanding Timo has been raising his services barely 10cm for years. But what is much worse, the umpires react to this too but Lin SD is obviously too young to react or bite...

Left-handed, you then always (or at least usually) have a step ahead.

Lol even faster despite his illegal services? It should now be clear that he must be making these illegal forehand services at the behest of his coach in order to speed up his third ball as a result of narrowing the playing field. It is no surprise to me because any person with a little...

Courtesy of her red studs. But very well played by Akula, though. Clearly, the Chinese are going to have to train against anything unorthodox rubbers

He won the third set because Lin was extremely weak. Nevertheless, it was a cool match to watch.

Punishment! Was a great player with an incredible BH and service and still hard to contend with now.

I don't remember who it was with but I did see a referee in the last World Cup reprimand a player on a ball that was thrown too much to the body. If it is flagrant, it can be noted. yet there are players who can throw a ball metres high straight (or almost straight anyway). So...

Ask your friend Jan-Ove... ;) 🤣 No, no, there are dozens of topics here about soft BH-rubbers by now. Most have been mentioned here by now but my preferences are for a Rakza 7 or a soft version of it. An Andro Hexer grip sfx is an incredibly good rubber and a lesser known rubber is a Gewo Hype...

Gosh in my view there is actually little that can go wrong in refereeing table tennis. Each on a side of a table gives more than enough opportunities to judge something, in my opinion, even without a hawk's eye, but the biggest problem is as you also wrote, the referees' sense of responsibility...

In other sports there is no problem, tennis, hockey, volleyball, basketball, etc....

Mmmmm, I see more and more players now (among the men, anyway) returning a simple short serve. From their BH service to the middle (or to their opponent's FH) of the table without/with backward effect. (Seen the Lebrun brothers do this several times at the World Cup)

A hawk's eye would already help a lot but why wait. Any self-respecting referee can see that irregular services are given and far more in men than in women. Just about all services where the player serves from the side of the table go wrong. The fact that almost only when the 16cm rule is thrown...

Yes indeed!

This only just went well at the end! Adrelanin blast!:oops: The Conductor