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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

Without detracting from other brands, check out Andro, have been supplying very good rackets from 5-ply wood for years. The TP_Linga All really belongs to the top of playable woods with an outstanding feel and very good grip. A little above your budget

😂Lol, in Belgium we are then also halfway to the Netherlands, ahead of ⅓ in France, ahead of ⅓ in Germany and all the clubs in Luxembourg. I don't know how many there are in total but I do know that there are 165 clubs in Belgium alone that you can reach within a 1.5-hour drive.🤣

Or Ruwen Filus...

Is not only a problem in France of course but a general problem in many countries worldwide. It is always a laugh when people talk about ping pong and not the sport of table tennis.

As far as I know, table tennis is quite popular in France thanks mainly to Jacques Secretin and to lesser degrees Vincent Purkart who both had some significance in the French and international table tennis world in the 70s, 80s & 90s. Secretin is legendary for his medals won and along with...

Mmmm, great player Felix but a slightly too fast traveling star in the table tennis circus, which is of course to his own credit. Should anyone doubt his abilities, he obviously has them in abundance with first and foremost an incredible responsiveness (innate or thanks to his pen holder grip)...

Pffff, Felix vs Fan is going to be the most important match tomorrow.

Technical shortcomings need not always be a problem. Look at Dima, one of the best players in the world but cannot push forehand and because of this did just lose the last point against Lin. Darko Jorgic, has a "dead arm." His non-playing arm looks like a lifeless object. It never accompanies...

I think rather Lin Yun-Ju has these capabilities than Harimoto to be honest.

Life has taught me that there are no certainties, and certainly not in table tennis.😀

True!

Mark my words, never. Not because he is not good but Harimoto has his limits and they will never become so good that he can overcome Wang especially since Wang is also a left-handed player.