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That makes it even worst! Just think how much money have you spent buying ITTF approved rubbers? We are paying ITTF for checking our rubber thickness? BS. How expensive can it be checking the sponge thickness? Let me tell, ITTF can just simply publish the rubber specifications to public and...

1,000,000% agree! I was actually thinking along similar lines, using baseball as an example. Baseball rules are beautifully clear and simple. There's no room for compromise on equipment specifications. All players must use bats that meet the same strict criteria: a smooth, round wooden bat no...

WTF! I'm 💯 with Aruna on this.

I get you. Maybe didn't point myself clear. Using different names, let say, John Doe didn't enjoy playing against Joe Blow the pips, doesn't mean that John Doe is not good, does he? My point is, we shouldn't judge people who disagree on pips-out, are not good. Disagreement on the equipment is...

Agree. Take Waldner for an example. Does anyone think he enjoyed playing against LGL, who used a forehand pips-out rubber that was judged to be too advantageous and subsequently banned? Let say, JOW didn't enjoy it, doesn't mean he's not good, does he?

Do you think you are good enough? Is it really helpful to tell people they're not good? Some players may think pips-out rubber should be banned for various reasons, and their opinions deserve respect, and that does not mean they are not good!

IMO, yes. I believe that his rival, Waldner, likely trained just as hard as him. Their skill & athleticism might be very close (this could answer the next question). However, LGL equipment gave him a slight edge. It was judged to be too advantageous.

During his prime (1996–1999) Liu played with TSP Spinpips on his forehand and Mark V on his backhand, yet still on the Stiga Clipper blade. The Spinpip rubbers was banned in the late 2000 and their counterpart Spinpip Md the year after. Both times because of the aspect ratio (ratio of pips...

Wow! So much fun to watch. This will bring spectators from whole over the world to see table tennis! ESPN, Sky Sports, beIN & many more sport channels will be profiting from TT coverage. p.s. in your dreams 🤣

So you're suggesting long and fast serve to their FH (pips-in) side?

Interesting! So how to deal with this? If you don't mind sharing.

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Agreed that returning serves can be easier with LP. I have friends in my club started with LP for this reason, I asked. It seems that they just block any serve and the ball safely drop to the other side. But I'm not sure for advanced level.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Ayhika & Sreeja haven't won any but Liu Guoliang, Ni Xialian, Han Ying & some more pips-out players have won many top tournaments incl. WTT.

Agree

It's almost like two different sports e.g. cricket & baseball, rugby & american football, netball & basketball etc. So how about separating them to ping pong & table tennis? 😂 One includes special equipments like LP, anti and the like, the latter standard equipments.

In recent World Team Ch. WR#1 Sun Yingsha was beaten by WR#155 Ayhika Mukherjee. WR#2 Wang Yidi was also beaten by WR#49 Sreeja Akula. There were more upsets by lower ranked players in other events, many of them were using pips or anti. The question, is it worthwhile for top professionals to...

IYO, is this one of the reasons why ITTF changed the ball from 38 to 40+ or just coincidence?

If it exist, ITTF will ban for good 😂 But then, they will have to ban all LPs as well to be fair.