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Sorry to be old Grump but..... I have noticed in the past couple of years that people have been using the word amature as a substitute for amateur. Even the TTD dictionary indicates that it's a wrong spelling. To an old guy like me it really jars badly to see it spelt this way. But I suppose...

Baal, do the ITTF specs for the 40+ state that the balls must be non-celluloid? That is, could a manufacturer make a celluloid ball or poly+celluloid to 40+ specs?

Like everything, we adjust. If you agreed to play a hardbat tournament you adjust and don't think about the differences. But there are certain ingrained ways of playing that you never quite can change. To this day, I miss most slow balls on my FH as I have not adjusted to the rate of which the...

You would be surprised about that. The top footballers are paid so much money by their clubs that many don't want to jeopardise their club place by playing in the WC and getting injured. Remember, only 5 clubs or so pay top dollar to all their players. Others want to play the world cup as they...

Follow...........the...........money.......>

I haven't played mch with them except for a pack of Joola that I have. I will basically stay away from them until the end of this season in March/April 2015. Baal has become the font of knowledge on the plastic balls. He is a very good player plus is a scientist by profession. so he talks sense.

From reports from other posters, If you throw the Nittaku Japanese seamed version into the mix, then we'd have four different characteristics. So it is not just seamed Vs seamless vs celluloid. It is also about engineering excellence and quality control.

It shows how bad the ITTF is at establishing equipment standards. Three legal balls, yet three very different characteristics.

The Guardian has reported on it. The Guardian article http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/28/table-tennis-player-zhang-jike-stripped-of-winners-prize-money-for-celebration

You said that a poster said "there is absolutely nothing wrong with breaking barriers after a match". Name me the poster who made that statement. Simple.

I don't know what it would be for International customers. It is an international brand so check for American sellers, or even a badminton site.

Who said that????? Talk about overeaction. What about yours? Name the posters that said this. Come on...name them.

You've said it all, and so eloquently.

At my lower level, I am still surprised by the fact that so many lefties don't like serves into their bodies. Try it. Simply stand in the middle and using a BH serve, swerve the ball into them or BH serve again, but stand closer to your end and serve straight at them or Pendulum serve into the...

Jeez! The ITTF must be on a money saving drive.......I say no more

Try Yehlex badminton shoes I struggled for years with shoes that were too narrow. Then I heard about Yehlex badminton shoes. I have been a happy player ever since. Good price too. http://www.yehlex.co.uk/footwear/

Gosh, that hall is well lit.

The ITTF have created one almighty balls-up. Happily for me, my local league is sticking to the cell-ball until the season's end. Veterans tournaments are also sticking with the cell-ball. Let's see what happens for the start of next season, for remember, the cell-ball will still be legal.

Seamless hmmm. TTD poster, Baal, has been saying that in his experience, the seamless balls from XSF perform better overall than the seamed variety from other makers. Maybe Joola is trying to cover both the seamed and seamless market.

Does anyone else think that Tom looked much sharper in this video review? Maybe he was enjoying the rubber (or ball) more. Dan what is Tom's view Airoc S?