Caronavirus (no hand shaking after mathces)

TTHopeful · Mar 4, 2020

No hand shakes are allowed but surely people touching the ball and then passing the ball about doesn't make much difference?

https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/archived/coronavirus-statement/

TTW · Mar 4, 2020

Maybe a Namaste would be a better option at the end.

Richie · Mar 4, 2020

TTHopeful said:
No hand shakes are allowed but surely people touching the ball and then passing the ball about doesn't make much difference?

https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/news/archived/coronavirus-statement/

Perhaps, but shaking someones sweaty hand seems more risky and is more avoidable than touching the same ball etc. It's not the end of the world to say thanks in a non physical way.

Der_Echte · Mar 4, 2020

You sit ur stanky sweaty azz on a toilet seat in a busy restroom without using the paper seat cover, you added risk.

Even with seat cover, you touch door on way in, and unless it is brass, it will hold virus more than a minute.

Using arm away from handle to enter mitigates some, but you gotta pull door on way out. Possible to use paper you dried hand with, but few do that.

So many ways to spread germs on surface.

Use common sense mitigation measures.

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olzetezkarzo · Mar 4, 2020

they should have something like this for each player, so in the end they grab the stick and make a symbolical shakehand

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Der_Echte · Mar 4, 2020

They could always snap to the position of attention and salute each other sharply in sync... it might even look cool.

Actually, in the amateur tt would, Koreans do something like this before a match.

One person calls attention then calls for the salute. Players do a short and sharp bow to each other, then do a half face towards scorekeeper and give the same bow.

It looks pretty similar to what they do before a martial arts fight.

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Baal · Mar 4, 2020

Or the thing New Zealand rugby players do. That would be cool.

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