After boosting has gone from DHS H3 NEO what have you got ?

says toooooo much choice!!
says toooooo much choice!!
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A US coach wrote something similar, though you're still really wrong about hiddden serves, as the rule is well written there too: as a referee you don't have to allow ANY serve if you see it's wrong, it's not a self-interpretating process: you have to enforce the law in that case. Now if you choose to let the opponent fill a claim against you, the referee, it's your own self choice, but that would not give you a good reputation.

Before the speed glue ban everything was clear indeed: speed glue allowed, free arm camouflage allowed on serves. It was clear because it needed no device or eye control process by officials to make sure everything was legal.

The problem is that ITTF is insisting on putting the cart before the horse: ban everything, but sort this out yourself to enforce our laws. As an umpire, referee or official facing issues in international meetings, I would definitely fill a claim to the ITTF for not supporting our job as it should be done.

http://www.tabletenniscoaching.com/node/2195

After reading the ‘Hidden’ serve rules, it is clear and concise!!
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ springs to mind !!! in this case the rule ain’t broke, but something apparently needs fixing!! ;):)
 
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""""The only reason to ignore the serving rules is to gain an unfair advantage. """""

This could of course also be said for boosting ;)

On big international events they still check for speed glue with the "sniffer-thingy" even though all the top players have long moved on to Voc-boosters.
International Associations are always "behind".

The new 17 camera system can detect most illegal serves but who knows if anybody really wants it.

On a small club level , when one points out illegal serves one gets told that it does not matter , after all it is just a club game and we do not play for a golden cow.
This is wrong. Even at the very beginner level and especially junior levels, legal serves should be enforced.
This will create good habits.

end of waffle.

In France teenagers can enrol in the Region's League Pôle Espoir if they play at a national level, it's the Big Hopes training facility I guess for a better translation. 15 to 20h a week TT and school of course, 5 days a week.

At a club level we are told to be "cool" with hidden serves, I won't even mention boostering "don't do anything, no testing device so shut up."

And this is where the issue is hidden: say you've got a 12 years old teen playing at a Regionale 1 level, just under the national leagues. He has to face an oppponent doing hidden serves and boostering his racket. He looses. What will he then thinks ? that he'd better hide his serves and boost his racket to enrol the Pôle Espoir ? Is that what we wanna teach our hopes ? that cheating is the only way to win ?

Do we really want our sport to become like cyclism ? cheat or die ?
 
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