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TableTennisDaily's @Dan and @Tom had the fantastic opportunity to review Stiga's latest ITTF Approved Plastic/Poly ball.
There has been a lot of discussion around the world and on the TableTennisDaily website recently in regards to how this new ball will effect table tennis players and the sport. This review tries to cover that looking at a variety of characteristics of the new ball in comparison to the celluloid ball, how it performs and more. The review looks at various techniques and a range of shots used in today's modern game of table tennis
Thanks to STIGA, Daniel Ives, Tom Maynard, and Kingfisher Table Tennis Club in the making of this review.
Written Review:
- The Stiga poly ball has a seam and weighs 2.8g
- The ball seemed very durable and did not break throughout
- Not much sound difference between the poly and celluloid ball
- Timing was altered, this is because the poly ball had a slight higher bounce, whereas the celluloid ball came through more
- We had to play our strokes more upwards to get similar arc
- An overall reduction in spin and speed however the spin was impressively more than expected as seen in the footage
- We believe rallies will be longer as it felt you had to really commit to produce a winning shot. We feel future tactics will be based around consistency and placement to win the point.
- Powerful players may have an advantage with this ball, and we feel physical fitness and strength will play an important role
- Service and receive area of the game could become a lot easier due to the less amount of spin produced on the ball
We hope you enjoyed this review, let us know what you think by posting below guys. have you tried the new poly ball? What challenges do you think players will face if any and how do you think it will change our sport.
Check out more TableTennisDaily Equipment Reviews here.
There has been a lot of discussion around the world and on the TableTennisDaily website recently in regards to how this new ball will effect table tennis players and the sport. This review tries to cover that looking at a variety of characteristics of the new ball in comparison to the celluloid ball, how it performs and more. The review looks at various techniques and a range of shots used in today's modern game of table tennis
Thanks to STIGA, Daniel Ives, Tom Maynard, and Kingfisher Table Tennis Club in the making of this review.
Written Review:
- The Stiga poly ball has a seam and weighs 2.8g
- The ball seemed very durable and did not break throughout
- Not much sound difference between the poly and celluloid ball
- Timing was altered, this is because the poly ball had a slight higher bounce, whereas the celluloid ball came through more
- We had to play our strokes more upwards to get similar arc
- An overall reduction in spin and speed however the spin was impressively more than expected as seen in the footage
- We believe rallies will be longer as it felt you had to really commit to produce a winning shot. We feel future tactics will be based around consistency and placement to win the point.
- Powerful players may have an advantage with this ball, and we feel physical fitness and strength will play an important role
- Service and receive area of the game could become a lot easier due to the less amount of spin produced on the ball
We hope you enjoyed this review, let us know what you think by posting below guys. have you tried the new poly ball? What challenges do you think players will face if any and how do you think it will change our sport.
Check out more TableTennisDaily Equipment Reviews here.