ITTF Trailing "No-Let" Rule

Spitfire · Aug 21, 2014

Hello,

At the Belarus Open which is currently being held , in the under 21 Men's and Woman's singles matches the ITTF are trailing the use of the "No Let" Rule on Service,

No Let Rule
An enthralling tournament awaits especially in the Under 21 Men’s Singles and Under 21 Women’s Singles events where the “no let” experiment on service will be the order of matters. The original proposal of using a multi coloured ball has been shelved.

You can see this quote at the bottom of the ITTF page here: http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=36656&Category=general&Competition_ID=

Current Rule : Player Serves > Hits Top of net/Goes Over to other side > Let Called > Point Replayed

No Let Rule : Player Serves > Hits Top of net/Goes over to other side > No let called > Play Continues (IE if it hits the net you have to make a good return)

Discuss..

TTHopeful · Aug 21, 2014

This is crazy right? Won't tall players have an advantage? Sometimes I hit nets on my service and the ball just drops quickly and there is a no chance for a return.

JHB · Aug 21, 2014

Complete cobblers IMHO. How about we penalise the server instead for not being able to get the ball over the net cleanly ?

garbol · Aug 21, 2014

really bad rule...
why do u want to change anything?
if u want more entertaiment in table tennis
make more style come up!
just increase height of the net (ex. 2-3cm)
attacks will be slower
spin will be the same
styles like blocking, long pimples near table etc will show up much more
and u will have more entertaiment sport!

chuklebolt · Aug 21, 2014

JHB said:
Complete cobblers IMHO. How about we penalise the server instead for not being able to get the ball over the net cleanly ?

Agreed, maybe allowing 1 let only, if the next one touches the net again then point goes to opposition.

malizator · Aug 21, 2014

What?! That's nonsense! Players would start training services to make every ball hit the net and fall on the opponents side. I think that it wouldn't be a big problem if you spent 8 hours daily training.

chuklebolt · Aug 21, 2014

garbol said:
really bad rule...
why do u want to change anything?
if u want more entertaiment in table tennis
make more style come up!
just increase height of the net (ex. 2-3cm)
attacks will be slower
spin will be the same
styles like blocking, long pimples near table etc will show up much more
and u will have more entertaiment sport!

Exactly my thought. Making the net higher and maybe make the table a bit smaller should increase number of shots in the rallies (thus making the game more spectacular) and diversity in playing style.

Der_Echte · Aug 21, 2014

As much as I feel bad even the THINKING of considering a change in rules to allow a net ball on serve.......

It is WAY more abhorable to consider changing things like the table size or net height.

All of you who want to change the net height or size of table, please take ur meds and return to the forum. It's OK, I have days where I forget them too. Our sport doesn't need to tinker with those, it is plenty exciting, competitive, suspenseful, and athletic as it is now. Our problem is one of popularity that stems from cultural, value, or infastructure that leads to a lack of interested viewer base that causes our sport to NOT attract much in the way of advertising or sponsors like other accepted sports. Our sport is actually gaining in these areas, but at a poor and unaceptable rate.

Everyone do your best to support a club or help the ingredients for some more to grow and that will be a bottom up pressure. that will result later in a favorable improvement.

Der_Echte · Aug 21, 2014

I see JHB is committed to Aurus as hiz main rubber now.

cloren · Aug 21, 2014

I do not understand this target of making table tennis more spectacular....table tennis is already the most spectacular think I know!!! please do not kill this sport with so much nonesense changes

Pongfinity · Aug 21, 2014

I thnk this is going too far.. Changing all possible rules will just have a negative impact for the sport IMO. Strange that the ITTF have suddenly started to make and try so many new things to the sport

The Pong Professor · Aug 21, 2014

This suggested rule change is absolutely idiotic !!!

millle398 · Aug 21, 2014

Then why not do the same in tennis? this rule is just ridiculous. There are some net services that you have to be over 2 meters tall to reach

tt-cro · Aug 21, 2014

one word-iditos -_-

JHB · Aug 21, 2014

Der_Echte said:
I see JHB is committed to Aurus as hiz main rubber now.

I never did understand the meaning of commitment.

Nope, after playing with both blades I've decided I prefer the good old Contra - better balanced, faster ( with Aurus ! ) and doesn't resemble a dustbin lid with a handle. Anybody wanna buy a Super Balsa II - lightly used ?

To return to the main subject; what I'd like to see is some way to make the top of the net (even) stiffer so that less net cords just "die" into the table. Raising the height of the net has been suggested at regular intervals down the years. To my mind that could only work if you made the table larger rather than smaller, and we really DON'T want to go there !!

P.S. One advantage of two bats - if you're playing really gash you can always blame the bat and change it !!!

Dibosan · Aug 22, 2014

Just like Volleyball

ttmonster · Aug 22, 2014

Next they would let the player push the table around if he thinks his shot is going out !!! Now that would be an "experiment" too , why else do the manufactures put rollers on the table ??? This is plain simple rubbish !!

Der_Echte · Aug 22, 2014

EditingSports said:
I thnk this is going too far.. Changing all possible rules will just have a negative impact for the sport IMO. Strange that the ITTF have suddenly started to make and try so many new things to the sport

It isn't just now or suddenly. Since Adham became president, he influenced many changes, some reasonable, many in my opinion not. Some borderline unreasonable, some simply insane.

A TTD member has a status of mad as a hatter or something like that haha.

This call is more idiotic than this clip...

elrigo99 · Aug 22, 2014

Der_Echte said:

Actually I think it's a very nice metaphor haha. ITTF (the hat man) looks at TT (the clock) through the wrong perspective (the salt container) and so puts insane rules (jam) on top to adjust it.

Yeah maybe I'm on drugs too

Rory · Aug 22, 2014

Change is always difficult. Likely any change will be unwelcome by some., but what in the world is the point of this rule. Are let's really that big of a deal. On the rare chance that there are more than two lets in a row, I think it's funny. And if anything, the server should be penilized. So then what happens...the serves get higher....then what happens....they get destroyed and the rally is over. How does this better TT. The best looking rallies are attacker against a defender 10-15 feet from the table. Find a way for defenders to make the top 5 and then you have a game for television.

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