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JOOLA has managed to get the first release of ITTF approved 3-star Poly balls. You can pre order them now and they'll be shipped after 7/4/14 or you can pick them up at the U.S. Open in Grand Rapids from 7/1 - 5/14. Here's our teaser:

Dimitrij Ovtcharov practised with the new poly ball in Russia recently. The first rally is with a celluloid ball, the second and third rallies are with the new plastic ball. Dimitrij Ovtcharov commented, "I think table tennis will change with the new ball. There is less rotation so the ralleys...

It's nearly that time when the poly ball will be in our sport. What do you think will be the pros and cons of the new poly ball in table tennis? This can relate to playing characteristics, impacts on manufacturers (shipping, costs, etc).

Stiga Catalogue 2014/2015 (Airoc, Emerald VPS V, Poly ball) Another nice post from Stiga's Facebook page! Earlier Stiga had announced their new Airoc rubbers that would be well-suited for the new poly ball. But this catalogue also shows the new poly ball itself, and their newest blade: the...

Can we buy an ITTF approved poly ball yet? We have seen a few poly balls that claim to be similar but none that has been ITTF approved...

Recent years has seen a few changes with our sport table tennis, with the banning of Speed Glue in 2007 and the size of the ball change in the year 2000. This coming July will see the ITTF launch the new poly ball for International table tennis tournaments. The new ball material have already...

Hi this was posted on another forum the tale tennis forum whats your thouhts? The ITTF has announced that in July 2014 the new "polyball" will come into play. Instead of the current 40mm celluloid ball we'll be using a marginally (less than ~.2mm) bigger, plastic ball. The initial rumours...

This is my first post here. I started a free online petition a few months ago on different forums. Please help by signing the petition, it is FREE to sign. Please help spread the word to everyone you can! My quest to stop the ITTF from mandating the ball change was also printed in the...