The 2014 World Team Championships kicked off today, Monday 28th April in Tokyo. The Majority of the participating countries arrived in Japan early and have already trained within the Yoyogi Arena where the championships are taking place, there are photos and videos on social media of countries such as China, France, Germany, Brazil, Spain and of course Japan training in the impressive arena.
Photo by: Tischtennis in Deutschland Facebook Page
On Saturday 26th April, the teams had the opportunity to train on the main court on which matches will be broadcast on TV. Many of the players were very pleased with the playing venue, the German Federation has published reports of its team training in Tokyo giving details of the Yoyogi arena. They explained how in the main show court there are electronic ads, German player Timo Boll expressed how he is very pleased with the ads “I am all for having some technology in the arena, I think that it is good if the court has a modern look, besides this is how it has to be in Japan”.
Although the playing arena has been given many compliments, there is an element within the main court that hasn’t had a positive reception from the players. There has been a camera placed beside the net attached to the table on the main court, although there have been cameras at the tables in other tournaments, it has been said that this camera is bigger and players are worried that it may interfere with rallies.
The official Facebook page of the German Federation published a photo of a table with the controversial camera and added a comment which translates to the following, “The black thing at the right side of the net is a camera for TV broadcasting, on Saturday there were already complaints from players and team representatives because the camera and tripod may block the ball when players play extreme rallies diagonally. When Timo Boll was training with Vladimir Samsonov he experienced problems with this.”
There hasn't yet been any more information given regarding the cameras.
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Written by: Emily Standing
Source: TableTennisTa and Tischtennis in Deutschland Facebook Page
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Photo by: Tischtennis in Deutschland Facebook Page
On Saturday 26th April, the teams had the opportunity to train on the main court on which matches will be broadcast on TV. Many of the players were very pleased with the playing venue, the German Federation has published reports of its team training in Tokyo giving details of the Yoyogi arena. They explained how in the main show court there are electronic ads, German player Timo Boll expressed how he is very pleased with the ads “I am all for having some technology in the arena, I think that it is good if the court has a modern look, besides this is how it has to be in Japan”.
Although the playing arena has been given many compliments, there is an element within the main court that hasn’t had a positive reception from the players. There has been a camera placed beside the net attached to the table on the main court, although there have been cameras at the tables in other tournaments, it has been said that this camera is bigger and players are worried that it may interfere with rallies.
The official Facebook page of the German Federation published a photo of a table with the controversial camera and added a comment which translates to the following, “The black thing at the right side of the net is a camera for TV broadcasting, on Saturday there were already complaints from players and team representatives because the camera and tripod may block the ball when players play extreme rallies diagonally. When Timo Boll was training with Vladimir Samsonov he experienced problems with this.”
There hasn't yet been any more information given regarding the cameras.
For all the latest news, results and videos from the World Team Championships click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the World Team Championships in Tokyo visit our Media Library.
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Written by: Emily Standing
Source: TableTennisTa and Tischtennis in Deutschland Facebook Page
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