Should ittf take additional measures to slow the game down?

[Der_Echte]

Players like CWX were also a blast and great for the sport at the pro tour level.

 

[jawien]

Let's say the miracle happens and the Ittfz introduces one tournament at the end of the year (i.e after WC) with the net height say 16.50 cm.
What detrimental effect could this have on the sport or the organisation?

I know I got fixed on the net, but I'm willing to see anything that would prolong the rallies and lower (just a little) the importance of serves. The game is too offensive right know to my viewer's eyes ... no tough play, very little chess and tricky play. Truls excluded of course, what a fantastically creative player ...

 

[plunder]

an extremely slick Xiom table (it wasn't the X5, the Xiom version of the Korean standard excellent Champion Pro 9) and it was a certified disaster.

was that slick table on the ittf equipment approval list (webpage)?
tables must meet a minimum friction factor, and the SPONETA webpage\catalog even lists the friction factor for their competition grade tables.

extremely slick tables are horrible and should not get the official approval license (must be renewed every year)

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

It is mandatory to use long pips on one side. This will definitely slow down the game a lot! And I mean A LOT!

 

[Kopp]

Only allow allwood blades. Maximum 1mm for sponge & 1mm for rubber. May the sport be as slow as pickelball. LOL

 

[lodro]

I hardly ever get a chance to watch life games but watch a lot of the big tournaments on the WTT you-tube site. For those that want to see the games slower the It-nerds offer a choice to watch the matches in slow- mo, just press the "setting - button" and choose the speed you like or snort some coke, that'll f$%#ck ye 😂😂😂

 

[igorponger]

Mister Muscle (reduced sponge) to stir up your blood.

Speaking on a serious note. Yes, it would be great to have a special regulation for some certain competitions that is playing the game with "reduced" sandwich rubber of total 3,20 мм maximum. Thus could we see who is a real champion, a real athlete. The Mister Muscle should be the best relevant name for the proposed competitions.


Holding the Mister Muscle in WTT schedule periodically would give us a useful experience anyway. We strongly expect some surprise champions to emerge in the sport due to the new "sponge regulations", we need many different champions other than China or Japan. First of all, we need surprise champions to stir up tv-viewers blood. The game obviously losing attractiveness with general public and advertisers, alas.

 

[haggisv]

I think the high speed and spin of our sport is what makes it so special and spectacular. On one hand they like to boast that it's one of the fastest sports in the world, and then they want to slow it down so that the spectators can see it better?

 

[Grumms]

ITF/ATP slowed tennis a lot by changing the sufaces, and is now complaining about games duration. There is no other game style than defense and passing. The quality of accuracy and speed, and risks taking, is not valued anymore and only stamina makes a difference. Do we want ping pong take the same path ? Do we want all creativeness to disappear ? Do we want all the points to be 30 consecutive strokes long ?

Ping pong has now everything. Balls are big and slow enough so that nobody misses the ball on TV. TVs have enough definition, you can broadcast ping on any device you want. And despite that, WTT keeps putting shitty cameras angles that spoils everything. And speed would be the first thing to change ?