TT Ball change after 2012 Olympics!

[NTclub]

Japanese tabletennis magazine reported on March 29 that ITTF decided tennis ball changing to a plastic ball after July 1, 2014 after World championships Tokyo 2014.
Source: http://www.world-tt.com/report/20120325/WTTC2012.php

 

[ars]

don't think the size is much different though, just probably because of the possible variability in the production process of non-seam balls they are just mentioning limits of variation ... about the rest we will only get to know when it comes to our hands .... but if this is again a nexus between ittf and companies to increase profit margins ... its a shame !!! ITTF just needs to concentrate on making the game more popular than how to make manufactures richer !

i totally agree...

 

[ars]

this is a step backwards and business is the name of game

 

[judah000]

As expected the PRICE will RISE!!!!

 

[judah000]

I hope the new balls won't affect the game too much.

 

[ttEDGE - William]

Here is a preview of the new plastic balls that Wang Liqin gave me in Dortmund last week.

 

[WiWa]

Really interesting! Thanks for giving us an insight in the new ball William And thanks to WLQ of course, hehe. I hope they will be able to adjust the ball better to the characteristics of the current ball before the new ball is introduced. Looks like they randomly just drop from your bat here.

 

[ars]

generally i seen less spin and ball looks heavier...it will affect greatly if you are a spinner...

 

[judah000]

AHHH, So it be a big dis advantage to those who loads lot of spin in their strokes.

 

[JustAlt]

Thanks a lot for that video William!
To judah000 and others speculating : It is too soon to make that big conclusions of what style will get destroyed and who will benefit from it. They still have two years to make the new ball better as the "release date" has been delayed to 2014.

 

[NorthAyrshireTTC]

Can we buy them just now to try out?

 

[Mitz]

Hi, I was in the Spanish Open (18th to 22th April) and I had the opportunity to see Jun Mizutani testing the new plastic ball... here you have the video (I think it's a cool stuff, because it was a curious situation, Mizutani was warming up when Samsonov launchs to him a ball and, surprise, it seems the ball is broke... but, no, is one of the new plastic balls...)

PS: The video is on HD

 

[WiWa]

Hi, I was in the Spanish Open (18th to 22th April) and I had the opportunity to see Jun Mizutani testing the new plastic ball... here you have the video (I think it's a cool stuff, because it was a curious situation, Mizutani was warming up when Samsonov launchs to him a ball and, surprise, it seems the ball is broke... but, no, is one of the new plastic balls...)

PS: The video is on HD

I thought they seem to be able to play quite well with it. Untill I saw the service receive haha.

 

[XuXin88]

It started with glue, let's hope for the best.

 

[barca]

Well, there are always reasons why things keep on changing...Rite?????????????

 

[zachkinjo]

nooooo balls are expensive as it is now. Well for good ones haha

 

[pai2]

I hope, the ball is more durable and easy to control...

 

[spin88]

So the new ball will not start till 2014?
I was still wondering when watching the recent Men Worldcup had they switched to new ball already...

 

[YosuaYosan]

So the new ball will not start till 2014?
I was still wondering when watching the recent Men Worldcup had they switched to new ball already...

Yep not until 2014 or probably it will be delayed even further after the Rio Olympics but that's still unlikely.

 

[ars]

thanks for the info