When do you discard a 3 star ball?

[TensorBackhand]

Do you use the ball until it cracks?

Or do you throw it away after it loses its grip and becomes smooth?

 

[longle]

both are true, but more often people borrow my balls and forget to return/break it

 

[Gozo Aruna]

Usually it is the ball that discard me; they crack too often before it becomes smooth.

 

[TensorBackhand]

Usually it is the ball that discard me; they crack too often before it becomes smooth.

For me its opposite. I have a lot of smooth balls that I don't really want to use anymore, but objectively still seems pretty good

 

[Gozo Aruna]

For me its opposite. I have a lot of smooth balls that I don't really want to use anymore, but objectively still seems pretty good

Practice smashing I suppose. Then you will have reason to buy nice new balls to play with.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Usually it is the ball that discard me; they crack too often before it becomes smooth.

you hit too hard!

 

[Gozo Aruna]

you hit too hard!

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

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you should be playing table tennis with golf balls lol

 

[Short_Pimple]

I might have a controversial opinion:

Three star balls getting downgraded to youth training balls after one hard hit with the Racket edge. In 99% of the time, the ball will wobble after a edge hit (like a little un-round).

If you open a old ball, you will see a lot of bright white lines where the ball got deformated and damaged.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

when the balls are "old", it becomes part of the multiball container

there is no advantage to continue playing with old balls or old rubbers, in fact there is more of an disadvantage.
the same "no grip" rule applies for both

 

[pong99]

Some of the most annoying people are Nittaku ball snobs who insist on playing with their precious $3 balls even when it is dirty gray, shiny, with all the lettering worn off. They are usually 1200 level players with $400 paddles who can't put spin on a new ball, so they can't tell the difference between a good ball and one that should be tossed.

I have a shoebox full of balls for multiball. It's easy to tell when its time to get rid of a ball because you get a direct comparison to less used balls in the box.

 

[backspacer]

Some of the most annoying people are Nittaku ball snobs who insist on playing with their precious $3 balls even when it is dirty gray, shiny, with all the lettering worn off. They are usually 1200 level players with $400 paddles who can't put spin on a new ball, so they can't tell the difference between a good ball and one that should be tossed.

I have a shoebox full of balls for multiball. It's easy to tell when its time to get rid of a ball because you get a direct comparison to less used balls in the box.

I hate it when they give use completely worn out balls in league matches or tournaments and when you ask for a replacement it's another shitty ball.

 

[Jonathan Lawler]

Yes, my solution by new tournament DHS or Butterfly or whatever other brand balls you want multiple times a day. Throw out a new ball after about 5 minutes or so.

 

[Jslick89]

never. once it gets too smooth i throw it in the robot where it shall live until it cracks or gets lost in the junk lol

 

[blahness]

My balls usually just get cracked or lost after some time. The new plastic balls arent the most sturdy imo...

 

[Lowday20298]

Usually it is the ball that discard me; they crack too often before it becomes smooth.

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