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Topic: Unapproved treatment of Racket Covering Banned!!!

Posted By: sidofmillenium
Subject: Unapproved treatment of Racket Covering Banned!!!
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 7:15pm

A new point of rules is to include under 2.4

Racket coverings are to be used as approved by the ITTF. Physical, chemical or other treatment of raket coverings (with the exception of normal wear), which affect the play characteristics, friction, the appearance, the color, structure etc. are inadmissible.

Sorry guys...but you are gonna have to forget about those time-consuming, money-saving, and harmful experiments. We are still not sure though how they are gonna plan to detect it.....

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Posted By: peeweeman30
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 7:17pm

When will this take into effect?

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Blade: Stiga Allround Classic FL Master
FH: Reactor Novar 2.2mm
BH: Reactor Corbor PRO 2.2mm

Posted By: JimT
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 7:18pm

Read this thread and don't jump to conclusions

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16803&PN=1 - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16803&PN=1

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Single Ply Hinoki Club, Founding Member

Say "no!" to expensive table tennis equipment. Please...

Posted By: peeweeman30
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 7:54pm

JimT wrote:

Read this thread and don't jump to conclusions

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16803&PN=1 - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16803&PN=1

Go Jim!

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Blade: Stiga Allround Classic FL Master
FH: Reactor Novar 2.2mm
BH: Reactor Corbor PRO 2.2mm

Posted By: liXiao
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 8:00pm

I call for a change in the head of the ittf!

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Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon
Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 53 SuperSelect
Yinhe Qing

Posted By: asr1990
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 8:21pm

ITTF= BASTARDS

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mizutani jun
tenergy
bryce speed fx
Will be trying Zeta soon

Posted By: seasterl
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 10:35pm

Language barrier issue?

"racket coverings" = topsheet only, or...

"racket coverings" = topsheet and sponge

If it means the latter, then chemically treating the sponge with a tuner definitely enhances the "play characteristics." In fact, that's why we do it!

Posted By: JimT
Date Posted: 03/18/2008 at 11:13pm

seasterl wrote:

Language barrier issue?

"racket coverings" = topsheet only, or...

"racket coverings" = topsheet and sponge

If it means the latter, then chemically treating the sponge with a tuner definitely enhances the "play characteristics." In fact, that's why we do it!

Racket covering is "bureaucratese" for the rubber (topsheet+sponge), ie, whatever thing you glue on your naked blade.

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Single Ply Hinoki Club, Founding Member

Say "no!" to expensive table tennis equipment. Please...

Posted By: pongcrazy
Date Posted: 03/19/2008 at 12:24am

No more microwaving your long pips either or coating them with superglue.

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Viscaria, H3 Neo, Coppa X1 Gold
7p2a-7t, TG2 Neo, Acuda S2