The discussion with the Adham Sharara regarding boosters and tuners, as mentioned before, has become huge, with more and more players expressing their views and questions, and even the major manufacturer of boosters becoming involved.
The topic has really become a little too big to post here, but here is the summary of the booster / tuner / speed glue legality discussions.
The basic conclusion is that the ITTF want them all banned, but there are still a few little loop-holes or situation where the official rules don't quite cover the legality.
2 comments:
Hi Alex,
What I don't understand is in the UK when they first introduced the ban to VC glues, Juniors were the first to be banned, but the senior game was left unaffected. This meant that any Junior player could compete at Senior level with VC glue! Any Junior who was also playing in Senior tournaments would undoubtedly have used VC glues in Senior tournaments. This would mean using two totally different bats in different competitions, making it difficult to get used to either bat! What I don't understand is why they didn't just plan VC glue altogether for Juniors instead of phasing it out of the one just their tournaments!
Hakz
Yes I totally agree...
I think they would have banned them all in Jan 2008, but because of the olympics and the fact the players did not have enough time to adjust to a non-glued bat, they deferred the ban till Sept 08, after the Olympics...
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