Multi-colored Ball

[ Article reposted from rec.sport.table-tennis ]
[ Author was Colin Douthwaite ]
[ Posted on 30 May 1997 10:12:28 GMT ]

Misha Sushchik (mic...@gibbs.ucsd.edu) wrote:
>LEWPONG wrote:
>> 
>> What do you think of a multi-colored ball as opposed to a larger ball to
>> make rallies last longer? Would rallies be longer given that spin (or lack
>> of spin) would be much easier to see, especially during serves? Would the
>> ball be easier to see on TV? Everything else would remain the same, no
>> change in strokes etc.
>
>What do I think? 
>
>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
>
>Let us also use multicolored tables and rackets and the floor. So that
>the players become dizzy even before they enter the court. I think such
>balls will be harder to see. You will recognize dead balls easily but
>other than that I do not think it will help any in reading the amount of
>spin anywhere near the higher levels of TT. I must confess though, that
>I haven't experimented with this (and I am not going to!).
>
>Misha.


You can buy fun-balls like the one below carrying soccer ball
black markings on a yellow ball.

Watching them spinning and rotating over the net can drive you crazy
and destroy your concentration...



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Bye,

The ball is green in tennis, and white in table tennis. If we change these
then we must consider changing the football to orange.


Travis VanBrunt, Sociology Major. i like wrestling, weight lifting, and my
fraternity..... Phi Sigma Phi

I think that to change a color of the ball would be like changing the
color of a football. In tennis the ball is green, and in table tennis the
ball is white..... lets keep them that way

Travis VanBrunt, Sociology Major. i like wrestling, weight lifting, and my
fraternity..... Phi Sigma Phi

Travis A VanBrunt (s00...@discover.wright.edu) wrote:

> I think that to change a color of the ball would be like changing 
> the color of a football. In tennis the ball is green, and in table 
> tennis the ball is white..... lets keep them that way 

Actually I think you are not quite up with the play.

The orange TT ball and the blue table surface were introduced some 
time ago for the purposes of television.  

Many players now prefer to play with the orange table tennis ball
rather than a white ball...and there are yellow balls in use too.

I always have an orange ball in my sports bag and swap it over if a
white ball has been provided. I find the orange ball much easier to
see than either white or yellow.



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Bye,