Good job. For those of us who have experience in manufacturing, it is no surprise when the manufacturing process doesn't deliver on the original specifications. And from the manufacturers and retailers point of view, they want to sell what's in the pipeline, without having to discount poly balls made obsolete. Of course the pros won't have any problem with the situation. they're not buying their equipment.
Interesting video. Thanks for all of the hard work put in and your careful consideration of the issues surrounding the introduction of the plastic balls. As you point out, there are lots of confusing issues here. Perhaps you have increased some of that confusion by including criticism of both the ITTF and Joola in the one commentary. I understand that your final concern is for the end user. Consequently I think that the only question that is of interest is, "Are Joola balls up to scratch?" Regardless of the to-ing and fro-ing of the ITTF, I just want to know where to spend my cash.
`A lot of hard work. I look forward to the test results. I'd also be interested to know if certain blade / rubber combinations helped the plastic ball play more conventionally.
Thanks for the videos. Very interesting. Recently at the USA Nationals a plastic ball - Nittaku 40+ balls were used. Link below. www.paddlepalace.com/Nittaku-3-Star-PREMIUM-40-Balls/productinfo/BNAPR/ With these balls I noticed right away that my spinny inverted rubber did not react nearly as much as a celluloid ball. As I was warming up a friend who has very spinny serves, I was able to return the ball considerably easier. I found that odd. Perhaps the size. Before each serve I spin the ball up with my forehand and then once in the air at an angle. Odd thing happened - the plastic ball wouldn't go straight up without a major change in my bat angle when the spin was applied. I don't think the size of the ball would create such a difference in my pre-serve juggling. This was my first ever experience with a plastic ball. It sure seemed to make serving and the spin applied to the ball not react to my paddle as much. My main adjustment was to make sure the angle of the paddle was less (more vertical) on backspin and topspin.
Good job. For those of us who have experience in manufacturing, it is no surprise when the manufacturing process doesn't deliver on the original specifications. And from the manufacturers and retailers point of view, they want to sell what's in the pipeline, without having to discount poly balls made obsolete. Of course the pros won't have any problem with the situation. they're not buying their equipment.
Interesting video. Thanks for all of the hard work put in and your careful consideration of the issues surrounding the introduction of the plastic balls.
As you point out, there are lots of confusing issues here. Perhaps you have increased some of that confusion by including criticism of both the ITTF and Joola in the one commentary. I understand that your final concern is for the end user. Consequently I think that the only question that is of interest is, "Are Joola balls up to scratch?" Regardless of the to-ing and fro-ing of the ITTF, I just want to know where to spend my cash.
`A lot of hard work. I look forward to the test results. I'd also be interested to know if certain blade / rubber combinations helped the plastic ball play more conventionally.
Thanks for the videos. Very interesting.
Recently at the USA Nationals a plastic ball - Nittaku 40+ balls were used. Link below.
www.paddlepalace.com/Nittaku-3-Star-PREMIUM-40-Balls/productinfo/BNAPR/
With these balls I noticed right away that my spinny inverted rubber did not react nearly as much as a celluloid ball. As I was warming up a friend who has very spinny serves, I was able to return the ball considerably easier. I found that odd. Perhaps the size. Before each serve I spin the ball up with my forehand and then once in the air at an angle. Odd thing happened - the plastic ball wouldn't go straight up without a major change in my bat angle when the spin was applied. I don't think the size of the ball would create such a difference in my pre-serve juggling.
This was my first ever experience with a plastic ball. It sure seemed to make serving and the spin applied to the ball not react to my paddle as much. My main adjustment was to make sure the angle of the paddle was less (more vertical) on backspin and topspin.