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Guy
03-08-2008, 10:21 AM
I saw this on another forum and thought some of you might be interested.

The members name is pingpongpaddy
the person wrote

"I have just been talking to someone allegedly in the know, and behind the scenes, next thing The ITTF are studying is the Net height being raised to SEVEN INCHES http://www.tabletennis.gr/forum/smileys/smiley3.gif "
Annie
03-08-2008, 12:13 PM
OMG! :Ahhh:

Glue or no glue it's gonna take skill to adjust your serve for an extra inch! :fcb:
JKC
03-08-2008, 04:24 PM
Why stop there? I think a 12 inch net would be the best thing for my looping game. Bring it on.
DaveR
03-08-2008, 04:28 PM
Hey deffenders may think its christmas, although JKC has the highest loop in the UK it seems lol
The Windmill
03-08-2008, 08:48 PM
cannot see it happening.....net height has been 6 inches since the beginning of time
Mr Wilko
03-08-2008, 09:46 PM
I saw this on another forum and thought some of you might be interested.

The members name is pingpongpaddy
the person wrote

"I have just been talking to someone allegedly in the know, and behind the scenes, next thing The ITTF are studying is the Net height being raised to SEVEN INCHES http://www.tabletennis.gr/forum/smileys/smiley3.gif "


this idea has been doing the rounds for years and always seems to get pushed to the kerb and another one is brought out (i,e bigger balls 7 ban of glue) when they banned glue the first time this was in the pipe line but nothing came of it!!!!


Eddy Smith will be panicking as he wont get as many nets as he does now at the vital stage

http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif
Spongebob!
03-08-2008, 09:58 PM
Eddy Smith will be panicking as he wont get as many nets as he does now at the vital stage

http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif http://tabletennistalk.co.uk/forum/images/icons/woho.gif

Quality....Wilko....upstairs for thinking, downstairs for dancing...!!! :happy:

Don't worry he'll still fluke some luck another way - off the edge of his bat or something!!! :thumbsup:
Roger
03-09-2008, 09:52 AM
cannot see it happening.....net height has been 6 inches since the beginning of time
Not its not been there since the beginning of time. I don't know exactly but the height of the net some decades ago has actually come down...

What's the height at the moment?
Annie
03-09-2008, 10:19 AM
The height currently is 15.25cm (6 inches) but over the years it has been as high as 30cm :Ahhh:

Personally I think a lower net makes for a more skillfull, exciting game. I mean 'How low can you go' :woho:
FantasyCheeseBasin
03-10-2008, 01:43 AM
no net is best, i could lash waldner with no net:thtease:hoorah :thtease:
SteveJ
03-10-2008, 03:57 PM
I think the net height should have been raised instead of the ball size, this would have saved problems in my opinion.
Mr Wilko
03-12-2008, 08:56 PM
no net is best, i could lash waldner with no net:thtease:hoorah :thtease:


NAR I THINK HE WOULD STILL BEAT YA!!!!!!!!!

:thtease::thtease::thtease::thtease:
Spongebob!
03-12-2008, 09:23 PM
NAR I THINK HE WOULD STILL BEAT YA!!!!!!!!!

:thtease::thtease::thtease::thtease:

Go Wilko :woho: Go Wilko :woho:!!!

Spongey!
DaveR
03-13-2008, 09:43 AM
Net size is deffinitely worth raising, it would make it more fun prices of nets would be rediculous because the extra height couldnt be taken up in the standard net so probably a none runner.
Jose
03-13-2008, 11:54 AM
Alan says... the net was originally 6.3/4" but was reduced to 6" to reduce the number of matches that were dominated by the long pushing rallies. The idea of raising the net again is not new. It has been discussed for a number of years. It is the ITTF who would need to take the initiative and they would need to carry out a series of experimental tournaments with the net at, say, 7" or even 8". The likely outcome would be that the defenders would have more chance and that the rallies would be longer. It could even bring back the defensive game at the international level, but until experiments have taken place, it will be difficult to predict the outcome and the height which would produce the most attractive matches.
Spinmaster
03-13-2008, 12:25 PM
Alan says... the net was originally 6.3/4" but was reduced to 6" to reduce the number of matches that were dominated by the long pushing rallies. The idea of raising the net again is not new. It has been discussed for a number of years. It is the ITTF who would need to take the initiative and they would need to carry out a series of experimental tournaments with the net at, say, 7" or even 8". The likely outcome would be that the defenders would have more chance and that the rallies would be longer. It could even bring back the defensive game at the international level, but until experiments have taken place, it will be difficult to predict the outcome and the height which would produce the most attractive matches.

So really we are saying there is a big argument for the raising of the net in Table Tennis, especially if the rallies were to lengthen and points became more interesting with specatators being more involved. This is probably a better idea than the ball size given what Jose is saying.

The defender v attacker was and is still one of the best matches to watch or does anyone disagree?