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From: cfbd@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Multi-colored Ball
Date: 1997/05/30
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[ Article reposted from rec.sport.table-tennis ]
[ Author was Colin Douthwaite ]
[ Posted on 30 May 1997 10:12:28 GMT ]

Misha Sushchik (mick@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...



                  - ~HH~ -
                ~ HH    HH ~
               ~     HH     ~
               ~ HH      HH ~
                ~ _  HH  _ ~
                    ~  ~

 ===================================================================
/~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\   /~~~\
\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/~~~\___/
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \
\___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/
/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \___/   \
\___/___\___/___\___/___\___/___\___/___\___/___\___/___\___-cfbd-__/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bye,