[adham]

But, you are right that the friction rule has caused a lot of problems to the players at the lower levels in clubs and leagues, while it had no effect on the top players. I am very sorry about this. But I firmly believe that players should rely on their own skills and hone those skills to be better players and use equipment only as a question of comfort and as a matter of fitting their style of play, rather than using equipment (and altering it) to gain advantage. This is my personal belief. I also believe that defensive players should be able to make a comeback now that we no longer have VOC glues and if we control the use of boosters better in the future. The door has opened for defensive players to come up with their skills, with some help from equipment, but not to rely entirely on equipment. As for the detection of cheaters at the club level, cheaters will always be cheaters; I dream of a day that all TT players can respect the rules based on the honour system.