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Thank you for your input and your opinions and suggestions. Why not make this proposal to your land association and to your national association?
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I have done this already because I know that it was first of all my association (or better members of it), that has brougt in the opinion that rules should be changed in a way that SLPs should be removed from the list.
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There is one point that I find very contradictory. On the one had you say that the SLP (as you call it) can help an older player challenge a younger player, then on the other hand you say that it is no longer effective because after a few years of using the opponents know how to play against it? This seems like a counter-arguement that is contradictory. If it is so easy to play agaianst the SLP rubbers now as many have said, then what is the problem? It would mean that the users of SLP are at a disadvantage, so perhaps they should use something else, no?
However, I respect your opinion and se a lot of merit in your suggestions. Now you need a majority of national associations to think like you.
Adham
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The deciding point is, that people used the SLPs for several years now and created a special technique suited for it. Although the effect of SLPs to the opponent gets smaller its still a felt advantage for the users because they don't have to change their playing style.
Having to use other rubbers for some users comes like starting from scratch, like having to learn tabletennis new from the beginning. It's a slight exaggeration, I admit, but it describes the feeling of many people. New angles for the racket, much more aggressive play on the backhand needed, no regularity between block and push...
The fact, that the opponents got used to play against the SLPs better and better doesn't harm nearly anyone I think.
For most people it's the finest playing a match as good as they can, with rallies as good as possible. If the opponent understands the mechanism how the SLPs work, the match itself is getting better what satisfies nearly everyone.
If the users of SLPs have to use different types of rubbers, their level and so the level of the matches will fall of in quality. The fun will be much smaller, ambition getting less, the same for the frequence of training. In the end of this development, a nameable number of people will quit.
So the SLPs are not a disadvantage but helped creating a special playing style with players getting used to it. The feeling is that they really have lost several years of exercise, now that these sort of rubbers are set out of the rules.
People used (and still use) Antitop Rubbers instead of this type loosing its greatest advantages when the two colour rule came into effect.
People aren't primarily playing to win, they are playing because they found something that suitetd their abilities and preferences perfectly. So many players still use Antitoprubbers and so would a nameable number of players do if SLPs still were allowed.
Best regards.
Tom