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Thank you for this detailed account. I know you are frustrated. Any change to something we like or are used to is very frustrating. I completely understand. My personal philosophy is to let everyone play as they like and as they enjoy and to have minimum restrictions and minimum rules. But this is just me. I do not run the ITTF alone. In fact all such decisions relating to the Laws of Table Tennis are made by the Annual General Meeting of the ITTF by the members of the ITTF. The members are the national associations (205 members) including the DTTB, and each member has one vote. So, in fact, the decision to establish a minimum friction level for pimpled rubbers was not just a DTTB decision, but the large majority (more than 90%) of ITTF members also voted that way.
Unfortunately, as you said yourself, you find yourself in the "minority" in this case. I also many times find myself in a "minority" and it feels very bad. But this is the base of democracy, the majority rules ! So, when we are in a minority we have 2 choices: a) to accept and adapt, or b) to convince the majority and to increase your group to follow your ideas until it becomes a majority.
I can see that making proposals to the DTTB may not work if you really are a small minority. However, if you have large support for your cause in your country, then DTTB will for sure listen.
You mention what you think is the real reason for making the minimum friction rule. You are probably right, but it is not the ONLY reasons. Also the ITTF wishes to have some limitations and regulations to guide the manufacturers and to detect post-factory treatment of rubbers which is illegal by ITTF rules. So, a minimum friction rule was established. Personally, it does not matter to me. Play with your frying pan if that makes you feel happy, this is how I think. But the "majority" wants a limit for friction for many reasons including the ones you mentioned.
Now, what to do? Keep complaining and feeling frustrated? I suggest not. Instead, as you said it took you one year to reach a good level with low-friction rubber, then my advice, is PLEASE take another year and make it a challenge and have fun adapting to a new type of rubber. I am very sorry if you feel I am being insensitive, but honestly this is the best advice I can give. But PLEASE, yes I repeat PLEASE, keep playing table tennis. This is a great sport and one of the few sports that you can play in so many ways. You enjoyed a few years already playing in one way, now make it a "fun" and "serious" challenge to play in another way. It's a sport, it's fun, it's healthy, and please keep on playing and convince your friends to accept the rules and keep on playing also.
Adham
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