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Zitat von Cheftrainer
Yes and Yes! I still play 2-3 times a week. Iam still a trainer (coach) and in my case I lead some international training camps in europe with players of almost all skill levels. In the past I trained some players that played in international championships. One of my former players has won some medals at european youth championships some years ago. But why should we talk about me?
Has my oppionion another value if I can prove a TT specific background???
I only wanted to state that some changes missed their goal. And I want to discuss about the recent changes of the ITTF. Maybe we could achieve that the ITTF discuss some topics with tha base in front of such major changes not afterwards like now...
I believe, that all the current problems with the tuners and boosters are selfmade. The AGM has made a decision without thinking of the consequences. We never had something like a real doping problem in our sport. Now we have something similar. I do not agree that we should live with that till you have some new test possibilities with something like Enez 2.0.
That was the real major mistake the ITTF made in the last years. I never have seen such an incompetent action like banning all boosters and tuners without a real possibility to test this.
I know that your intention was to stop the development of the last decade leading to more and more speed in this sport. But it would have been much better if the AGM had waited till it is possible to test this.
I think that more and more players starting to cheat because of this situation. Iam not saying that cheating is acceptable. But it is a situation that has disadvantages for our sport.
To many players (and here Iam talking from profis, from the top players) are still using tuners because it is an advantage and no one can really detect the use. In the last years, table tennis was known in public as a very fair sport. But we might loose this property in future.
I know that you always had good intensions. But the problem is that it seems to be that the AGM never thinks of how something should be done. They only know what they want to change, but no one seems to think about practical consequences of the decisions they make...
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First, I am very happy that you are still playing, that's great, and that you are also coaching and introducing players to our sport. If everyone did what you are doing then for sure the number of players would increase and not decrease. Of course everyone's opinion is important, but I also like those that bring new people to our sport, this is the basic way to make it grow.
Regarding Boosters and Tuners, I respect your opinion, but you are not well informed. These substances were NEVER legal. Not before, not now, never! If you read carefully the composition of the Racket (Rule 2.4) you will find that no other substance except what is listed is allowed. This is the first point.
The second point is that you do not declare something illegal only if you can detect it and police it. Many drugs and many drug masking agents are also not legal, but the IOC only discover how to detect them sometimes years after they have been used. This is why the IOC keeps all doping test samples for year and retests when new methods are found. Case in point: Marion Jones.
The third point is that in 1995 three or four toxic solvents were banned from glues. How do YOU know if players used these banned solvents or not. There was no racket testing except at top International events. it's exactly the same thing.
Please do not underestimate a group of 60 people from all over the World that compose the Board of Directors of the ITTF, or the 200 plus members of the ITTF at the AGM.
"Do not consider intelligent only those that agree with you"
Do you allow drugs to be used in your home by your children? Even if you do not have a drug testing machine to detect them?