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I too have serious doubts that these changes will end up improving the sport.
In response to ml's post though, I just wanted to clarify: I believe the proposed new ITTF service-rule is something like 'only serves in front of the body allowed' rather than strictly 'only backhand serves allowed', right?
I believe this service rule was tried at the ITTF Barcelona Tour Stop - it resulted in almost all players serving with the backhand only because the referees were very strict with their interpretation and almost all forehand serves were seen as violating the no-hiding rule.
Questions: how did top players assess the Barcelona stop? If any of you watched it, what are your thoughts?
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