[madmatt]

Zitat von herman

und ich meine mal gelesen haben, dass in den 60er jahren ein japaner mit nur-schwamm gespielt hat, der ca. einen zenitmeter dick war.
habe ich aus "wie wird man no.1 im tt" .

nicht ganz richitg - das war schon 1952, Satoh in Bombay. Dazu auch aus dem ITTF-Museum:

"After the thick sponge bat was introduced in the early 1950s (see previous section), much controversy occurred, some nations even banning the sponge bat. But ITTF Founder President Ivor Montagu staunchly defended such technology, and in 1959 the ITTF formulated a set of racket standardization requirements, banning the thick sponge but allowing a sandwich bat with a layer of sponge and top layer of rubber, pips in or pips out. Since that time technology has dominated the modern era, and thousands of varieties of the sponge bat and specialized rubber surfaces have been developed, with differences in speed, spin and control."

gruss
madmatt