Back in 2022, Japan, like the rest of the world, was just coming out of the worst of the pandemic. During that time, Nittaku developed a ping pong ball they called “Premium Clean”. Identical to their other 3-star balls, it has:
Nittaku’s antiviral and antibacterial coating, single nano composite particle coating
“Medical Nano Coat”
This antiviral and antibacterial coating uses a unique technology to uniformly coat various functional inorganic materials with particle sizes of less than 10 nanometers, keeping surfaces clean.
Thanks to Derc for making me aware of this product. Never available widely in the US at regulation size, it has now been discontinued completely. Seems like a good idea, whether or not it can be proven safer…
There’s a new website that’s building what it calls a “Serve Explorer” to describe and explain all table tennis serves. Fun idea with links to demo videos. I can see this as useful for both expanding your serves as well as identifying your opponent’s serves.
As mentioned previously, Marty Supreme is a bio-pic about Marty Mauser pursuing his dream of becoming a champion table-tennis player. Opens next week in Capitola, Del Mar Theatre, and Santa Cruz Cinema.
Sometimes news comes to me late… Just learned that club member Herbert Rossman died on June 5, 2023 at the age of 95. Herb was both the oldest table tennis player at the SCTTC, and the oldest person I had ever played. He was one of the first people I played with when I discovered the club. He played until he was 85. Great guy who had one of those defensive table tennis styles with the simple goal of just getting the ball back on the table. Sad to just discover this news, but it sounds like had a great life.
Back in 2022, Japan, like the rest of the world, was just coming out of the worst of the pandemic. During that time, Nittaku developed a ping pong ball they called “Premium Clean”. Identical to their other 3-star balls, it has: