How to deal with faulty services

Lorenzo Coopman Asked 10 years ago

Hi Alois, Jeff,

I spend a serious amount of time learning some variety of tt services. But I noticed when I play older higher level players, they don't (always) obey the service rules. Some examples:

• They block the view with their toss hand.
• The toss is non-existent.
• Hiding the ball or throwing it backwards

It's very frustrating and not always easy to say something about it, because the referee, is a) you or him b) a clubmate or an other player. Do you have some tips that will not get me ostracized out of this small community of players?

Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago

Hi Lorenzo,

This is always a problem in Table Tennis because as you say, a lot of the time you are umpiring for friends.

How would others deal with this?