Why does ITTF always make "articles" on the racket?

1983, ITTF stipulates that in the official competition, the covers on both sides of the table tennis bat used by athletes must be obviously different in color. And new rules have been adopted, such as not stamping your feet when serving. Some people say that these regulations are essentially aimed at China players. Then the fans will definitely ask, why should ITTF haggle over every ounce on the racket?

Racket plays a special role in the application and level play of table tennis technology. The changes and characteristics of balls played by rackets with different performances are different, which is often a powerful weapon for table tennis players to give full play to their advantages and defeat the enemy. In the early 1950s, at the 19 World Table Tennis Championships, Japanese players invented a sponge rubber racket, which was fast and silent, making those players who still held the rubber racket very uncomfortable. As a result, Sato took the lead all the way, defeating many world famous players and winning the men's singles championship. At that time, people talked about this new racket, and their opinions were tit for tat. It was not until 1959 that ITTF approved this new racket. This is the first big debate about table tennis bat.

1975, in the 33rd World Table Tennis Championships, China's Lu used two kinds of rackets with different performances, used somersault to serve a long ball (that is, holding the racket in his hand for several turns, so that the opponent could not see what performance he was using to cover the serve) and chopped the ball, and defeated the world-famous Yugoslav player Sulbek, causing great repercussions in the world table tennis world again, thus calling for restrictions on this kind of racket. Since then, in the 36th and 37th World Table Tennis Championships, China's Cai Zhenhua creatively used a racket with anti-glue and anti-loop ball, which made a great contribution for China to win the men's team championship in succession.

At this point, some European coaches and players believe that China players should be banned from winning by "magic" instead of technology. It was not until 1983 that ITTF adopted a new decision on the racket: if the player hits the ball with both sides of the racket, it must be clearly distinguished in color. In this regard, some military authorities believe that whether this decision will promote the development of table tennis technology to a more sophisticated and complex direction, or simplify table tennis technology, it remains to be further practiced before a conclusion can be drawn.