The ITTF has revised its rules in the past, why has the ITTF repeatedly revised the rules?

The main reason is that China has reached a top in the cause of table tennis, and can only limit development by modifying the rules, so that other countries can have the possibility of development.

It is because China's table tennis level is too powerful, so the International Table Tennis Federation will repeatedly revise the rules in order to cope with the changes in China's table tennis.

Because many table tennis champions now belong to our country, they also want to change some of our monopoly practices by changing the system.

1. At the beginning of the serve, the ball is naturally placed on the palm of the hand that is not holding the clap, and the palm of the hand is open and remains stationary.

2. When serving, the server must throw the ball almost vertically upwards with his hands, and must not make the ball spin and turn, and make the ball rise not less than 16 cm after leaving the palm of the non-clapping hand, and the ball must not touch any object before it is struck.

3. When the ball falls from the highest point of the throw, the server can hit the ball, so that the ball first touches the training area of the side, then crosses or bypasses the net device, and then touches the receiving player's area. In doubles, the ball should only touch the right half of the serving player and then the receiving player.

4. From the moment the ball is served until the ball is struck, the ball must always be above the table and outside the end line of the server, and must not be blocked by any part of the body or clothing of the server or his doubles partner.

5. When the player serves, the moment the ball and the racket come into contact, there can be no obstruction within the virtual triangle formed by the ball and the net post line and above a certain height, and one of the referees must be able to see the player's hitting point.

According to the World Table Tennis (WTT), the ITTF Executive Committee has approved the new recommendations developed by the World Ranking Working Group. In order to reduce the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the event, the "Initial Points" released in 2020 may be removed.

For the most part, a player's world ranking will be made up of the sum of the eight tournament points earned in the last 12 months. This type of optimization algorithm, based on objective test results, is widely used to identify the selected players and seeded teams for the ITTF and WTT series events.

In 2020, the ITTF implemented a transition period to integrate the world rankings into the new WTT tournament structure. As a result, the "Initial Points" were introduced, which is the sum of the maximum points in the eight tournaments, which basically increases the fixed number of points, and the initial value is 80% of the player's total points as of December 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the difficulties of the tournament organization, the "initial points" were performed for a long time and decreased at a relatively slow rate.

As of January 2022, this share has dropped to 20%.

The 2021 and 2022 tournaments offer plenty of opportunities for players to earn ranking points. Revoking the "Initial Points" allows players who have played well in recent events to move up the rankings and move on to other events at a higher level.

Taking into account the difficulty of transportation and the limited number of top competitions, the ITTF has decided to increase the validity period of points for the 2021 intradermal tumor event, which will initially expire in the first week of 2023. The World Ranking Working Group will establish a deadline by 1 January 2023 in accordance with the decision.

In addition, the ITTF limits the total number of junior events that can be counted in the senior rankings. Overall, junior players have played more tournaments now and last year than adult players, so there are only four junior tournaments that can be counted in the senior rankings. The World Ranking Working Group will review the matter on or before 1 January 2023.

WTT indicates that these shifts will gradually take effect from the ITTF World Rankings in the 18th week of 2022.

Delete the "Initial Credit". The ITTF approved the revision of the world ranking rules, completely removing the "initial points". The World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) reported on the 30th that the ITTF Executive Committee approved the latest proposal formulated by the World Ranking Working Group.

In order to reduce the impact of the coronavirus on events, the "Initial Points" introduced in 2020 will be removed.

The specific rules are to cancel the initial points, minors can also enter the ranking list, add points for outstanding performance in two-person battles, add ten points for winning the championship, and add one point for not violating the rules.

At the moment Malone is number one. And it can be tied when ranking. A lot of new places have been added. It is no longer arranged by 123, but by gold, silver and bronze medals.

The ITTF has announced changes to the world ranking rules, which will remove the "initial points" introduced in 2020. The latest edition of the World Rankings, published on 3 May 2022, will show the changes to the rankings after the revised rules.

In 2020, the ITTF implemented transitional measures and decided to introduce "initial points". Due to the pandemic, the organization of the event has become difficult, and the "initial points" have been implemented for a long time.

Initial Points" will be removed and the validity of 2021 High Level Points will be extended. After the revision of the world ranking rules, it is expected to have an impact on the ranking of many veterans, including Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen of national table tennis.

Previously, the ITTF had carried out several reforms, even if it was affected for a time, but the national table tennis still continues to dominate the table tennis world, and I believe this time is no exception.

For the national table tennis with obvious overall advantages, under any new regulations, the world rankings of the active main players such as Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha have always been among the best.

The ITTF approved the revision of the world ranking rules as follows:

Completely delete the initial points, clear the most points, or the points leader Fan Zhendong continues to work hard, the World Table Tennis Professional League WTT 30th news, the ITTF Executive Committee approved the latest proposal formulated by the World Ranking Working Group, in order to reduce the impact of the new crown epidemic on the event, the initial points launched in 2020 will be deleted.

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The player's world ranking, which will be made up of the sum of the eight highest points achieved in the past 12 months, is an objective performance-based algorithm that is widely used to determine the finalists and seeded players for the ITTF and WTT series after changing the ranking rules.

Although the world's No. 1 men's singles and the world's No. 1 women's singles are still Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng, Xu Xin will fall to No. 81, Liu Shiwen's world ranking is about to fall to No. 85, and there is a significant gap with the previous ranking.

She is ranked only 287th in the world. The 021 and 2022 tournaments offer players ample opportunity to earn ranking points, and the removal of initial points allows players who have performed well in recent competitions to move up the rankings and move on to higher divisions, given the difficulty of travelling to competitions and the limited number of top-level competitions.

The ITTF has decided to extend the validity of points for the 2021 high-level tournaments, which will expire as early as the first week of 2023. The World Ranking Working Group will adopt a resolution to determine the deadline by 1 January 2023 In addition, the ITTF limits the number of junior events that can be counted towards the senior rankings.

Overall, there are only a maximum of four junior tournaments that will count towards the senior rankings, which will be reviewed by the World Ranking Working Group on or before 1 January 2023, with WTT saying the changes will take effect from week 18 of 2022 in the ITTF World Rankings, as the WTT said.