I first saw this over a year ago,,tried to bring it here to the US for the furniture industry. I'm not sure how it would play,,but my guess would be,,the table would play much faster and the balls would slide around as well when struck,, an adjustment would be called for,,to say the least. This coating reduces friction as well as making the cloth impenetrable to liquids.. The coating last for about 6 months under the right conditions,,shorter time frame in bad ones,,and is expensive as for now..the price on this product and others like it will drop as time goes by,,,,and hopefully the life cycle will improve also,,my 2 cents issued