EPTIt's technical in that it takes lots of practice to gain consistency and proficiency. Being able to adjust your swing to the amount of spin your opponent gives you whether it be top spin, backspin or side spin (or any combination of the last one with respect to the first two). But there is a lot of thought that is involved within being able to win each point, how to serve, and beating different opponents.
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
It's technical in that it takes lots of practice to gain consistency and proficiency. Being able to adjust your swing to the amount of spin your opponent gives you whether it be top spin, backspin or side spin (or any combination of the last one with respect to the first two). But there is a lot of thought that is involved within being able to win each point, how to serve, and beating different opponents. | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On January 11 2010 12:32 StarN wrote: It's technical in that it takes lots of practice to gain consistency and proficiency. Being able to adjust your swing to the amount of spin your opponent gives you whether it be top spin, backspin or side spin (or any combination of the last one with respect to the first two). But there is a lot of thought that is involved within being able to win each point, how to serve, and beating different opponents. That's correct. Typically, table tennis does not require a lot of stamina (which is a lot different from, say, tennis); speed and accuracy constitute a good player. | ||
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Folca
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Good read. | ||
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seRapH
United States9808 Posts
i understand what table tennis is. i'm asian. i used to play it on a daily basis. | ||
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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11566 Posts
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omahahowitzer
United States98 Posts
On January 11 2010 12:32 StarN wrote: It's technical in that it takes lots of practice to gain consistency and proficiency. Being able to adjust your swing to the amount of spin your opponent gives you whether it be top spin, backspin or side spin (or any combination of the last one with respect to the first two). But there is a lot of thought that is involved within being able to win each point, how to serve, and beating different opponents. The point was that people think it's a joke but it isn't really and requires a lot of skill and emotional strength =X | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
On January 11 2010 12:36 majesty.k)seRapH wrote: i understand what table tennis is. i'm asian. i used to play it on a daily basis. I like how you felt the need to add in the bit about you being Asian, as if that supported your...knowledge of table tennis...? Damn whities don't know what ping pong is! | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
thats what i heard at least don't take my word for it. would be interested to know if this is true. | ||
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seRapH
United States9808 Posts
On January 11 2010 13:30 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I like how you felt the need to add in the bit about you being Asian, as if that supported your...knowledge of table tennis...? Damn whities don't know what ping pong is! well, i figured that it was a general stereotype  cuz its pretty much true. at least where i live. that all asians played table tennis. sorry, i guess that was unnecessary =\ | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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onihunter
United States515 Posts
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omahahowitzer
United States98 Posts
On January 11 2010 13:36 alffla wrote: yea lol didn't the table tennis federation or whatever change the rules so the balls would be bigger so they would move slower because they were trying to make it easier for non-china teams to win lol .and also reduced the amount of points needed to win so players could play riskier shots to get points?o _O thats what i heard at least don't take my word for it. would be interested to know if this is true. Might have been a part of it, but I was told the main factor in shortening games and slowing down the ball was to make it a better spectator sport. | ||
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
On January 11 2010 14:59 omahahowitzer wrote: Might have been a part of it, but I was told the main factor in shortening games and slowing down the ball was to make it a better spectator sport. that's what they want u to think!!! @___@ lol | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
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The Storyteller
Singapore2486 Posts
On January 11 2010 10:37 omahahowitzer wrote: Wrote this for my school's Honor Society and they're a bunch of playahaters. Table tennis is a joke. That is, it’s certainly the butt of many jokes. See the summer blockbuster “Balls of Fury.” The way it’s depicted in this dazzling docudrama of realism, you would think it required a complex blend of mixed martial arts and ballet…if you were extremely gullible. Suffice to say that in pop culture, table tennis is something of a punchline. To others, table tennis is simply not a sport. It’s not something that requires genuine dexterity or strength. After all, the players are just standing at a table bouncing a ball across a miniature net. If Forrest Gump can do it, anybody can. This is fine. You are making the point that other people think this. You are setting up to make the point that table tennis is actually good. On January 11 2010 10:37 omahahowitzer wrote: But you need only look at my incredibly huge, ripped, and sexy right arm to know that that’s not all there is to it. Table tennis has gifted me with muscle mass that I may have never attained otherwise; who knows, I may have remained a skinny little Asian boy forever. But now, I’m a somebody. Guys want to be me. Girls want to be with me. This doesn't work. This is where you want to transition into the good side of table tennis. However, by using hyperbole (exaggerating) you come across as sarcastic, which gives the opposite impression - you are trying to put table tennis down. On January 11 2010 10:37 omahahowitzer wrote: A hotel room. Bass that can render you sterile. Tight black leather pants. A full can of Axe body spray. These were the ingredients I chose to create one of my famous parties. But then I accidentally added some extra components to the debauchery! Discipline. Grit. Focus. Stamina—both physical and emotional. Then the party became a table tennis player. And it made grown men lose bowel control. I don't get this bit. On January 11 2010 10:37 omahahowitzer wrote: All the aforementioned traits, party items aside, are essential if you want to win a match, or at least lose without crying like a pansy. Most importantly, however, to improve as a player, I needed to learn a lesson my coach has always tried to impart to his students: to play free, to perform without inhibition or fear of losing. Both these things are crippling to the player locked in intense ping-pong combat. And so I had to muster up my self-confidence and separate my self-esteem from my victories; I don’t need to win to feel that I’m worthwhile. I play not for the sake of standing on a podium but for the pleasure of honing and enjoying my skills earned over years of drills and tournaments. And for the pride I take in knowing I could break a jaw or kill a squirrel with my forehand loop. I play just because that’s how I roll. No matter what the outcomes of my matches are, I’m still going to play like a gangsta, and look good doing it. That’s what I’ve learned. The message here seems to be "what table tennis has taught me". However, to do that, you need to tie it to something serious, an incident where you used what you learned in table tennis to turn a situation around. Tying it to a hypothetical party is not the way to go. Also, since this is about table tennis and not sports in general, you should try to write about something that table tennis teaches that other sports don't. | ||
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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
..........loool | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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ThunderGod
New Zealand897 Posts
Usually incompatible with NHS. Good try though. | ||
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