Par Gerell shows of his serves against Liu Guoliang in Rio!

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New footage has just come in from the Rio Olympic training hall via Instagram user @pingislandslagen! Par Gerell shows of his serves against China's head coach Liu Guoliang!

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Thanks ttdaily. Some people have asked me how many serves Liu returned. i think he took one or two of my six serves ;) but i had some problems with his aswell :D

Why would you do this? Doesn't this give an extra insight of your serves to Liu Guoliang and China team?
 
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Why would you do this? Doesn't this give an extra insight of your serves to Liu Guoliang and China team?

Just because someone tells you the next serve will be a side-backspin variation it doesn't mean that you'll be able to return it, especially in a competitive environment where even professionals tense up.
You have a point though nonetheless, however the same thought could be applied to pretty much any public footage. Why does the CNT let anyone film them in their training hall? Revealing their preparation for the olympics could give others extra insight as well. You don't have to and shouldn't tell your opponents your strategy, but being open about the competition is healthy in my opinion
 

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This is really cool footage! The angle of this video really shows how much spin and deception Par gets on his serves! I hope more videos pop up like this! It's nice to see countries and nations mix with one another to considering how important and how much meaning the Olympics has on each player.
 
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