Celebrities playing Table Tennis!

[Suga D]

Oh right. The others aren't real, only 'cause you don't know 'em? You're pretty cool, mate.
Not sure what you're tryin' to prove, is this here better now, Bobpuls?






The Real Ronaldo

The other Ronaldo

 

[DoctorPaco]

Oh right. The others aren't real, only 'cause you don't know 'em? You're pretty cool, mate.
Not sure what you're tryin' to prove, is this here better now, Bobpuls?

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Brave move there stating which Ronaldo is "real". I'm a United fan so you may wanna watch your step when talking about Ronny haha

Pretty cool how Brazilian Ronaldo plays c-pen

 

[bobpuls]

yes this ones are much better and real ;-)

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

For two years I tried to get SPiN NY to use their media connections to make a deal/bet with the front office of the New York Yankee and/or New York Mets baseball teams. The bet/deal was that, they could take a player or players who were struggling with their batting average and in the offseason and have him do table tennis lessons 3x a week for the offseason and that IT WOULD IMPROVE their batting average and lower their strikeout level.

I told them the wager could be something like a party for the baseball team if SPiN lost the wager and a generous gratuity for the TT coaches if it worked.

To me it sounded like a win/win scenario for SPiN, the baseball team and the TT coach. But, for some reason, SPiN did not seem remotely interested in the kind of publicity something like that could have created.

But I bet it would work and I bet the media would be all over something like that.


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[Suga D]

Brave move there stating which Ronaldo is "real". I'm a United fan so you may wanna watch your step when talking about Ronny haha

Pretty cool how Brazilian Ronaldo plays c-pen

Ooops, caught me.

Is that Deborah Vivarelli over there? Godda go....

yes this ones are much better and real ;-)

Glad you like them, too.

For two years I tried to get SPiN NY to use their media connections to make a deal/bet with the front office of the New York Yankee and/or New York Mets baseball teams. The bet/deal was that, they could take a player or players who were struggling with their batting average and in the offseason and have him do table tennis lessons 3x a week for the offseason and that IT WOULD IMPROVE their batting average and lower their strikeout level.

I told them the wager could be something like a party for the baseball team if SPiN lost the wager and a generous gratuity for the TT coaches if it worked.

To me it sounded like a win/win scenario for SPiN, the baseball team and the TT coach. But, for some reason, SPiN did not seem remotely interested in the kind of publicity something like that could have created.

But I bet it would work and I bet the media would be all over something like that.


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That really sounds like a winner, carl. Quite strange they couldn't see the positive aspects about that. Maybe you spoke to the wrong person, who just isn't visionary enough about to see the benefits. I hope things might change, though.

BTW: i believe at SPiN you've seen many celebs. Don't they have any pics or vids?


Is that Quentin Tarantino over there? Godda go..

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Since I give private lessons to one of the owners, I sort of know everyone, and spoke to....well....everyone. Everyone said, "that's a great idea, well think about it." One person said, "who would we talk to in the front office?" And aside from that I got the sense that they actually just we're not interested.

Their business plan is an interesting one. And it is actually working. It is not one that most TT players would appreciate. But, they are getting more and more busy over the last year and a half. All of that business is corporate people, people who are quite wealthy, and people who are interested in entertainment while drinking, rather than people who are interested in the sport. So, that is their market. Rather than promoting the sport which is how they started out.

At first they were trying to do this thing where there was a party atmosphere and there were great players around and the corporate hotshots would get to see the great players play and basically put on a show by playing. They would also do things like have a group of models come and play. Different celebrities, etc.

Well, there is less of that and more corporate events. But they are doing something right from a business standpoint because they are much more busy.

However, it is much more insular and much less about people seeing higher level players. More about letting the corporate big-shots think they are the high level players if you know what I mean.


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[Archosaurus]

This is a must see for everyone here. It's the animated adaption of the comic. That's the live action movie, not quite as good.

Go on Crunchyroll and you should be able to stream this for free.

 

[bobpuls]

Since I give private lessons to one of the owners, I sort of know everyone, and spoke to....well....everyone. Everyone said, "that's a great idea, well think about it." One person said, "who would we talk to in the front office?" And aside from that I got the sense that they actually just we're not interested.

Their business plan is an interesting one. And it is actually working. It is not one that most TT players would appreciate. But, they are getting more and more busy over the last year and a half. All of that business is corporate people, people who are quite wealthy, and people who are interested in entertainment while drinking, rather than people who are interested in the sport. So, that is their market. Rather than promoting the sport which is how they started out.

At first they were trying to do this thing where there was a party atmosphere and there were great players around and the corporate hotshots would get to see the great players play and basically put on a show by playing. They would also do things like have a group of models come and play. Different celebrities, etc.

Well, there is less of that and more corporate events. But they are doing something right from a business standpoint because they are much more busy.

However, it is much more insular and much less about people seeing higher level players. More about letting the corporate big-shots think they are the high level players if you know what I mean.


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What about this

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

What about this

Yeah. Stuff like this can't hurt.

Having a pro baseball team find out that having their players train with a coach on a regular basis in the offseason and realize it would help them read and react to fastballs, curveballs, sliders, change of pace pitches and put there bats on more balls with better quality contact would, I think, be a big plus for the media looking closer at the sport as something more than just an entertaining sideshow.

I remember not being able to adjust to sidespin that well. I remember not being able to see where the ball was going to be. I remember having a lot of trouble with a lefty hook. And I remember my brain piecing formation together and how, now, I can't explain it, but when someone is hitting a loop, I can see much more accurately the arc of the ball and where the ball will end up as the ball is leaving the opponent's racket. It just happens so automatically.

I also know, I recently had a friend who is much higher level than me serving to me. The spin on his serves was much more than I am used to facing and it took me a while to see where the ball was. Then it started clicking.

I am comfortable that this kind of stuff, not during the season, but trained when they are not playing as competitively, would help their batting averages.

Part of why is, as a kid, one summer I played a lot more Ping Pong (I stress it was ping pong not table tennis that I was playing) and when I returned from the summer and rejoined little league, my batting average was totally crazy and I don't think I struck out once in the whole fall season.

That was from playing against kids who were little league pitchers and not pros. And I was playing PP vs kids who didn't really put a lot of spin on the ball when playing PP. but my batting average went from 400 which was a pretty normal average for the league to 800 which was among the top in the league.

So I think something like that kind of story with a pro team using Table Tennis to help their batting could put a lot more positive media out their covering table tennis as a
Legit sport rather than a circus event that goes well with a party atmosphere.

I think the party atmosphere is good too. But, it isn't what will get TT more positive media attention as a legit sport.




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[DoctorPaco]

This is a must see for everyone here. It's the animated adaption of the comic. That's the live action movie, not quite as good.

Go on Crunchyroll and you should be able to stream this for free.

I've watched the anime thrice! Hahaha

It's actually more about growing up and maturing, while using Table Tennis as a medium

 

[apodra74]

Roger Federer might be able to play a little

Armin Van Buuren - Ping Pong

 

[Suga D]

.... Will Shortz (NYT puzzle editor)

For those who haven't heard of him before, here's an interesting interview.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/07/will-shortz-played-ping-pong-for-1000-days.html

Tabletennis daily for now way more than 1000 days in a row. Amazing guy.

 

[Mazda6GT]

Reggie Miller vs Drake.

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[Gene Tuttle]

Paul Newman and Robert Redford playing.