Nexy Korea Oscar interviews V. Samsonov !! JSK too

[Der_Echte]

Oscar goes back and forth from Korean to English.

 

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They get deeper into the interview around 6:25

 

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At 11:28 Joo Sae Hyuk confesses that TT is NO FUN any more with (since) the 40+ plastic balls.

WOW !!! A TT legend says TT not fun any more with ball change.

 

[Der_Echte]

At 13:03 JSH says not TT players on serve receive with the ABS ball must play like a ROBOT.

Here we have a GOAT of TT saying what many on the forum have been saying.

WOW.

 

[yoass]

"It's the only way, if you want to compete at the the highest level", Uncle Boba sighs.

He's right of course, but who in the right mind would care for competing at the highest level at the expense of enjoyment of the game?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

At 11:28 Joo Sae Hyuk confesses that TT is NO FUN any more with (since) the 40+ plastic balls.

WOW !!! A TT legend says TT not fun any more with ball change.

When serve rule changed, I know a top player in the world back then said TT was no longer fun.
He said something like this to me:
When the hidden serve was still allowed, I would of make it to Round of 32 with my eyes closes and most times i would go into R16 with ease. From then, the battle starts.
I would serve and open up for 3rd ball.

When serve rule was changed, I didn't past R128 once.
And retired early due to the rule change.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

I still enjoy TT even with this new ABS ball. Oh wait! It is already ABS 40++ when I started my TT journey. Guess I am Johnny come lately. I never know the feeling of playing with a 38mm ball. What did I miss?

 

[jammmail]

I still enjoy TT even with this new ABS ball. Oh wait! It is already ABS 40++ when I started my TT journey. Guess I am Johnny come lately. I never know the feeling of playing with a 38mm ball. What did I miss?

Spin 🙃

 

[Attitude]

Spin 🙃

And more consistent balls.

We just recently had the "joy" of playing against a club that plays with Andro balls. Huge problem here trying to read a ball that is mostly not round (one edge and the ball is completely shit - or a triangle). Loops and topspins are so damn easy to block, because generating spin with that ball is a matter of luck, otherwise the ball is dead. I often dont even have to close the bats angle to get the ball back on the table. I can even chop full blown loops with my setup.
So after the first set i gave up completely on my usual attack style and went more for blocking and pushing everything that comes in.
The game overall felt like 2 division lower in an instant. Absolutely disgusting.
On top clubs often play with used ball (which is beyond me) in official championship matches. I dont really get why this is still allowed with these shitty ass balls there in play.

 

[Der_Echte]

When serve rule changed, I know a top player in the world back then said TT was no longer fun.
He said something like this to me:
When the hidden serve was still allowed, I would of make it to Round of 32 with my eyes closes and most times i would go into R16 with ease. From then, the battle starts.
I would serve and open up for 3rd ball.

When serve rule was changed, I didn't past R128 once.
And retired early due to the rule change.

JSH said something similar in the interview... said that with old serve rules, you really had to read the serve and get it back.

 

[Der_Echte]

And more consistent balls.

We just recently had the "joy" of playing against a club that plays with Andro balls. Huge problem here trying to read a ball that is mostly not round (one edge and the ball is completely shit - or a triangle). Loops and topspins are so damn easy to block, because generating spin with that ball is a matter of luck, otherwise the ball is dead. I often dont even have to close the bats angle to get the ball back on the table. I can even chop full blown loops with my setup.
So after the first set i gave up completely on my usual attack style and went more for blocking and pushing everything that comes in.
The game overall felt like 2 division lower in an instant. Absolutely disgusting.
On top clubs often play with used ball (which is beyond me) in official championship matches. I dont really get why this is still allowed with these shitty ass balls there in play.

Yes, such a level of comp and using crap balls not new is wrong. Where I am at a player would pull a new ball out of his azz if the match ball was crap.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

JSH said something similar in the interview... said that with old serve rules, you really had to read the serve and get it back.

TT was way more difficult then.

And then people think, you can just change rules and players can adapt.
yes JO adapted, but 1 did and 100 did not.

Interesting to say even Samsonov enjoyed 38 more. Which is basically serve rule era.

 

[RajaLoopah]

At 11:28 Joo Sae Hyuk confesses that TT is NO FUN any more with (since) the 40+ plastic balls.

WOW !!! A TT legend says TT not fun any more with ball change.

I can agree with this, now even the sloppy shots with no quality at all goes in. Strokes tend to be more flatter and rallies are like two kids slapping each other or it's just my opponent. Nevertheless, the game became boring, dead balls are more threatening than "heavy" underspin ball.