german bundesliga

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I was. I can't anymore though, I am going to my grandpas funural

You guys plan funerals 1 months away?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

thats disrispectfull. this has been planned

its just a honest question
I have never seen people planning funerals so far away - different cultures does it differently and I know a lot of culture's customs.
not one is 1 month away

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

yeah but i'm not in a specific culture that has customes

then condolence, and a pity for you to test all your talks against U13 at US Open
but I'm sure you have played plenty of state U13 events? how did those go

 

[pong99]

US Junior National Ranking Tournament is in Jan 2026

There's also a WTT Youth Contender in Jan in California

 

[ThePongCommenter]

i will see if my parents will let me go

Seems like your parents aren't committed to your TT journey

 

[ThePongCommenter]

I havent played many tournaments so far only like 13 or 14 and its only been MDTTC HCTTC and WDCTT. but i am playing in Princton pong or Westchester table tennis tournament next month as well as HCTTC. I havent played any u13 events yet. i played a u12 and won at MDTTC

As some others on the thread are saying, playing club tournaments is one thing, playing US Open, USATT National Ranking tournament or WTT Youth is another. You haven't really even seen any of your competition and much of it is coming from the West Coast Play one of these tournaments and your eyes will be opened

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Seems like your parents aren't committed to your TT journey

this kid, in these 4 threads are showing exactly how one should not do/act, if they are perusing semi pro status.

early on in his first thread, I told him that he and his coach and parents will all need to be on the same page.
and they need to plan a schedule, when to train, when to compete
He need to surround himself with a resource group and that isn't happening.

This kid is clueless on "major USA tournaments" that is 2 months away.
the kids I deal with (ie USA kid training in Taiwan), has his USA tournaments itinerary planned 1 year ahead.

this kid is taking things way too casually, and it only means that is the same opinion coming from the parents.
that is what I said, for this kid to succeed, the parents needs to be on this forum, not him.
but they obviously know something we don't (But we are starting to know all the issues now)

so for best, he will just be another USA club player (nothing wrong with that, but certainly not international player as per his goal and my tone)

 

[piligrim]

i will see if my parents will let me go

But they will let you to go train in Portugal

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

But they will let you to go train in Portugal

I actually know that Portuguese training center very well. I have a player there at this very moment, and another one that returned to Japan just 2 days ago

 

[JackJohnson]

this kid, in these 4 threads are showing exactly how one should not do/act, if they are perusing semi pro status.

early on in his first thread, I told him that he and his coach and parents will all need to be on the same page.
and they need to plan a schedule, when to train, when to compete
He need to surround himself with a resource group and that isn't happening.

This kid is clueless on "major USA tournaments" that is 2 months away.
the kids I deal with (ie USA kid training in Taiwan), has his USA tournaments itinerary planned 1 year ahead.

this kid is taking things way too casually, and it only means that is the same opinion coming from the parents.
that is what I said, for this kid to succeed, the parents needs to be on this forum, not him.
but they obviously know something we don't (But we are starting to know all the issues now)

so for best, he will just be another USA club player (nothing wrong with that, but certainly not international player as per his goal and my tone)

I want this kid to succeed but he’s not listening to any of adults opinions on what he should do. The parents definitely need to be on this forum to figure out what their son needs to do and whether it’s financially possible for them.

KTT, you should ask your parents to come to this forum or maybe @Tony's Table Tennis or someone else on here who knows about this kind of stuff give their contact details to your parents so they can have a discussion.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

I want this kid to succeed but he’s not listening to any of adults opinions on what he should do. The parents definitely need to be on this forum to figure out what their son needs to do and whether it’s financially possible for them.

KTT, you should ask your parents to come to this forum or maybe @Tony's Table Tennis or someone else on here who knows about this kind of stuff give their contact details to your parents so they can have a discussion.

They don't really need to come to this forum, I am sure they can talk to his coaches and the fact that they are not even willing to drive (according to KTT) to a relatively local club that is known nationally for helping people reach those types of goals, speaks volumes.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

But they will let you to go train in Portugal

I can’t drive there tho it’s too far away

Current US team members Alex and Isabella Luo had their families move from Minnesota to Bay Area to pursue better training.

Sid and Nandan Naresh moved from Chicago after they had surpassed the level of competition there, to a few places around the country and then Germany before the Bay Area.

Michael/Daniel Tran and family moved from Minnesota to Houston to access the high quality clubs in Houston, and Daniel trains at 888 when possible from Houston.

Andrew Cao, Patryk Zyworonek and Hasan Saidov moved to Poland full time for training after they had conquered their local areas.

Anav Gupta moved from North Carolina to the Bay Area to train at 888 after he became a top player in NC.

William Feng moved from NJ to 888 for full time training.

So basically you have many of these top juniors moving across the country here to the Bay Area or overseas after they had run out of options in their local areas. All of them made this decision after seeing the level of competition and what it would take to reach the top when they had competed in national age group competitions. And you've done none of that @KTableTennis and are already talking about these options.

And probably none of these people will continue pursue TT professionally for long, even if they wanted to and could afford to, and none of them will ever play in the 1st Bundesliga.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

They don't really need to come to this forum, I am sure they can talk to his coaches and the fact that they are not even willing to drive (according to KTT) to a relatively local club that is known nationally for helping people reach those types of goals, speaks volumes.

yep, there are more than enough expert knowledge in USA, and if his coaches doesn't have the answer, surely, if the kid is "that talented", getting the right person who has the answer should all be a phone call away.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Current US team members Alex and Isabella Luo had their families move from Minnesota to Bay Area to pursue better training.

Sid and Nandan Naresh moved from Chicago after they had surpassed the level of competition there, to a few places around the country and then Germany before the Bay Area.

Michael/Daniel Tran and family moved from Minnesota to Houston to access the high quality clubs in Houston, and Daniel trains at 888 when possible from Houston.

Andrew Cao, Patryk Zyworonek and Hasan Saidov moved to Poland full time for training after they had conquered their local areas.

Anav Gupta moved from North Carolina to the Bay Area to train at 888 after he became a top player in NC.

William Feng moved from NJ to 888 for full time training.

So basically you have many of these top juniors moving across the country here to the Bay Area or overseas after they had run out of options in their local areas. All of them made this decision after seeing the level of competition and what it would take to reach the top when they had competed in national age group competitions. And you've done none of that @KTableTennis and are already talking about these options.

And probably none of these people will continue pursue TT professionally for long, even if they wanted to and could afford to, and none of them will ever play in the Bundesliga.

sad, but true and this is an ugly truth, and for us grown ups, this is called the real world.

in sports, there are just too many competition and if you cannot excel, you are just one of many stuck in the level below elite (or in many others, many tiers below elite).

In Taiwan, USATT 2600 is that number, a good enough, but also not good enough number
and we have many dozens of them stuck there and end up retiring to pursue either coaching or finding full time employment in another field.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

i haven't conqored my local area yet

Yes we all know that. That is why we are all suggesting you focus more on doing that instead of getting your schoolteachers to petition your parents to let you move overseas, when they aren't even willing to drive you a little extra to help your goals...

 

[Asgerje]

Hi, are there still no other way to watch the bundesliga than to pay for DYN membership?

 

[JackJohnson]

Are players from the UK still considered local players even after Brexit or do they count as a foreign player?

 

[Asgerje]

Are players from the UK still considered local players even after Brexit or do they count as a foreign player?

Im pretty sure that wether you are in the eu or not doesnt matter when it comes to being foreign since they still are a part of Europe.

 

[Bollwerk]

Are players from the UK still considered local players even after Brexit or do they count as a foreign player?

Yes, EU doesn't matter here. To put it precisely you need to hold a passport of an ETTU member association

 

[JackJohnson]

Hugo Calderano going to play for Saarbrucken next season. I didn’t expect him to back playing league so soon.