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How to qualify for bundesliga divisions 1 or 2
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and after 8th grade I will be training 5+ hours a day 6 days a week because I am going to start online school, this will be very good for my development, and some time if not more then once in the span of when I start online school and when I graduate from online school (around 4 years) I will have periods training in sweden or germany for the summers
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Good news, that's what the chinese and japanese are also doing 🤣 or maybe even more!
Someone i know was in the same school as Tomokazu and he said Tomo almost never came to school.
I wish you all the best!
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I know that is your dream, my suggestion is you use the American circuit as a way to stand out and get noticed, so you can eventually land that Bundesliga spot.
As I said, landing an academy spot in Germany is hard, including the problems arising from living far abroad at a pretty young age. It's not impossible, of course, and if that is literally the only course of action you're considering to take in order to get to that Bundesliga spot, then you should really go all-in. Write every club, write both German and American table tennis associations, figure out exchange student programs, idk. There are SO many resources that you could reach out for that are all quite easy to think of.
But consider alternative routes, stepping stones, ways to develop a profile attractive enough to then apply to Bundesliga teams with. Think of it as building your resumé as opposed to starting at the bottom of the ladder in the mailroom.
Building your profile in the Americas (again) should be easier because the system is less crowded.
Your current resumé has really nothing to show for it. Your YouTube channel consists of mainly training, highlights and trickshots, hardly any full matches. If you want to get somewhere, you have to get visible. You need to show results, and those results should be the first thing someone sees when they look at you.
Not the goofing around.
Not a training session.
Results.
IF, and that is a big if, you're actually looking for information that might be helpful to your career, your first point of action should be to actually try to read the information presented to you.
I have an opinion on whether you can make it, and I've shared it before. No need to do that again. Instead, I'm trying to think outside the box, to see if I can find ways to increase your chances. I have presented you such a way, twice now.
If you're not looking for help and information, then your entire post and post history makes no sense.
I can tell you one more thing: getting aggressive with people who are trying to actually help you is not going to get you anywhere. Both in forums and in sports. Most people here are old enough to be your father.
I know at your age, developing patience and long term vision is still (biologically) very immature, and that's perfectly normal. Of course there's the idea of the American Dream, you can do anything you put your mind to, yada yada, but a HUGE part of achieving such dream goals depends on your ability to listen to the advice of people who are experienced.
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thats accually a really good idea. build my resume, at nationals and us open, build my presence on social media, then eventually write to every single bundesliga team. but im wondering wouldn't I have to start at a lower division like 3? I would have to write to those teams first right?
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Why do you think you're so special that you can start from just a little bit below some of the most elite competition in the world? You're acting like the 3rd division is some kind of D on a report card. A lot of the players there are better than the best players in some countries.
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What is the name of this coach?
And how did he answer the same question?
What I don’t understand is why you think the answer is available on forums and not within people that actually play in those divisions?
Other than Tony, I’m not sure if anyone else here knows anyone playing in those divisions. Tony’s players is all listed on his website and I see a long list of 1st to 3rd division players.
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I never said I am so special like that, I was just wondering if I would have to start at a lower division. not saying the players in there are bad.
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You have to watch on youtube who play in Div 3. You should be very happy if you get even to Div 4 or 5
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You assume you will progress more effectively than potentially any person who has ever lived just because you progressed to an alright amateur level in a relatively fast time. Not even a high level, just a level where adults tend to plateau if they have some structured practice and have been playing long enough.
That's still very commendable and if you really have competed and won consistently at 1900 level then you should be proud because you are better than the average USA player who is somewhere around 1400-1600 USATT if the statistics are to be believed. I don't want to take that away from you, but that's a completely different thing than being a professional to any capacity. You're already thinking about being a world top ranker and you're not even on the national junior team. How many of the U15 national players do you think will go on to even be professionals to any capacity?
where do you read he played at 3rd devision? i could only find him play at verbandsoberliga nord that is 6. division and with ttr only around 2000 wich is pretty low considering that you want to go way higher. find yourself a coach that has at least 2200-2300 ttr and actually played 2nd or 3rd league to get higher! only those players who played where you wanna be at know what it takes for you to get there
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Topspin-University - TTC immoXone Bietigheim-Bissingen e.V.
They have a third league team of their own and good contacts.
Could be a place to start.
Head coach Tom Wetzel, former first league player and coach of Bavarian association, very experienced
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What's your coach's answer to your question on how to play in the Bundesliga?
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he said the way he got in is a friend of his is an agent for players and helped him find a random team in 5th division. he played really well and moved up to a really good 4th division team. then after that he moved up to 3rd division but stopped to be a full time coach in DC. he said for me I need to keep training and make sure I get really good, then when I get older and better he would also help me get into a lower division team and keep training and work my way up to the top. all this while hopfully being on the us national team and competing in wtt
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