China Super League 2014 (CTTSL)

[Anders]

Little doesn't mean enough. It's just not as much as they (Dima, Timo) deserves.

Anyway i'm talking about the major society of Pro TT players not just Dima and Boll.

If a national champ is not pro so who is pro?

Also you can't say because Noshad Alamiyan can get money by playing so anyone can do the same. If they can they didn't need to have and extra job beside TT.

Definition on "professional" - A person that makes enough money to live on out of his work is a professional in that job.

Not sure if it's 100% correct, but it is something like that.

 

[Alborz]

Definition on "professional" - A person that makes enough money to live on out of his work is a professional in that job.

Not sure if it's 100% correct, but it is something like that.

I don't think it is correct. I prefer Tony's definition on "professional" in table tennis: A person that his job is playing TT.

 

[dici]

hm... no women roster? Anyway, didn't see any japan player, not sure if Chen Chieh-An didn't join was due to reservist issue or just didn't get any invite.

 

[Anders]

I don't think it is correct. I prefer Tony's definition on "professional" in table tennis: A person that his job is playing TT.

Haha, that is just about the same! Seriously, if you make money on something, you have it as a job! Man, you are just too picky!

 

[dici]

Is it really little for them? Did some one tell you that? Is some other place offering more?

If you really want to compare soccer, then many sports can't be compared, in fact if you want to compare basketball, then soccer is nothing too

Any ways, with this kind of money ,it is "enough" money (which you claim not enough)

If they play all matches, it can be over USD 300 000 for 3 months, or USD 100 000 per month.
If that is not enough, then they seriously need to look at the way they live they lifes and change to become a soccer player or something.

I think there is many mis perception in term of earning by sports... It seems like we just only compare the highest few earning instead of looking at the average, and variance lol. When you look at the true mean and variance, you are gonna surprise.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I don't think it is correct. I prefer Tony's definition on "professional" in table tennis: A person that his job is playing TT.

my definition is same as Anders.
A person that can live off playing table tennis = earning an income to live off playing table tennis

If i'm a professional plumber, then that means it earn my life earnings from that work
If it is part time, meaning it is part time and I likely have something that is full time to take the spot of "earning my life earnings"

Alborz, how old are you if I may ask?
Just want to see if you a student or working adult already.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Haha, that is just about the same! Seriously, if you make money on something, you have it as a job! Man, you are just too picky!

yeah, this guy like to disagree with everything, even if he is actually agreeing, he wants to disagree still

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I have a feeling Shandong will win this year. Timo Boll and Zhang Jike! What a paring!

I agree

No matter if it is 4 singles or 1 double, Shandong has all sides covered

Hao Shuai for example was one of the top players during the first half of the last season, and only towards the end of the season he fallen to number 9
The question would be how many games Timo will feature.

 

[Dan]

I agree

No matter if it is 4 singles or 1 double, Shandong has all sides covered

Hao Shuai for example was one of the top players during the first half of the last season, and only towards the end of the season he fallen to number 9
The question would be how many games Timo will feature.

Good question! I also noticed this, Hao Shuai has always done consistently well in the Chinese Super League. I hope Boll will play a lot of matches, he and Dima played a fair amount last year, it was brilliant!

 

[Alborz]

yeah, this guy like to disagree with everything, even if he is actually agreeing, he wants to disagree still

Come on! I don't like to disagree everything. I'm just trying to complete them. Maybe this kind of misunderstandings are because i'm not a master in English so i'm using wrong worlds and sentences.

Anyway i'm studying and also having a part time job.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Come on! I don't like to disagree everything. I'm just trying to complete them. Maybe this kind of misunderstandings are because i'm not a master in English so i'm using wrong worlds and sentences.

Anyway i'm studying and also having a part time job.

Well, your English sounds just fine (99% of the time)
But you did reply to Andres saying "I don't think it is correct", whereby your reponse is the same as what he said.

Any ways, here is a proper defination of "professional" - look at the boxer one, that is where we can replace that with table tennis, otherwise he/she is a amateur table tennis player



adjective

adjective: professional

• 1.
  relating to or belonging to a profession.
  "young professional people"
  

  synonyms:

  white-collar, executive, non-manual More"people in professional occupations"

  
  

  antonyms:

  manual

  
  
  
  • worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured.
    "his professional expertise"
    

    synonyms:

    expert, accomplished, skilful, adept, masterly, masterful, excellent, fine, polished, finished, skilled, proficient, competent, capable, able, efficient, experienced, practised, trained, seasoned, slick, businesslike, deft, dexterous; Moreinformalace, crack, stellar, top-notch "I think we gave a thoroughly professional performance"

    
    

    antonyms:

    amateurish, incompetent, inept

    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• 2.
  engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as an amateur.
  
  "a professional boxer"
  

  synonyms:

  paid, salaried, non-amateur, full-time More"a professional tennis player"

  
  

  antonyms:

  amateur

  
  
  
  • informalderogatory
    habitually making a feature of a particular activity or attribute.
    "a professional gloom-monger"
    
    
  
  
  
  

noun
noun: professional; plural noun: professionals

• 1.
  a person engaged or qualified in a profession.
  "professionals such as lawyers and surveyors"
  

  synonyms:

  white-collar worker, professional worker, office worker More

  
  
  
  
  

 

[Alborz]

Well, your English sounds just fine (99% of the time)
But you did reply to Andres saying "I don't think it is correct", whereby your reponse is the same as what he said.

Any ways, here is a proper defination of "professional" - look at the boxer one, that is where we can replace that with table tennis, otherwise he/she is a amateur table tennis player



adjective

adjective: professional

• 1.
  relating to or belonging to a profession.
  "young professional people"
  

  synonyms:

  white-collar, executive, non-manual More"people in professional occupations"

  
  

  antonyms:

  manual

  
  
  
  • worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful, or assured.
    "his professional expertise"
    

    synonyms:

    expert, accomplished, skilful, adept, masterly, masterful, excellent, fine, polished, finished, skilled, proficient, competent, capable, able, efficient, experienced, practised, trained, seasoned, slick, businesslike, deft, dexterous; Moreinformalace, crack, stellar, top-notch "I think we gave a thoroughly professional performance"

    
    

    antonyms:

    amateurish, incompetent, inept

    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• 2.
  engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as an amateur.
  
  "a professional boxer"
  

  synonyms:

  paid, salaried, non-amateur, full-time More"a professional tennis player"

  
  

  antonyms:

  amateur

  
  
  
  • informalderogatory
    habitually making a feature of a particular activity or attribute.
    "a professional gloom-monger"
    
    
  
  
  
  

noun
noun: professional; plural noun: professionals

• 1.
  a person engaged or qualified in a profession.
  "professionals such as lawyers and surveyors"
  

  synonyms:

  white-collar worker, professional worker, office worker More

  
  
  
  
  

Haha, nice post. I see now.

 

[andrew_tihi]

will be some good matches !!

 

[Butt Stallion]

2014 CTTSL Men's Club Rosters

Club	Player
Ningbo	Ma Long, Yan An, Lin Gaoyuan, LYU Xiang, JOO Saehyuk (Korea Republic)
Shanghai	Xu Xin, Shang Kun, Zhao Zihao, Chen Zhiyang, Zhang Yang
Shandong Luneng	Zhang Jike, Hao Shuai, Fang Bo, Wu Hao, Wei Shihao, Liu Dingshuo, Timo Boll (Germany)
Bayi	Wang Hao, Zhou Yu, Fan Zhendong, Xu Chenhao

These 4 look pretty nasty! I'm not sure about Timo Boll and ZJK right now, but all of them are really good. For me personal I go for Ningbo but you'll never know especially how Yan An and little Lin Gaouyuan are gonna play... Its gonna be hard against FZD, Wang Hao and Zhou Yu and even Xu Xin and Shang Kun are in really good form right now.

I think were gonna see great matches

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Yikes some of those teams are tightly balanced. I couldn't decide so I just picked Luneng because they are reliable. Go Shandong haha

 

[zjkfanforever]

@Alborz Is there anyway you could change the club roster in the poll area? Those are not this year's.

 

[zjkfanforever]

Good question! I also noticed this, Hao Shuai has always done consistently well in the Chinese Super League. I hope Boll will play a lot of matches, he and Dima played a fair amount last year, it was brilliant!

Boll won't be able report to Shandong Luneng until June 10.

 

[Tommy Lee]

wow...12 years old "Child soldiers" Bai Yanke, she will play for Qiulin (Chuirn) Kvass (Jilin Province) club in 2014 CTTSL, penholder + inverted rubber, I expect her game so much

Photo from Li Wujun's Weibo account on Sina weibo.com

 

[zjkfanforever]

Playing methods:

1. Each round will be best of five games

2. The order of play

1st Game: A - X
2nd Game: B - Y
3rd Game: Double
4th Game: A - Y
5th Game: C - Z

3. 1st, 2nd, 4th game will be best of five sets, the first four sets will be 11 points, the fifth set will be 7 points

4. 3rd game (double) and the 5th game will be best of three sets. The first two sets will be 11 points, the third set will be 7 points

5. A player could only play two games in each round

6. Double's players could be any one except for player A and Y

7. Players for the fifth game could be anyone that have not played in the first or second game

 

[zjkfanforever]

CCTV-5 will have live stream for the following games for the first three rounds:

May 17: Bayi vs Bazhou
Time: 14:50PM

May 24: Shandong Luneng vs Bayi
Time: 15:05PM

CCTV-5 live stream address: http://www.cntv-5.com/cctv5.html