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Would like some video of that Shinozuka match. Either Kawakami wins the whole thing or Shinozuka just isn’t as stable as his form sometimes suggests.

In my experience, table tennis is not that kind of sport. But in the absence of hard data, you are free to use your experience, I will stick with mine.

But many of the people who have the ability to become good TT players also have the ability to become decent, sometimes even very good lawyers, doctors or college graduates. That's the balancing act. Something similar happens with chess, it would be one thing if chess was the only thing those...

An unaccomplished lawyer or doctor can pay his bills. A unaccomplished TT player, well that is debatable.

I don't diaagree with you, I am just pointing out largely that these are philosophical discussions with many valid perspectives. Sometimes, you get good enough to beat many players but not good enough to be #1. In sports where only #1 gets the respect that one needs to make money and when one...

Ah okay. The idea of whether it is worth spending a lot of your time doing something that doesnt pay the bills or yield huge achievements is an important one. You seem to dismiss it as not being a sign that someone doesn't enjoy something.

Winning is important in life for many things. Losijg comes with that but success is tied to Winning. Do we watch and celebrate Ma Long because he is a loser? Asking whether it is worth enjoying something without having grealt/professional success is a reasonable question.

I have a different opinion from Takkyu, the Matsushima-Harimoto pairing is serviceable but this is not thebtike to play pnly serviceable pairings as you need to test. Since it is likely yhat only one of Shinozuka and Togami will make LA 2028 if either does, it will come down to doubles so you...

I guess you needed to watch the whole video before commenting. That said, i can tell you that many people who are decent table tennis players could have gotten better rewards investing their time in other things. So i think even if his conclusion had been different, it would have been...

Good news or bad news for vehement Miki House opponents?

I shared the video because it resonates with me deeply and I started playing tournament TT at age 34. So does your post (and you are one of the people I met when I was much more active).

Tried the Mizutani setup (blade plus Dignics 80) and I am convinced that his sponge has to be harder than what is commercially available lol. I am trying to use all wood blades plus Zyre to make my forehand engagement more consistent. It feels like ibut clearly I am nor used to soft rubber...

Philosophical reflections from a young man who didn't get to the top of the sport despite investing a lot of time playing.

Its not Odo really, it is just a JNT thing. I lnow we want to see the choppers do well but there are rational reasons why they are not on thr JNT first team. Thwy just don't beat their teammates.

Lind played a great final. Amazing variation and shot selection.

Chirita is an extremely strong player, took a game off Wang once, almost losing to Chirita (who is #2 for Ochsenhausen, #1 when Togami is not around) doesn't mean anything. That said, I do hope Lind wins and develops a bond with Lagos, though Oh is the more stable talent and arguably the favorite.

How do you make your team borderline unbeatable? Import He Zhuoja and surround her with Yang Xiaoxin and Han Ying. I wonder whether Hana Goda and Charlotte Lutz can put a dent in this tomorrow...

I was already 4 years older than you were when I started training. You don't have forever but you have a lot of time and health. I have seen olayers who were at your level at your age get to 2000 TTR but they were exceptional, not the norm.

https://timesca.com/kazakh-table-tennis-star-praised-by-fan-of-the-game-president-tokayev/

I don't think it is so much about just attendance, but whether there is a sponsor willing to lose money on the event. Kazakhstan has had rich dictators/billionaires willing to fund prestige events (chess/FIDE is my compass for this) and with Kiril and Alan doing relatively well, maybe there is...