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I didn't say he didn't need to sacrifice anything, I said it is possible to do without sacrificing school for 3x per day training sessions. It has been done before. Not easy, but doable. But all of the people who did it, did it with the help of elite coaches and clubs.

Darko the mercenary taking money from the artificial league sponsord

Again, he has extensive tournament history on USATT from nearly every year from 2005-2025. He has no record at any time in these 20 years of being anywhere close to 2700 or even 2600. Even if he was playing in Europe, he has tournament records in the USA from nearly every year in the last 20...

Your coach has an extensive USATT tournament history and he has been consistently around 2400 since 2005. His peak rating was 2445 around 2023. So no, he was never beating 26-2700s at his peak. I am rooting for you and your progress but there seems to be some delusion here.

According to their website, it was opened in 2014 and taken over by your current coach in 2020. That is enough time to start sending at least a few players to the national ranks, at least for lower age groups.

You could, but will be very hard. As said before do nothing besides for school and table tennis for the next 4 years, work with coaches and players who have proven experience in getting players to 2450, and see what happens. As mentioned before though, 1800 to 2450 is roughly 1000x harder than...

Yeah definitely, but it will happen in time nonetheless For most amateur players it could well be 5 years before the softening effect is significant For pro players, could be within 6 months or a year Training intensity also factors in

That is correct, all blades get softer over time and avoiding moisture is impossible but doing what you can to do this will prolong the life. Of course if you use water based glue it is unavoidable. So all blades will get softer over time. Many higher level players change their blades fairly...

@KTableTennis No doubt you like your coach but at the national level in the USA he has no history as a coach (developing players to national teams) or as a player. Look at all the top American players and who they were coached by and where they trained at, from the time they started playing. It...

The USA U15 team is weak currently, 2500 is kind of a reasonable estimate for where you would want to be AT THE MINIMUM at 15 to have a chance for future low-level prospects. If not, at least you can be one of the top players in the USA. But I don't think 3 sessions a day is necessary to reach...

If you read his description of his coach earlier in this thread and check his club assignment on the USATT page you've mentioned, you will see that this is not the case. @KTableTennis will probably need to upgrade his training environment sooner rather than later if being one of the best in the...

I meant source on him "breaking up with Butterfly" I would imagine that the Butterfly and Anta sponsorships would coexist

Source on this?

1800 to 2100 in 5 months...possible, given your progress, but still highly unlikely. Don't be discouraged if you don't get there. I am a bit surprised that a professional coach would give a young student an expectation like that or even be discussing rating goals at all. It is normal to have an...

Seen this story a million times, but no way to know until you try. There are people who started at this age and reached quite high levels, not WR50, but certainly could be one of the top players in the USA still, but yes the odds are greatly against you if you start late Best thing...

Very few TT champions are well rounded human beings, no time for that... I joke...sort of...

Nah, this is real, he has given enough information to identify himself in his OP (not sure if that was his goal or not). @KTableTennis - I will give you advice and comments as someone who is very experienced in the professional development side of things especially in the USA. Keep in mind you...

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone getting to 2400 without a significant amount of systematic and dedicated training. Are you basing this comment on people you know who did that? Would love to know who they are if so.

They are playing doubles, you can read my above Ping Pong Diplomacy message as a subtle hint. Or just BS that I make up until Shine comes in and reminds everyone that nobody knows anything pertaining to the CNT except him. I don't know.

Judging someone's fitness by their body fat isn't always reliable, but yes.