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Yes. Here for example there's tons of kids that go to the national team. They all train together, have the same coaches, similar ages, etc. Yet there's only one who was able to establish himself in the top leagues of Europe. Why? Because he was born with better genes than the others to play TT...

Training and guidance are secondary. You need to be born with all the right characteristics to be able to achieve the highest levels.

what kind of life do you imagine other kids have? They go to school, play sports, party once in a while.... that's it. I bet when you are 40 and spend your days behind a desk you'll be like "Man I wish I could go back to being young again and spend my days playing TT"

I'm just stating the obvious fact of life. People plateau after a number of years. Then after that it's just a slow decline due to age. If your TT career is 40 years it might be that you reach the peak in the 5th year and then you have 35 years of slow decline. That's just how it is....and it's...

But other players also train and try to improve. And if their ranking is higher they generally have access to better training partners than you. So in the end this pyramid structure forms that keeps people from moving up or down. Actually age moves people down little by little

I've seen people leave the sport and come back after years..... and guess what..... THEY ARE STILL ON THE SAME DIVISION WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY LEFT. they just need a couple months training. this I'm talking about seasoned players with decades under their belt competing. not about woo woo AI...

what about you? how long ago did you start competing? in what division are you? the thread was meant as a deep dive of a terryfing situation over the tt clubs in the planet earth. not about my personal situation and "how can we help you". it seems every thread people react in this way "let's...

well you are both in a plateau too. the whole world is in a big plateau. you just trick yourself into thinking you are improving. in what division are you now and it what division were you 3 years ago? also for context when did you start competing?

it's not just about me. in the club every time 2 players play I already know who is going to win based on their rankings (which almost never changes). they can play 100 times and 90 times the result will be the same. so it all becomes really predictable and boring. I'm not talking about novice...

you have stuck to a style and a setup for many years. and nope.... you're not getting up anymore.

there is a certain point where you can beat everyone below you in the rankings. but everyone above you in the rankings will beat you. you have tried all the styles and all the equipments. you tried private coaches. but nothing makes you progress further. what to do then? simply leave the sport...

I had one like this. the 729 V-6 but I think it's discontinued.

I have the one with the white sponge. it is quite slow and also the sponge is pretty heavy.

I often use them against the wall so that probably makes them break faster.

4 broken

they feel nice..... very pro. might be a bit fragile..... already broke 3. but there's 47 more :giggle:

got a bag of these balls.... anybody else tried them?

if he's a beginner maybe choose a racket for beginners? he can hit with that too. https://www.paddlepalace.com/Recreational-Paddles/products/13/

it doesn't look like pimples. look closely at 3:14 probably some type of anti with attacking capabilities. to be honest, coming from a guy who has used lp, sp, anti..... they should just ban them all and make a federation of inverted. if your level is low and you have to lose then so be it. but...