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Thanks for the kind words Carl. Communication is key and I am sure there will be a solution everyone is fine with. To be honest, I love my club and most ppl there. The league thing is just always a sensitive topic, for me and everyone else involved.

Thank you Carl, it is exactly like that. Because of the ongoing situation I get feelings of wanting to quit TT, or take a break, and just go hiking in the nature. All because of the social construct within the club and pressure that is artificially created by the other club members (not owners...

This is by the way the actual reality of table tennis in my country. If you visit a new club, and you havent even hit one ball yet (not kidding), they already handing you the piece of paper to sign that you will play for their club in the upcoming season. They do that before even introducing...

Well your argument is I owe it to them Following your logic, I HAVE to quit table tennis, there is no club in my entire country who will not pressure me into playing competition, and If I practise there once I am indebted, yeah I dont think so Of course I am the only one benefitting, because...

Well I agree that I didnt articulate myself all that well, or not precisely. So no offense taken, and I did appreciate your insights and opinion nonetheless. This was just to blow off some steam, and hear other ppl stances on it. Have a nice Sunday!

No, I am sorry but you got it all wrong. This might be because of my English, idk. All those things you quoted, when I made a suggestion or how you call it where I objected to the team, was after I told them for months directly into their faces that I do not want to compete. After I finally...

I think you have it all wrong. I said from the start I dont need or want competition. Then imagine, every training you go to for 6 months, ppl come and ask you to play. And when you agree finally because of the pressure of everyone, you get put into a team where you lose your joy of table...

Hi Carl, let me answer some of these questions: 1) Yes, there are other members of the club that are not part of the league. 2) No, they are often not even pursued or simply not being pressured. The reason? They are not very skilled, and the ppl who make the decision do not care enough to bother...

Carl, nothing else to add other than you have perfectly summed it up and reflected my thoughts. It is exactly how you wrote it. I have never asked for playing in the league. I have no ego, I am totally indifferent about participating. I only do it because about 30 people have asked me to. And...

I think a big part that bothered me about the process is, that I clearly said from the beginning that I am fine doing only practise without ever playing in a team. But because I practise 4-5 times a week, always present and beating most ppl, I got pressured into playing for a team. And when I...

You have to understand that its not me vs the whole club. The team leaders are fighting each other which team is gonna get me, and all of them „claim“ me for their team. I am just being thrown around for maximum profit in that sense My stance is, pls put me in a reasonable team that somewhat...

Okay, guess I will just start at the bottom then

Actually, we did internal rankings last winter where I was told to prove myself. I got second in my division and beat someone from the 3rd team. Afterwards, the internal ranking was not being considered for the team building process (not only in my case but for everyone)

I thought about this alot myself and I agree with you, I think I would improve faster by playing in a league. But tell me, whats the point of playing in a league in which you clearly are the worst player while your teammates are annoyed of you being part of team in the first place.

No, of course not. Just pay the fee and be friendly, thats the rule. I have good relations with everyone in the club except the ppl in charge of team building 🤣

Hi Tony, then what is the problem with me just doing practise only without competition. Frankly speaking this is enough for me, but the club won‘t accept it in my case because I am still fairly young and motivated to train alot, they wont accept me not doing competitions under their...

Hi Tony, there are 7 Teams in my club. First the idea was to put me into the absolut lowest one, but that would be no fun for me and frankly I would prefer to just to practise sessions than to play ppl who literally drink beer in between sets. Then I was fine to play in the 3.-5.th team, but...

As the title suggests, this is more of a rant than asking for advice kind of post. I have been playing table tennis religiously for about two years now. The training and progress, slowly learning techniques and improving is the motivation that drives me, and I usually play at least 4 times a...

Seems like Vega Asia H and Vega Europe H have been released in Europe now, Vega Pro H has been out for a while. Vega Asia H with its 50 degree sponge sounds interesting to me, as I'm currently using Omega 7 Asia on my backhand. Any impressions on the new rubbers?

Is Rozena popular in China? What made you choose it over other spring sponge or esn offerings?