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Well the chances of NZ going to Olympics if they qualified a team would have been much better, so personally I believe Sarah should have tried to qualify, though I do realise the financial constraints etc.

Yes that's essentially what she is trying to do, though there are only 2 places so it will be ridiculously tough. Yea Ocean Belrose would wipe the floor with Yoshua Singh :)

Just received confirmation that Chunli's Olympic hopes are still alive and it has been confirmed that she will compete in Doha, though the chance of making it is tough

Agree, Koji is a more entertaining player, I found watching the video back that the Joo half isn't anywhere near as exciting to watch

It was confirmed just a week ago in a congratulatory letter to the Vanuatu Olympic Committee from the ITTF, that the two athletes from Vanuatu: Anolyn Lulu and Yoshua Singh have qualified for the Olympics. This means that New Zealand, Phillip Xiao and Li Chunli have not qualified from Oceania.

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You mean great interview there Matt 'and Carl' :) it was a team effort :D Agree with you mental aspects of table tennis are undervalued :)

This interview and more at http://matthetherington.blogspot.com Get Your Game Face On with Dora Kurimay Dora Kurimay is an ex-Hungarian team junior player, turned highly educated sport psychology expert and competitive US player. She is just one week away from the launch of her highly...

Mark V would be great. I used Mark V not long after starting off as a junior, perhaps around the age of 10 or 11, it's a good allround rubber good balance of speed, spin and control. Recommended :)

Is it not part of the ITTF World Tour? pretty slack...

Jun Mizutani already lost...lol Not good timing for a slump in performance with the Olympic Games coming so soon.

On the contrary the time during towel breaks is a good opportunity to NOT think about the game. It is proven that you cannot maintain your full focus for the entire length of the match without taking short breaks. Take your time, use towel breaks to clear your head and go back to the table...

haha great call there! :)

I'm not disheartened, if I meet their criteria they won't be able to say no :P

Haha road to Olympics is ridiculous for a NZer, you will be interested to know that NZOC denied both our qualified athletes right to play in London and the players from Vanuatu who NZ beat in the mens and womens both 4-0 have qualified to compete.

There is no way the video is fake, table tennis players aren't that sad! haha It made me laugh too :D

This is me 3 months ago in February, if you compare with my other training video from last week you can see the effects of crossfit and just a general commitment to a physical training regime, I've lost 6 kilos.

The smoothness comes from recovering after every shot to be ready for the next one. Start with one backhand one forehand, build up anticipation and practice the changing between the shots under pressure. You can move on to 1 or 2 balls to each side, then I like doing 3-5 backhands then a switch...

LOL Azlan! > . <

Yea I could do that no problem, I'll see what we do on Monday, I might look at going and videoing but not doing the sesh myself, I have North Island champs next weekend which is what I've been training really hard for so I need to stretch and loosen up for the coming week :)