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Hi all,
In Korea, handicap points are usually given when the higher level playing against lower one. Recently I tried to play at a new club (actually a group of people in town who love table tennis getting together) very nearby my house, so that I only spend a couple of hours for exercise in weekend, thats good enough.
By 1st time playing after away from the table for almost 8 months, I totally had no feeling for the ball and my footwork was almost dead, wrong timing in every shot, playing more or less like a beginner with few months practicing. As a result, I lost to most of people in this new club.
By 2nd time trying, I felt much better and defeated all the guys I lost previously, but lost to a short pip old man and did not have chance to play with the one who is called "coach" at there, even though I never seen him playing so far, sometimes coaching but most of the time "oral coaching" for someone during the matches. By the end of the day, they started to talk about what club level I could fit in. Top guys were saying I should be at level as same as theirs, but the short pip man and the "coach" refused it. They discussed, convinced people around and eventually put me at low level as beginner in the club, although all other top one did feel odd about it and only explained to me "I dun know, next time we will still play without handicap, never mind your level, its only coach's opinion". Im cool, no problem 'coz I am actually youngest there. However, beside some old men saying that to me, there were somebody else quite agreed with the coach.
In 3rd time, weirdest moment I ever experienced after few years playing table tennis in Korea. I played with two old people who agreed with the coach before. The funny thing was their attitude when they came to the score board and gave me 3-4 points without even a bit concern. Note that I played them before and they stood no chance to even get 7 points against me in every single set. I was not okay anymore and tried to win as much as possible. They got only 2-3 points for the first two sets, and the umpire (also the crowd) was feeling not right and reduced the handi to 2 (minimum handi, the umpire actually asked them not to give handi but they refused). After 3-0 games straight for both of them, the coach came in and asked the results. They only emphasized the number of handicap, not to mention win or lose and somebody actually "helped" them to speak it.
Other guys who did agree with the coach before, but surely figured out they cannot beat me for sure. They chose not to play with me even though I asked again and again, convinced them that I only wanna practice for fun and exercise. Simply because the coach is the one to decide all of the level in that club and they just dun want to play with me who is lower level than them. If they get defeated too easily, there will be no fun with the coach.
Quite bad experience, I thought I could have found a place nearby my house to have fun and blast in weekend, instead of spending 7-8 hours at my old club.
In Korea, handicap points are usually given when the higher level playing against lower one. Recently I tried to play at a new club (actually a group of people in town who love table tennis getting together) very nearby my house, so that I only spend a couple of hours for exercise in weekend, thats good enough.
By 1st time playing after away from the table for almost 8 months, I totally had no feeling for the ball and my footwork was almost dead, wrong timing in every shot, playing more or less like a beginner with few months practicing. As a result, I lost to most of people in this new club.
By 2nd time trying, I felt much better and defeated all the guys I lost previously, but lost to a short pip old man and did not have chance to play with the one who is called "coach" at there, even though I never seen him playing so far, sometimes coaching but most of the time "oral coaching" for someone during the matches. By the end of the day, they started to talk about what club level I could fit in. Top guys were saying I should be at level as same as theirs, but the short pip man and the "coach" refused it. They discussed, convinced people around and eventually put me at low level as beginner in the club, although all other top one did feel odd about it and only explained to me "I dun know, next time we will still play without handicap, never mind your level, its only coach's opinion". Im cool, no problem 'coz I am actually youngest there. However, beside some old men saying that to me, there were somebody else quite agreed with the coach.
In 3rd time, weirdest moment I ever experienced after few years playing table tennis in Korea. I played with two old people who agreed with the coach before. The funny thing was their attitude when they came to the score board and gave me 3-4 points without even a bit concern. Note that I played them before and they stood no chance to even get 7 points against me in every single set. I was not okay anymore and tried to win as much as possible. They got only 2-3 points for the first two sets, and the umpire (also the crowd) was feeling not right and reduced the handi to 2 (minimum handi, the umpire actually asked them not to give handi but they refused). After 3-0 games straight for both of them, the coach came in and asked the results. They only emphasized the number of handicap, not to mention win or lose and somebody actually "helped" them to speak it.
Other guys who did agree with the coach before, but surely figured out they cannot beat me for sure. They chose not to play with me even though I asked again and again, convinced them that I only wanna practice for fun and exercise. Simply because the coach is the one to decide all of the level in that club and they just dun want to play with me who is lower level than them. If they get defeated too easily, there will be no fun with the coach.
Quite bad experience, I thought I could have found a place nearby my house to have fun and blast in weekend, instead of spending 7-8 hours at my old club.