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I think it migth be a good idea to tell you guys about me and about the swiss tt system.
I started playing about one and a half year ago and im absolutely addicted! Meaning i play whenever i have time to.
I just finished my first season as a player of TTC Bern and it went very well. My team and I finished the season on second place in the 5. league and sowe will be moving up to the 4. league next season.
I am playing (or try to play) a two winged looper game. I also really like trying out different serves and returns.
as it is very hard to compare ratings i will briefly explain the swiss system: We use an elo system probably pretty close to yours. However you start at 600 points wich is the D1 class. There are in total 20 classes: D1-5 C6-10 B 11-15 and A16-20. The pro or semi pros rank around A18-A20 wich is at 1600-1800 points. When starting most people first fall down into the 500 aera. To rise up in the D classes you need to get alot of points (for D2 are 660 needed and for D3 even 770) so the distribution is like a pyramide. Meaning about 80% of the players are in D1-D5.
To maybe grasp this better, one could say on D1-2 lvl people mostly push the ball and let the enemy make mistakes and on D5 people can pretty much use all the strokes techniques. I hope this helps
If you have questions just ask!
I am now around D3 lvl and on good days i can beat a D5 to C6 player.
Looking forward to play against a variety of people and playstyles
I think i will head up to boston first and try to visit as much tabletennis clubs as i can.
Cheers
I started playing about one and a half year ago and im absolutely addicted! Meaning i play whenever i have time to.
I just finished my first season as a player of TTC Bern and it went very well. My team and I finished the season on second place in the 5. league and sowe will be moving up to the 4. league next season.
I am playing (or try to play) a two winged looper game. I also really like trying out different serves and returns.
as it is very hard to compare ratings i will briefly explain the swiss system: We use an elo system probably pretty close to yours. However you start at 600 points wich is the D1 class. There are in total 20 classes: D1-5 C6-10 B 11-15 and A16-20. The pro or semi pros rank around A18-A20 wich is at 1600-1800 points. When starting most people first fall down into the 500 aera. To rise up in the D classes you need to get alot of points (for D2 are 660 needed and for D3 even 770) so the distribution is like a pyramide. Meaning about 80% of the players are in D1-D5.
To maybe grasp this better, one could say on D1-2 lvl people mostly push the ball and let the enemy make mistakes and on D5 people can pretty much use all the strokes techniques. I hope this helps
If you have questions just ask!I am now around D3 lvl and on good days i can beat a D5 to C6 player.
Looking forward to play against a variety of people and playstyles
I think i will head up to boston first and try to visit as much tabletennis clubs as i can.
Cheers
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