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Archosaurus points out the psychological factor all though he misunderstood what I was saying. I didnt evaluate LGL with 3/10 that was just an example, LGL himself said that he was poor in his rallying abilities but compensated with his serve receive, the opposite was kong linghui, simple serves but fantastic at rallies.
Yes credibility does matter to the point that you have proven or not yourself. but this does not take away the utility of a good advice no matter the credits of the coach.
I have experienced this myself, advising a team mate "dude you are too tense and impatient with your strokes" he didnt pay much attention. Then our provincial/national coach came by and told him the same thing with different words and he listened to him like a small child pays attention to the "godlike" teacher feeding him with expert advice.
I was annoyed but I understood the situation, before that I misunderstood my mate's character as "stubborn".
If carl or nextlevel or anyone in here gives advice to 100 players and then the same advice is given by LGL,rosskopf,tony,matt hetherington or whatever coach with credits then most likely, a much higher percentage of players will follow the advice of the credited coach although its the exact same thing!
That is true but since a player left his 2500 level coach to work with me, I can tell you that what serious adults seek when it comes to table tennis improvement is effective and understandable coaching. That is not always about playing level, it is about relating to what the player is experiencing. And if someone started playing seriously at a later age in life, unless Rosskopf has spent a significant amount of time coaching someone like that, and he may or may not have, he may not be able to relate to that person like I can. It might sound crazy but it is true.
A time may come when the student leaves me to work with someone else. That is good too. The student may then have learned enough that he can now build a bridge to advanced coaching advice. Right now, after working with my coaches, I can interprete a lot of table tennis intelligently. Many so called high level coaches are really high level glorified trainers. Coaching is not just about displaying good technique, it is about working with the student to get an effective solution to their problems with their constraints and limitations. It's easy to just do drills you did as a kid, explaining the logic is what makes coaching adults hard.
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