Skysowers, you have.been many.battles back in.phils. tibay mo brad hehe, im also from phils right now, so how did.you fair playing there in US? my only achivement was i won the singles in college department meet but with no varsity player played, i went back to playing basketball since that, after almosr.20 years last year march went back playing tt again just to teach my 10 year old in coming grade 6 daughter preparing.her for their school elimination and hopefully she can join the area meet, but because of this covid it might be cancelled all sporting events.now this year good thing we have table at home still practicing at quarantine here
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Hello hello,
My situation here in US is very different compared to the Philippines. I live in a small city and when we immigrated here, there's barely any club I can go to that would fit in my schedule (since I also started working full time). Also, the clubs are so far away from each other- about 2-4 hours drive average. There was a year or so where I would go play once a week, because the club is only open on Saturdays. I tried my best to train like that, with no coach but it's much harder that I expected.
I competed and during my first tournament, I won all of my games. But I wasn't aware of the rating system then. On my second tournament, the competition was definitely harder but fortunately got 2nd place. The higher your rating goes, the harder your competition is. And the tournaments here are coed, so I play against male players most of the time.
I stopped for a while, focusing on work and having a family. I still live in the same small city, but our club got a new owner and it's been getting better since. I started playing again and now there is competition in our club so that helps me improve. We still don't have any coaches, I am probably one of the few people over there who is qualified to become a coach, which I am now (Certified Club Coach). So we just teach ourselves. Mostly through film and applying the stuff that we read or watch online. That is my situation now.
I'm just taking it one day at a time, working on getting stronger so I can play again. A lot of people here see how much I've improved and that they say that I'm underrated, but still hard to say because I haven't competed in years. Hopefully, after the pandemic, I will be able to go out there and apply the improvements I've gained all these years.
I hope your transition to table tennis is going smoothly.