Hahaha yeah maybe that's what's needed [emoji23]As far as football / soccer is concerned why wait for a generally longer period of time for a ball to go in a net, when you can watch TT / Tennis (or in the case of badminton a shuttle) go into a net on a much more regular basis !!!
I was brought up watching sport, if there was any form of sport on the TV when I was a kid, that channel was chosen ( huge choice of 3 channels) !!!
it’s strange really, snooker became really popular overnight when colour tv became available, but what a slow sport!! Generally pretty boring, bowls to, Golf 4 - 5 hrs for a round, but all day event if you watch from 1st tee to last ball putted in, cricket, yawn!! Rugby, ok but !!! and so on.
Darts, that’s got the spectator side of things really sorted out!! Everyone there watching is usually P####d !!! and can get away with almost anything!! And the actual matches are generally fast and exciting, with ‘characters’ participating!!!
Maybe that’s what TT needs, fancy dress, loads of beer for the spectators and shorter 3 point games, but 1st to 11 sets!!
A fat man with a bicycle moustache here and there. Then people could really start taking the sport more seriously [emoji848] or maybe not [emoji28]
No, one important reason to why tabletennis could be lacking popularity is the understanding of how the sport work. I think a lot of hobbiest (someone who has never learned the basics of tt) gets discouraged quite quickly when playing against someone who HAS learned the basics. They often don't understand what's going on with the ball. How to return the spin, tactics and all that. And some people don't even see tt as a sport. Ironically it was originally an after-dinner game, so was never intented to be taken srsly in it's original state
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