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In China, where table tennis is a national sport, badminton is still more popular.🤣In most countries where TT isn't a national sport (or close to), Badminton seems to be ranked way higher
My country has produced some world class badminton players over the years.Which sport is more popular in your city/town?
Checked Table Tennis England (TTE) and Badminton Association of England (BAE) websites.
Badminton - 560,000 participants a week
Table Tennis - 290,000 twice a month, (so roughly 145,000 participants a week) this is down from about 440,000 twice a month pre COVID, (220,000/week)
note - figures rounded up for easy reading!!! No pre COVID figures from BAE
hard to find ‘definitive’ or possibly reliably accurate figures !!!!
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its not hard to see why its more popular than table tennis though considering its way easier for anyone to just pick a racquet up and play compared to table tennis
way less frustrating to play too compared to table tennis
as what Gozo mentioned, my country is pretty much known in the badminton scene as we have legends like Lee Chong Wei and the Sidek brothers
But I heard that you can fit more tt players in the same area as compared to badminton. Badminton courts take up more space hence is less affordable in Asian cities. It's just a saying I've heard.
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its not hard to see why its more popular than table tennis though considering its way easier for anyone to just pick a racquet up and play compared to table tennis
way less frustrating to play too compared to table tennis
as what Gozo mentioned, my country is pretty much known in the badminton scene as we have legends like Lee Chong Wei and the Sidek brothers
How so? There are outdoor tables for table tennis and schools usually have ones too (at least here in Germany). If you want to play badminton you have to enter a club or rent a court so table tennis is way easier to get into. We got to play badmintion during PE at school, but none of us showed interest in following it outside of school because we couldn't conveniently play it somewhere close. You got outdoor courts for badminton over there?
How so? There are outdoor tables for table tennis and schools usually have ones too (at least here in Germany). If you want to play badminton you have to enter a club or rent a court so table tennis is way easier to get into. We got to play badmintion during PE at school, but none of us showed interest in following it outside of school because we couldn't conveniently play it somewhere close. You got outdoor courts for badminton over there?
Interesting. Outdoor tables cost a horrendous price in my country. It costs like $1300 USD and no school will buy it. Indoor table also costs ~$300USD each. Again schools don't buy them. A set of badminton nets cost far less that's why schools here prefer badminton.
My German friends also told me tt is easily accessible in Germany for kids and adults. I wonder if a country's economy plays a role since tt cost more to set up than badminton.
In France it's 200 000 for tt against 190 000 for badminton. So...
That's why France can produce champions like the Lebrun brothers 😉
That's why France can produce champions like the Lebrun brothers 😉
We can consider ourselves lucky to have them. Only 200,000 players in a country of over 67 million people... that's not a lot.
And our training philosophy is very archaic, most players don't know anything about what's going on abroad (equipment, competition, technique, training, etc...) and aren't interested in it.
How so? There are outdoor tables for table tennis and schools usually have ones too (at least here in Germany). If you want to play badminton you have to enter a club or rent a court so table tennis is way easier to get into. We got to play badmintion during PE at school, but none of us showed interest in following it outside of school because we couldn't conveniently play it somewhere close. You got outdoor courts for badminton over there?
where i live outdoor tables for table tennis do not exist at all, but we do have outdoor courts for badminton in parks
though you're right, you do often need to enter clubs or rent a court if you want to play badminton "seriously".
however, the same thing applies to table tennis too. you will be pretty hard pressed to find a table tennis table you can play for free here. the only option for table tennis here is to either join the club and pay a membership fee to play or join a training center. table tennis training centers here are more abundant than table tennis clubs for some reason.
the reason why i think badminton is more accessible (here at my place at least) is because all you need is just an open space to muck around with shuttlecocks and racquets. it is a pretty common sight to see young people just go at it in parks without the need for a court or a net.
yes, they play in such a way because its just recreational fun, but don't people play table tennis for recreation too? well thats where the problem lies, you need a table. there just isnt any outdoor tables. to play table tennis here you need to go out of your way to find one, either by entering clubs, renting a table tennis court (rental table tennis rooms exist here) and so on.
But I heard that you can fit more tt players in the same area as compared to badminton. Badminton courts take up more space hence is less affordable in Asian cities. It's just a saying I've heard.
its true u can fit more tt players in the same area but considering that table tennis is the lesser popular sport here compared to the likes of badminton, football/soccer and even tennis, it doesnt rly give most people the incentive to just make a huge court only for table tennis.
but thinking about it, its most likely why theres a lot of training centers for table tennis (at my place) compared to clubs. its to maximize ur profits by providing training services since less popularity meant that renting table tennis courts will probably not make enough revenue to justify the establishment of one.