How often do you hear this

Dan · Feb 9, 2011

How often have you heard this quote from a friend of yours, preferably who doesn't play table tennis.

'Table Tennis!! you don't need to be fit to play that sport, its not physically demanding. Its nothing on the demands like football, running, basketball'

Ok I'm 100% sure you have heard this before, so what do you think? How important is really table tennis physically. Perhaps you agree with people who think its not a physically demanding sport. Discuss below.

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TTOski · Feb 9, 2011

Fot the people who don't practis table tennis, it's not that hard. If you are a good and can keep the ball on the table, then you need to be in good phsycially shape. Am I right?

Justchill · Feb 9, 2011

Haha, I hear it alot.. well you don't need to have a good condition, but it sure helps if you have!

markog99 · Feb 9, 2011

yes you are right but you cant play REAL table tennis withuot moving.for example:look at samsonov he has 100 bals on the table and moves like a tiger

leankints · Feb 9, 2011

i hear that from all my friends. it gets annoying after a while. sure, if you're not competitive and you're just playing for fun, you don't need to be fit, but that applies for all the other sports. however if you're playing to be the best and you take it seriously. training will make you fit. hahahahahaha. let them try many/ multi balls, let's see how they'll feel after. hahahahaha

damo · Feb 9, 2011

i heard that many times

Dan · Feb 9, 2011

leankints said:
i hear that from all my friends. it gets annoying after a while. sure, if you're not competitive and you're just playing for fun, you don't need to be fit, but that applies for all the other sports. however if you're playing to be the best and you take it seriously. training will make you fit. hahahahahaha. let them try many/ multi balls, let's see how they'll feel after. hahahahaha

Haha, i actually did this in college... I did a coaching session in class and put them all on multi ball.. They were soon out of breath

Bollforte94 · Feb 9, 2011

You can play good-looking tabletennis with a little movement but if you want to play your best, you have to move .... Bending your legs is for the most players hard to take but I do this every training and now its no problem

damo · Feb 9, 2011

Dan said:
Haha, i actually did this in college... I did a coaching session in class and put them all on multi ball.. They were soon out of breath

hahahahaahahah

damo · Feb 9, 2011

BollForte94 said:
You can play good-looking tabletennis with a little movement but if you want to play your best, you have to move .... Bending your legs is for the most players hard to take but I do this every training and now its no problem

i totally agree with that!

TTD Team Manager · Feb 9, 2011

These idiots get me so annoyed! TT is my main exercise an it keeps me in good shape. I say take these 'sport' journalists to a chinese training camp an watch them die HAHA lol

Bollforte94 · Feb 9, 2011

Ant Kent said:
These idiots get me so annoyed! TT is my main exercise an it keeps me in good shape. I say take these 'sport' journalists to a chinese training camp an watch them die HAHA lol

They would die there

GOOD IDEA

Sam Chow · Feb 9, 2011

No matter what kind of sport, those not want to play up to the best, can't catch the point of the game

Charlie · Feb 9, 2011

i brang a friend who said that to a training sessions once and after he was dripping of sweat never said it again

dcrshaggy · Feb 9, 2011

so many times i've heard that... for most of the sports the players must have a great shape, otherwise it would be just a hobby, just a physical activity with a couple of beers for the heat... table tennis demands so much effort, training and talent, it's pretty hard in a competitive level

billalphonso79! · Feb 9, 2011

it's annoying but i understand it because it comes from ignorant people

unagidon · Feb 9, 2011

BollForte94 said:
You can play good-looking tabletennis with a little movement but if you want to play your best, you have to move .... Bending your legs is for the most players hard to take but I do this every training and now its no problem

agree agree.
those who play in basement. just play for fun. they don't move a lot. they just rally.
those who play in the club. they play seriously. play as a match. train themself hard. they will have lot of movement. that is where all the physical demanding is.

lgreggs · Feb 9, 2011

I get this occasionally but if it's at college I get them to come and watch training. Then they realise there is a physical demand.

scylla24 · Feb 9, 2011

haha yeah, I hear this all the time, everyone laughs, and says, oh table tennis isn't a sport, its just a fun little hobby. And then whenever my friends see me watching a pro video, and sees some of the players wearing knee braces, they laugh.

They have no idea how in a higher level game, just how much and how quickly you have to move around. Even if you don't have to move around all that much. Just the sheer concentration and focus needed to play table tennis can induce alot of sweating haha.

chompiraz · Feb 10, 2011

It helps to be fit, but it isn't necessary. There are 60 year old guys and older at my club that have enough control and anticipation to just stand there and kick my but. Like everything else there are levels of commitment, training, skill, and interest.

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