Do you often blame on yourself?

Corsini · Aug 11, 2013

Hi!

Like the title the ask is if you are blaming of yourself when you miss a ball or serve?

In my club we have one player that always blames on himself and yells at himself.

Is this ok? I know that many players are blaming on their self put he is do it every point

--Furry-- · Aug 11, 2013

Thats OK ! Thats a good sign of craziness

Tinykin · Aug 11, 2013

We all blame ourselves as it is mostly our own fault that we miss.

decoy · Aug 11, 2013

was he in the army by any chance?? where its always your fault

anyway i do it all the time... its like a way of learning from mistakes next time you are less likely to do the same mistake

Der_Echte · Aug 11, 2013

It is a military way of holding oneself accountable. still, a lot of the time a better opponent had something to do with the missed ball, but the player did not realize it yet.

Steven · Aug 11, 2013

Better than blaming the material or others.

decoy · Aug 11, 2013

Der_Echte said:
It is a military way of holding oneself accountable. still, a lot of the time a better opponent had something to do with the missed ball, but the player did not realize it yet.

true. some of us know the whole army experience. or some of it at least.

as for the better opponent it would ofcourse depend on the situation. but even though the better has made the point it could help to blame yourself for it anyway do try and avoid or counter such scenario.

Alborz · Aug 11, 2013

I almost never blame myself becaue when i do this i get frustrated and will play very bad.

Cornerer · Aug 11, 2013

Don't blame urself but try to reflect a bit on y u've just lost that point

Shiro · Aug 11, 2013

Yes but i tend to think to myself why i made that mistake and try to fix it later so i won't make the same mistake again

tsunami902 · Aug 11, 2013

All your points is because of yourself, and all your mistakes is because of yourself, not unless you are playing "DOUBLES".

kjanko · Aug 11, 2013

I always blame myself. It's a stupid habbit I got from playing tennis for 10 years..

zhang liu · Aug 12, 2013

Yes I blame my self! But I have a classmate that when he loss he blames his equipment that have not that much spin>

SirSpinsalot · Aug 12, 2013

No one to blame there is but yourself.
For your greatest enemy, you are.
Yes, hmmm.

Corsini · Aug 12, 2013

But he is blaming so much that he loses 80% of hims games, we all blame but he blames like no other. He is the player that i have seen most that blame and scream on himself

Nju Munja · Aug 12, 2013

I do blame myself but I think I only do it because it´s quite normal to do that in tabletennis.
I think it´s because it seems so easy to make that little ball fly to the other side of the table.

Dan · Aug 13, 2013

Steven said:
Better than blaming the material or others.

Nice posts guys, I agree with similar posts to Steven and others here. It is good to blame yourself I think but in a positive, constructive way. I think its important to acknowledge your own mistakes and then work on them. If one blames their equipment or other external influences such as the 'lights, tables, bad bounce, rubbers, opponents' then it will be hard to improve. Self reflection is very important in improving I believe. I think professionals will do this very well, I read a paragraph about Jan Ove Waldner once, It said, when Waldner or his coach found a weakness within his game, he turned it into a strength within 2 weeks. I like this as it shows one must know his weakness and work on them, and not to hide away from it.

Enjoy and love the game

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