I noticed that most women while serving position themselves slightly off center where as a majority of men are on the extreme sides (right or left handed). Also, haven't seen any women serve the reverse pendulum. Why no love for that serve...?.
Like I touched on yesterday, we have been talking about the masculinization of the female techniques the past few years. But as of now, it looks like a mere catchphrase rather than practice. It's because we didn't innovate enough, leading to the situation where our players appeared helpless against Hirano, both in game style and in mental aspect, where Hirano placed herself lower than our players.
"We trail Japan in innovation. Losing is no accident. The time has come for women’s table tennis to reform" said Yin Xiao in an interview 2 days ago.
For those unfamiliar, Yin Xiao is a former CNT coach, LGL, KLH and ZJK were once under his guidance and he helped ZJK get back to the CNT after being sent back to the provincial team.
When I compared games recently it didn't look like that for me. Women play close to the table and it even looks more like a "drive to drive" exchange due to the really short strokes on the top spins. Men are at least one meter further away from the table and all chinese male players play with huge FH swings.I think the men and women game is more similar ro eachother now with the new ball.
Men are also taller compared to women. I would also say that women play SLOWER in comparison to men. That is also one of the reasons why they are able to play close to the table. Just imagine somebody like FZD, ML, XX or LJK playing this close to the table and unleashing the full power. (They sometimes do that) Receiving this also close to the table is nearly impossible. You HAVE to get away from the table to even have a chance on receiving the ball.It is just the different nature of men and women. Because in general men have more muscle mass they tend to use more strength and power away from the table. Women on the other hand in general play faster and closer to the table. There are variations and scales of this of course but that is just a general idea.
Look up Doo Hoi Kem and Matilda Ekholm. Hayata has a reverse pendulum serve, but rarely uses it.
As for the women's game, believe it or not, a technical revolution is going on, thanks in large part to Japan. China actually tried to push forward the 女子打法男性化 but it wasn't really until Japan's resurgence, particularly Hirano, that CNT took it seriously.
More after the jump, http://mytabletennis.net/forum/foru...le=asian-championship-april-0916-china#975825
More after the jump, https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...hinking-of-Ito&p=248812&viewfull=1#post248812
This technical revolution is like what 10 years already?
Do the contrasting styles also result in different footwork? From my very occasional watching of the pros the top women appear to be bouncing more than the men who appear to hit from a more solid base, is that correct? Who should intermediates copy?
No, 3 years at most. The idea was put forward in the early 2000s, but as LGL puts it in the 1st quote, it's "more of a catchphrase."
Seriously, check out the links in my 1st post. I'm not fond of re-posting everything I've written over the years. Read it over before jumping the gun.
That quote is from LGL himself in the post-match interview after Hirano won the ATTC 2017. Go figure yourself.
And I don't have time to argue away like you.
With all due respect, you sound like Jiang Jialiang when he commentates, void of anything tactical, full of cliché, biased AF, and worst of all, so out of touch.
And yes, I spend plenty of time with my club mates, many of whom are division A, B and C players, some of whom are also certified coaches. Just so you know, pulling ranks on the forum in this day and age won't get you far. Here I have direct quotes from LGL, Yin Xiao and Li Sun.