China Open 2017

[Jonathan_]

Did the stream just die?

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Did the stream just die?

Ours is down to..

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Hopefully back up shortly

 

[sanavasaraja]

Back up

 

[yoass]

I think "Tchoing" insincerely, or anything done insincerely, unless rehearsed makes one feel like an idiot.

You need to maintain a ruthless, deep focus. To enter the zone, which is a very narrow ‘tunnel’ of utmost concentration.

If you need to pep up yourself by acting out aggressively, then so be it. For me, and other players if I understand what I'm reading as well, it's an inner thing. My zone is grounded in inner tranquility, not inner turmoil. So I don't act out, and if somebody else's hollering and other attempts to disturb me, than that's a shortcoming in my own ability to stay balanced and concentrated.

The strategy of countering that behaviour by replicating it would only aggravate things. It doesn't make much sense to give up on balance and tranquility in an attempt to regain it. Power to the shouters, but my zen is my own.

 

[sanavasaraja]

Timo actually did the FZD... oh man that's tough.

 

[Garrison]

GG, congratz to Dima. 4 match points for Timo blown (

 

[Xylit]

Can't believe Timo has thrown another close game away...

 

[NextLevel]

Timo has a way of playing when match point up as if he is waiting for his opponent to make a mistake. It is really unfortunate as Dima doesn't misread Timo's serves. Congrats to Dima.

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Congratulations to Dimitrij Ovtcharov saving 4 match points to be crowned Champion of the CHINA OPEN with a 4-3 victory over Timo Boll!

 

[Jaffar Lone]

Great comeback by Dima, i guess Timo's serves were a bit off on the big points.. nevertheless great comeback, better luck next time Timo.

 

[Tinykin]

I recall a scene from the classic martial arts movie "Enter the Dragon". Bruce Lee's character is fighting Chuck Norris' character, and Bruce's character has a habit of bobbing and bouncing on his feet. As Chuck's character begins to lose, he, too, starts bobbing and bouncing on his feet, imitating Bruce's character, and that is when Bruce's character knows he has defeated him. To me choing is the same. If I change my behavior to that of my opponent, because it seems to work for them, they have won. I need to do what works for me.

Not sure if this applies directly to TT. Many times my opponent is doing stuff that reminds me that I should do something similar.

 

[NextLevel]

You need to maintain a ruthless, deep focus. To enter the zone, which is a very narrow ‘tunnel’ of utmost concentration.

If you need to pep up yourself by acting out aggressively, then so be it. For me, and other players if I understand what I'm reading as well, it's an inner thing. My zone is grounded in inner tranquility, not inner turmoil. So I don't act out, and if somebody else's hollering and other attempts to disturb me, than that's a shortcoming in my own ability to stay balanced and concentrated.

The strategy of countering that behaviour by replicating it would only aggravate things. It doesn't make much sense to give up on balance and tranquility in an attempt to regain it. Power to the shouters, but my zen is my own.

As an experienced TT player, this is good literature.

 

[yoass]

The sight of the men's doubles award ceremony is so unusual. Four unchallenged Japanese players rising above the rest isn't all that common, perhaps we will learn to get used to it.

 

[yoass]

Oooh. Isn't that the GAS administrator there handing out the award to Ding Ning, the very one at the heart of the storm?

 

[yoass]

Is it me, or does Adam sound strangely like a robot reading out by compulsion rather than conviction now?

 

[TTHopeful]

I was backing Timo, well played dimi

 

[ade14212]

can't believe someone actually compares fake movie craps to a real sport situation. whats more, its Bruce's!

in the case of tchoing, it's necessary. believe me, I was once lost against a lower ranked one because of I was annoyed of his tcho.
I was able to gety groove back when I start tchoing back.

 

[Baal]

Regarding cho-ing and such, in Brad Gilbert's book Winning Ugly he describes all the psychological tricks Connors used to use to get inside the heads of his opponents, and the strategies he used to try to prevent it. He has long passages about this kind of thing. Connors was basically a cho-er before it was common in our sport. I can see how it can help some people. But like I said earlier, not everyone is wired the same way.

 

[Badger]

can't believe someone actually compares fake movie craps to a real sport situation. whats more, its Bruce's!

in the case of tchoing, it's necessary. believe me, I was once lost against a lower ranked one because of I was annoyed of his tcho.
I was able to gety groove back when I start tchoing back.

Cool story; n=1.