Classic Matches

[J-fed]

Woah. Fantastic attacking play fro both. Wipe out in the final game though.

 

[J-fed]

Stellan Bengtsson introduced me to table tennis (because he’s left-handed too) when we were 16, after we’d seen some footage of it on the news, and because, shortly afterwards, in 1977, we went to watch the World Championships in Birmingham.

Saive will always remain my idol because of his incredible dynamism on his forehand and because we were lucky enough to play against him three times there in 1980 and ’81.

You played against him as a junior? Wow.
Saive indeed had incredible athleticism and I made sure to ask him about it.
He said he trained and practiced 5 hours a day. I don’t remember the specifics.

 

[J-fed]

Stellan Bengtsson introduced me to table tennis (because he’s left-handed too) when we were 16, after we’d seen some footage of it on the news, and because, shortly afterwards, in 1977, we went to watch the World Championships in Birmingham.

Saive will always remain my idol because of his incredible dynamism on his forehand and because we were lucky enough to play against him three times there in 1980 and ’81.

I’m a part time high school teacher. Mixture of Sports/English/academics. Today I set the essay question of whether lefties have an edge in smooth motor skills.
It’s a surprisingly difficult question.
Instinctively we feel yes though right?