Daily Table Tennis Chit Chat

[jk1980]

Could you (in the chit chat thread) reply to the video and tell me what's broken about the timestamps I posted? Those shots would go through a Division 2 player in Australia, or about 2000 - 2100 USATT. If that's "broken" then I think you have much higher ambitions than I do and maybe are used to only playing at a semi-pro/pro level.

You have a strong misconception on your skill and the skills of others.

I can not judge for the "divison 2 player" of Australia and i might even give it to you in doubt under the precondition that for sure, people that never played table tennis and were actually just gamers and only played "the Division 2", they would probably not return that one half assed "smash" that you are talking about.

I know low level german players that smash it right back at you. Nothing in your videos would assume that you would be even on a 1100 TTR level in germany.

Having a little experience (just a little over one season yet) in the low leagues i can give rough estimates about what players can do in the west region of germany given a specific rating.
You are about 1000 TTR at best. at 1100TTR people have a system so they can cope against most amateurs simply by playing their game. That game might still have holes, but not that big that you could exploit it all the time, because when they serve they have a few patterns they play where there last at least two or three balls that are usually played on their terms.
With TTR 1200 people have a better shot selection and you can expect them to know to handle the different types of spin but might struggle with unusual amount of spin still.
you my friend are below 1000TR because you do not even have the timing nor the technique to pull of the appropriate shot (i.e. a loop vs. a low backspin push) if your life depended on it. Sure you hit one here and there but the success is way too low and yes there might be low level players that can't loop, but then it is clear to see that they actually have a different game and dont rely on it and have a way to somehow cope with it. Seeing that your partner casually lobs your serves that pretend to be backspin back to you also really makes me question if anybody has issues with this.

Usually i wouldn't post this low level footage here and i tried to anonymize the person, but dude, you are not even on the level of this opponent how has 1010 TTR "only".

You can see that i also hit the net here and there or i am late if a block is well placed and i can't follow up, but this is a real match and not goofing around with a team mate that i know. You even see my lacking shot selection when i do some sideswipe punch instead of backhand looping. That is what low level players struggle with. So you pretending to be anywhere near the levels you mentioned is bonkers.

I think the replies to your videos would be more positive if you didn't come up with these excuses about drilling 3 hours and being exhausted, because clearly we can see what these "drilling" actually looks like in the videos. You play casually ping pong in the parc. Second reason for me being this harsh is that you are acting like a little "know it all" whenever it comes to properties of brushing and looping the ball and how rubbers behave. Now whatever your favourite scientific terms you wanna throw around at these EJ topics is, either you are knowledge is wrong (since it does not lead you to actually be able to use it with a table tennis ball yourself) or it's just a lot of baloney. Perhaps you have learned something somewhere in school or university and that was the only thing that stuck, so you throw around these words, but i have the strong feeling that you suffer from the "if you only got a hammer, everything looks like a nail to you" syndrome.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

It's context. You're not there with me for 4-5 hours to see everything I did. Even today when we did manage to film most of it, we couldn't get all of it. You just keep putting words in my mouth and assuming what things mean. You gotta stop that.

Could you (in the chit chat thread) reply to the video and tell me what's broken about the timestamps I posted? Those shots would go through a Division 2 player in Australia, or about 2000 - 2100 USATT. If that's "broken" then I think you have much higher ambitions than I do and maybe are used to only playing at a semi-pro/pro level.

I watched probably 15+ minutes combined of the recent videos you've been posting. That's enough to identify that you have a broken forehand. As for why, my posts in the H3 thread and what others especially Haito have said here, get the point across.

Pointing out two decent shots and acting like that is an accurate representation of your forehand (and all the other bad footage is just because you're tired, you're working with you practice partner on slow balls, whatever other excuses) is just not honest, whether you're intentionally doing it or not.

And no, those shots would not go through a 2000-2100 USATT player with any regularity. In fact, they would probably get counter attacked quite easily by most 2000 players.

Quite frankly, I was shocked to see this level of play in light of recent comments you've made on this board such as you being able to handle CNT-hardness 42+ degree Hurricanes unboosted or whatever, and others...