This applies only to the U.S rating system.
I stumbled upon a discussion and it interested me. How could a player reach such a high level at such a short amount of time?
Also note that this kid does not currently have a sponsor.
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"I have read several threads on the youngest reaching a given rating.
I am wondering if anyone has looked into the fastest to a given rating.
At the 2011 Nationals 14 year old Bryant Lin reached a rating of 2287.
http://www.usatt.org/history/rating/history/Phistory.asp?Pid=69300
A decent accomplishment, but not so remarkable until taken with the fact that he started playing less than 2 years ago.
Bryant walked into the Alameda Table Tennis club in January of 2010 and he played his first round robin on 1/17/10 emerging with a rating of 357. In February he enrolled in our beginner kid’s class, and soon began taking private lessons with Avishy.
He played his first tournament on 5/2/2010 and came out rated 590. In March of 2011 he hit 1900.
It seams that the average young protégé reaches a rating of 1000 – 1500 after about 2 years of tournament play. Bryant reached 1900 in 10 months.
Of course starting at a little older age makes it easier to progress faster initialy.
I know that there are tennis pros etc that have quickly progressed in table tennis, can you think of a player without a background in another racket sport that reached 2200 faster?"
I stumbled upon a discussion and it interested me. How could a player reach such a high level at such a short amount of time?
Also note that this kid does not currently have a sponsor.
Click this for the link to the actual discussion
"I have read several threads on the youngest reaching a given rating.
I am wondering if anyone has looked into the fastest to a given rating.
At the 2011 Nationals 14 year old Bryant Lin reached a rating of 2287.
http://www.usatt.org/history/rating/history/Phistory.asp?Pid=69300
A decent accomplishment, but not so remarkable until taken with the fact that he started playing less than 2 years ago.
Bryant walked into the Alameda Table Tennis club in January of 2010 and he played his first round robin on 1/17/10 emerging with a rating of 357. In February he enrolled in our beginner kid’s class, and soon began taking private lessons with Avishy.
He played his first tournament on 5/2/2010 and came out rated 590. In March of 2011 he hit 1900.
It seams that the average young protégé reaches a rating of 1000 – 1500 after about 2 years of tournament play. Bryant reached 1900 in 10 months.
Of course starting at a little older age makes it easier to progress faster initialy.
I know that there are tennis pros etc that have quickly progressed in table tennis, can you think of a player without a background in another racket sport that reached 2200 faster?"
