final of the Hereford Titans Veteran Tournament 2024 (Aug 25th)

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Huge thanks to @MOG for organizing and running another great Hereford Titans Veteran Tournament over the course of the last weekend!

Figured you guys would enjoy the video of the veteran (over-40) final. Reasonably very high level amateur table tennis - John and Darren are 8 and 14 on the over-40 ranking list in England.



P.S.: More videos from the tournament are here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTlOzSp18ZefxnXpEiJw6-yCyK1_iV6aa
 
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Kudos to the players for serving legally!

What I could not understand is why does the taller player keep serving long fast no spin to the BH of his opponent, knowing very well, the opponent can attack with his BH. This is the tactic I could not understand...
 
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Those long serves are actually well disguised, with a fair amount of spin/placement variation and aren't always no spin. I got thoroughly bamboozled by them in the group! There's a video to prove it 😜

The fact that Darren was able to return them so consistently is a testament to his playing level.

Also, John has very good BH punch/counter/chopblock shots in his arsenal just waiting to pounce on even remotely weak/loose BH opener against his serves.
 
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Those long serves are actually well disguised, with a fair amount of spin/placement variation and aren't always no spin. I got thoroughly bamboozled by them in the group! There's a video to prove it 😜

The fact that Darren was able to return them so consistently is a testament to his playing level.

Also, John has very good BH punch/counter/chopblock shots in his arsenal just waiting to pounce on even remotely weak/loose BH opener against his serves.
Yep, this is a tactic I often use too. Definitely not as well as John does lol.
 
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