Have you been to China for Table Tennis?

[Matt Hetherington]

I feel like this is an experience all serious players need to immerse themself in at least once. Made a new video discussing it more!

 

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Thanks for the great video. It's nice to see a lot of the different places one can play.

Your main idea about "what they're doing doing different" is the intensive (multiball) training? Anything else?
How do the feel the language barrier impacts the experience? In terms of, for example, getting more detailed advice from coaches - this a language thing, or more a 'system' thing?

One great thing about China is because the skill ceiling is so high there are players you can meet in the park who are very talented but don't take themselves too seriously. That gives the sport's atmosphere a different feeling.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Thanks for the great video. It's nice to see a lot of the different places one can play.

Your main idea about "what they're doing doing different" is the intensive (multiball) training? Anything else?
How do the feel the language barrier impacts the experience? In terms of, for example, getting more detailed advice from coaches - this a language thing, or more a 'system' thing?

One great thing about China is because the skill ceiling is so high there are players you can meet in the park who are very talented but don't take themselves too seriously. That gives the sport's atmosphere a different feeling.

There are lots of takeaways about how they structure their training, what they focus on. For example a lot of training sessions in the province teams they will literally focus on three drill centric system:

1. Forehand Footwork i.e 2-2 or three point forehand
2. Full table random
3. Serve and attack

Those are literally their main generic training blocks to improve the key areas they see as being most important. Of course they also mix in other drills when they want to focus on other areas, but that's the blueprint.

I think you can learn a lot seeing their approaches to matches and how they win points, how they adapt. Even simple things like what sequences they focus on in some of their multiball drills and other table drills.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Thanks for the great video. It's nice to see a lot of the different places one can play.

Your main idea about "what they're doing doing different" is the intensive (multiball) training? Anything else?
How do the feel the language barrier impacts the experience? In terms of, for example, getting more detailed advice from coaches - this a language thing, or more a 'system' thing?

One great thing about China is because the skill ceiling is so high there are players you can meet in the park who are very talented but don't take themselves too seriously. That gives the sport's atmosphere a different feeling.

The main idea about the multiball is how they work on building technical efficiency, how they optimize their techniques to match great quality with energy efficiency, weight transfer etc.

 

[SFF_lib]

I feel like this is an experience all serious players need to immerse themself in at least once. Made a new video discussing it more!

I agreed with one point "it's difficult to get good guidance as a foreigner"

A boy in our club in NZ went to China. The family (NZ born Chinese) went to Xu Xin's business for regular training. They said as soon as the coach heard they are visiting, they don't take it seriously.

Sure they want customers to sign up to 6 month or 2 year regular training for $$$$. So if you're just there for a few weeks they don't take you seriously.

It's not a positive attitude.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I agreed with one point "it's difficult to get good guidance as a foreigner"

A boy in our club in NZ went to China. The family (NZ born Chinese) went to Xu Xin's business for regular training. They said as soon as the coach heard they are visiting, they don't take it seriously.

Sure they want customers to sign up to 6 month or 2 year regular training for $$$$. So if you're just there for a few weeks they don't take you seriously.

It's not a positive attitude.

Yea it’s important to find the right place, that’s disappointing to hear because i’m sure a lot of people will go there because of Xu Xin’s reputation too

 

[SFF_lib]

Yea it’s important to find the right place, that’s disappointing to hear because i’m sure a lot of people will go there because of Xu Xin’s reputation too

They only stayed for a week in Shanghai I think. So not enough profit 🤣🤣

 

[Matt Hetherington]

They only stayed for a week in Shanghai I think. So not enough profit 🤣🤣

True but not much incentive for them to ever go back there so not a good business model 😂