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How to play for a professional club like FC SAARBRÜCKEN-TT in the Bundesliga?
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Some provincial player just moved to US from China ))
Yeah that's possible, but not likely this dude based on his setup and posts asking about rubbers.
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Of course, obviously, the team needs to want you and travel and earnings can be a concern, but while I am not familiar with the details of registering and playing, for the most part, if you are an EU citizen, you don't count against the international quota. There can't be more than one international player (non-EU) fielded in any match. Many players that some might think are international can have dual citizenship, so it isn't always easy to figure out what is happening, but someone like Kanak, once a team has him, they can't play anyone else international in that match at the same time, even on the bench. This was why LYJ and TH couldn't play at the same time for Neu-Ulm. IT was always Dima, Truls and one but not both of them if possible.
I've played in the German (lowest 3) leagues for about 10 years. Basically, every small village in Germany used to have a "Tischtennisverein" of some sort. So this is a table tennis club where people who like to play table tennis get together and play table tennis. There are leagues organized in a hierarchical manner. The club decides who is on the team, and that depends on whether you can commit to play the (usually) weekends when there are games. Everyone can join the club (but you have to become a member), it doesn't matter where you are from. Of course you pay the dues and you don't get paid anything.
Next step is you keep playing, get known, and move up into the higher leagues. Depending on how high the leagues are in the hierarchy, they are local (say a 50mile radius around the village), then it goes up to the "land" which means the state in Germany, say the "Oberliga Herren Bayern", then there is the federal league, the "Bundesliga".
You can pretty much compare yourself with the top German players, there are YT videos of various clubs in various leagues.
As an example, see this video. He (older than U15 obviously) plays "Oberliga" and has a 2206 rating in Germany. He was champion in one of the states in 2019. This link shows the German TT hierarchy. So "Oberliga" is the 5th league from the top, just to level set.
So your better bet given that Germany has free college for everyone who is admitted is:
* Learn German really well (e.g. Goetheinstitut)
* Do really good in high school
* Study for a marketable degree, e.g. computer science or some sort of engineering, in Germany
* Play table tennis in the college or local team
If you are not at QTTR 2000 at age 15 you probably won't become a pro, just google "Deutsche Tischtennisjugendmeisterschaft" and take the first link "U15".
Next step is you keep playing, get known, and move up into the higher leagues. Depending on how high the leagues are in the hierarchy, they are local (say a 50mile radius around the village), then it goes up to the "land" which means the state in Germany, say the "Oberliga Herren Bayern", then there is the federal league, the "Bundesliga".
You can pretty much compare yourself with the top German players, there are YT videos of various clubs in various leagues.
As an example, see this video. He (older than U15 obviously) plays "Oberliga" and has a 2206 rating in Germany. He was champion in one of the states in 2019. This link shows the German TT hierarchy. So "Oberliga" is the 5th league from the top, just to level set.
So your better bet given that Germany has free college for everyone who is admitted is:
* Learn German really well (e.g. Goetheinstitut)
* Do really good in high school
* Study for a marketable degree, e.g. computer science or some sort of engineering, in Germany
* Play table tennis in the college or local team
If you are not at QTTR 2000 at age 15 you probably won't become a pro, just google "Deutsche Tischtennisjugendmeisterschaft" and take the first link "U15".
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Seth Pech, who was rated above 2400 in US some time ago has a current QTTR of 1993 playing in germany in the 3rd team of Hilpoltstein.
Kanak Jha, who is by faaaaaar the best player in the US, is very average Bundesliga player. No other us-American would be able to play Bundesliga.
So, if you consider yourself to be able to become (by far) the best player in the US, you can play Bundesliga.
As you’re already 15 years old - forget your dream, learn something normal…
As an example, Timo Boll played Bundesliga with 14 years, Patrick Franziska with 17 years
So, if you consider yourself to be able to become (by far) the best player in the US, you can play Bundesliga.
As you’re already 15 years old - forget your dream, learn something normal…
As an example, Timo Boll played Bundesliga with 14 years, Patrick Franziska with 17 years
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my answer can be for anyone readingwhy even give advice without seeing video footage of his standard of play first.
at least it is a solid and reasonable answer to the question
question, how
answer, reach x level, then go for trials
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