The thing here is, some players have class and some don't. At some point this kid will watch video of himself and be embarrassed because the way he shouts really doesn't make him look good. And it definitely does sound awful.
So, I am not going to say I like the kids who cho at every point regardless of how cheap. One thing I don't like about Cho to begin with, is that to me, it doesn't seem like anything more than just a meaningless shout.
I get what Baal and NextLevel are saying about the difference between celebrating every point regardless of how cheap and a celebration that is for something meaningful. I think that has to do with whether a player has class or not.
And for a kid who is not quite 13 years old, it is possible that every single point won seems like a pretty big thing from his perspective.
And I am going to keep to my stance that, because when you come across a player who has class, and they celebrate and it inspires you, I am not going to judge the celebrations that are more on the annoying side.
All we can hope is that a kid like Harimoto grows up, becomes more creative in his celebrations and gets some class in the process. I know, perhaps you can't learn the kind of humility with which a guy like Ma Long is naturally endowed. But we can hope for maturity without coercing kids to repress their expressiveness.
Well, I personally hope that table tennis players in general get more personalized and creative with their celebrations. Because, frankly, cho is boring and, at least to me, it is devoid of meaning.
So, I would like to see table tennis players get more creative and interesting with their celebrations. But I still don't want to quash the instinct and desire to celebrate because, the hope is, as a player matures and succeeds, they develop more dignity and class.
If something really was disruptive it would be easy to see.
Like this stuff in this video:
It is pushing the edge of acceptable. It is definitely not classy stuff that Leonard is doing to Duran. But, it is hard not to see that these are two great fighters and the stuff Leonard is doing, Duran can't handle it.
Do I like that stuff? Nope. Not really. Even though it is borderline, I don't think you can make rules against it. And if Duran was up to the task, Leonard would have gotten his head handed to him for those antics. Although I don't think Leonard was classy, a lot of his antics, he got them from Muhammed Ali, who I do think had class and dignity to his antics.
So I just wouldn't want to quash the creative instincts of a player who is celebrating from the heart because some other player hadn't yet cultivated dignity and class.
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