Ma Long's Career

[Dan]

Awesome Videos of Ma Long's Career.

What do you think of Ma Long's career so far?

Photo by: sports.cn

 

[Bollforte94]

Thanks Dan
I know the guy who worked at the first video, he is a nice guy!
And the maker of the second video I know too

 

[Dan]

Thanks Dan
I know the guy who worked at the first video, he is a nice guy!
And the maker of the second video I know too

Haha yeah I bet you know the maker of the second video lol

Awesome stuff bro, I have also added it to the media library for ya

 

[WiWa]

Thanks Dan
I know the guy who worked at the first video, he is a nice guy!
And the maker of the second video I know too

Hahaha that would be u Great work man. Even though there were many points in the vid where ZJK lost, I couldn't stop watching it haha

 

[Matt Hetherington]

I think Ma Long's career has been plagued with unfulfilled expectation to be completely honest, he was supposed to be the next World Champion. True injury did set him back in part but I wonder if/when he will win a major title like the World Cup (he hasn't even made a final), World Champs or Olympic Games, that's what the world expected him to achieve. His pro tour career stats are impressive 12/16 with the inclusion of Austrian Open plus one grand finals.

 

[WiWa]

I think he returned stronger, especially mentally. It can't be an accident that he wins practically everything the past months right? I like him more now

 

[Bollforte94]

I think his mental weakness is in the past now .... Zhang said after WTTC 2011 that he was a bit lucky because he didn't meet Ma Long in the finals ... Imagine the tospin from Wang Hao on the edge of the table flew one more milimeter and did not hit the edge ..... Ma Long had had a lead of 3-1 in sets .... if he won one more set he would play against ZJ in the final, and maybe the WTTC champ would be Ma Long, no one would speak of his "mental weakness"

I know there is too much "would"

 

[Bollforte94]

I think he returned stronger, especially mentally. It can't be an accident that he wins practically everything the past months right? I like him more now

Have the same opinion like you ... You like him more because he won the last three tournaments?

 

[WiWa]

Have the same opinion like you ... You like him more because he won the last three tournaments?

Well I don't like it when people fail to get results under pressure. You should come to the stage and take it, Ma Long had stage fright. I still prefer ZJK of course xD He's more confident and usually more efficient in important points. But Ma Long improved at that, and that is a good thing.

But it comes with winning the tournaments yes, that shows his progression

 

[sunilcse04]

Back with a BANG! His shots are better.. not like blind rallies.. he seems to placing his shots more perfectly now.. almost crippling his opponents! He has become better for sure!

 

[Michal_Z]

Yeees, Ma Long back to No 1 in the world

 

[chughtai]

well to sum it all up hes a strong plyer with a big forehand drive

 

[scylla24]

Thanks Dan
I know the guy who worked at the first video, he is a nice guy!
And the maker of the second video I know too

Yeah, I hear the 2nd guy is a pretty weird dude.... haha jk, awesome video

 

[scylla24]

Back with a BANG! His shots are better.. not like blind rallies.. he seems to placing his shots more perfectly now.. almost crippling his opponents! He has become better for sure!

Yeah exactly, I was commenting on that like a year ago, Ma Long's old style was about just going crazy offense and pushing the speed like crazy, but that creates problems because it takes away from his own reaction time if his opponent is a good blocker. Now that he takes a little time to aim and produce higher quality as opposed to quantity shots, he is getting to be a better all around player.

 

[Dan]

Yeees, Ma Long back to No 1 in the world

So happy for him! What an amazing athlete. He has overcome his injury so well!

 

[Bollforte94]

Yeah, I hear the 2nd guy is a pretty weird dude.... haha jk, awesome video

I heard that two and I think who told me this is right

 

[Mr. RicharD]

I used to play with a practice partner of his when he was still on the Beijing team. He used to practice all day while she was at school then she'd come in for a 4 hour session and he'd be practicing with her seeing as they had the same coach. Every time she lost to him she would would have to buy him a soda, but every time he lost to her he had to duck waddle 4 times around the gym lol. It's a very funny story. I have no doubt that she could have been the next Liu Shiwen or Ding Ning, but the coaches were too strict on her. They gave her an ultimatum of education or Table Tennis and she chose the former. She said if they didn't hit her with a cane she may have continued to play at Beijing, but I'm just glad I got to meet her at Penn State.

As for Ma Long's career. It's really just getting started. He has way more potential than Wang Hao or even the veterans had in their day and this is with the new ball, speed glue ban, and rule changes all coming in his career. This PVC ball is gonna be interesting I wonder how it will affect the Chinese players.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I think it will soon be Ma Long and Zhang Jike in the 1 and 2 slots. The two of them are really adding to development of the sport with the combination of technical attacks of short balls with the banana backhand over the table, forehand loops that are shot from a cannon and tactical play.

 

[YosuaYosan]

He do reminds me of Wang Liqin playing in the old times. Killer forehand.
Maybe he will relive the glory of Wang Liqin.. Maybe..

 

[scylla24]

I used to play with a practice partner of his when he was still on the Beijing team. He used to practice all day while she was at school then she'd come in for a 4 hour session and he'd be practicing with her seeing as they had the same coach. Every time she lost to him she would would have to buy him a soda, but every time he lost to her he had to duck waddle 4 times around the gym lol. It's a very funny story. I have no doubt that she could have been the next Liu Shiwen or Ding Ning, but the coaches were too strict on her. They gave her an ultimatum of education or Table Tennis and she chose the former. She said if they didn't hit her with a cane she may have continued to play at Beijing, but I'm just glad I got to meet her at Penn State.

As for Ma Long's career. It's really just getting started. He has way more potential than Wang Hao or even the veterans had in their day and this is with the new ball, speed glue ban, and rule changes all coming in his career. This PVC ball is gonna be interesting I wonder how it will affect the Chinese players.

Hmm that is interesting. As for the part about the ball change, like every rule in the past, Chinese players put more effort and more time to master the new changes, and therefore I doubt there will be that much change, in terms of rankings or anything. If the physics of the game change slightly with the ball, it still will be the Chinese who first and most thoroughly master the changes.