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Hey guys.. I have been thinking a lot about this topic, I didnt find anything like it, so here it is..
I was talking to head coach of our representation and he told me, that the main thing, why the chinese are so good, is the mental training from young age. That this is the difference between a good and a very good player. There are special trainings for "head" that need to be trained to learn play smart. Its not just the mental toughness under pressure, when you are losing and need to get up. It is about - how you can beat your opponent in your head. How you can outsmart him! Because - when 2 equally good players meet - the smarter one wins.
But how can you learn this? Table tennis is so fast! And you have 0,2 seconds to think about spin and speed of the ball, then move your legs to get your body into position and then adjust your stroke to play the ball into weak point of your opponent, and its 2-3 centimeters difference that many times matters!
Guys - if you know what I am talking about.. and if you know about some training that we can do.. please - share!
I know many of you will not know what I am talking about. Most of people dont.
That is why their game s**ks .. heh.. That is why they dont get better.
Here are many players, that play for 20-60 years. They got to 3rd-4th league and never got better..
I ask WHY?
You think they dont want to get better? THEY DOOO!!! THEY DO SO MUCH!!!
Just they are not smart enough.. They never found out, that their training is not moving them forward..
If you are training long, often - and you are not getting better - you must be doing something wrong!
I want to change this. I am changing this already - from when I realised this - I am changing my game.
Not just by training, also by playing the game. I am changing the game during the matches. Trying to think more, to think during every point. I tell you guys - when you really try hard - its exhausting! But I do this because I want to get better.
So - what is your opinion?
What is your advice?
I was talking to head coach of our representation and he told me, that the main thing, why the chinese are so good, is the mental training from young age. That this is the difference between a good and a very good player. There are special trainings for "head" that need to be trained to learn play smart. Its not just the mental toughness under pressure, when you are losing and need to get up. It is about - how you can beat your opponent in your head. How you can outsmart him! Because - when 2 equally good players meet - the smarter one wins.
But how can you learn this? Table tennis is so fast! And you have 0,2 seconds to think about spin and speed of the ball, then move your legs to get your body into position and then adjust your stroke to play the ball into weak point of your opponent, and its 2-3 centimeters difference that many times matters!
Guys - if you know what I am talking about.. and if you know about some training that we can do.. please - share!
I know many of you will not know what I am talking about. Most of people dont.
That is why their game s**ks .. heh.. That is why they dont get better.
Here are many players, that play for 20-60 years. They got to 3rd-4th league and never got better..
I ask WHY?
You think they dont want to get better? THEY DOOO!!! THEY DO SO MUCH!!!
Just they are not smart enough.. They never found out, that their training is not moving them forward..
If you are training long, often - and you are not getting better - you must be doing something wrong!
I want to change this. I am changing this already - from when I realised this - I am changing my game.
Not just by training, also by playing the game. I am changing the game during the matches. Trying to think more, to think during every point. I tell you guys - when you really try hard - its exhausting! But I do this because I want to get better.
So - what is your opinion?
What is your advice?