Hey guys, here is a short backstory of myself(Sorry for my English. I am not great at articulating but here you go).
I am 29 years old (Male) and I started playing this beautiful game at the age of 11 and played until the age of 17. I had dabbled in other sports like Swimming, Badminton however I seem to be more attracted towards this sport a lot more so I ended up in the table tennis arena daily.
To cut the story short, I have played for my school, college, university level(and was always no 1 or 2). I never really won the state tournaments because of lack of proper coach and money to fund my goal as I don’t come from a rich family per se. My gome was always stuck to same intermediate level due to lack of proper training and exposure as I grew up in a smaller city.
My consistency in my game broke due to studies and less time just after 2007 . Yes, studies are a huge deal here in my country hence I had to give up on this sport to focus there(However I didn’t really do much in that either).
After age of 17, I tried to do my engineering while also focusing on my internet business which I was slowly starting to grow with the advent of broadband in my country.
I then moved to the capital city in 2015 in our country to set up my own office and to scale up the business .
I completely forgot about this sport up until 2020 when Covid came up and I thought to try out some physical training like the gym(which I occasionally went and hated) considering my job is very sedentary with no exercise.
I then joined a local table tennis club near my office to get back into the groove for just fitness purpose however the old passion resurfaced just after few days by playing and talking with the club coach and after lots of thinking I decided I want to have an impossible goal which will help my physical and mentally as well
Why have I set such an absurdly lofty goal?
Why do I think I can reach this goal?
Actions I have taken :
I would like to share my growth and progressions here on weekly basis. I would be very much obliged to get some help and support from this community. Open to criticism as well.
Big fan of TTD!
I am 29 years old (Male) and I started playing this beautiful game at the age of 11 and played until the age of 17. I had dabbled in other sports like Swimming, Badminton however I seem to be more attracted towards this sport a lot more so I ended up in the table tennis arena daily.
To cut the story short, I have played for my school, college, university level(and was always no 1 or 2). I never really won the state tournaments because of lack of proper coach and money to fund my goal as I don’t come from a rich family per se. My gome was always stuck to same intermediate level due to lack of proper training and exposure as I grew up in a smaller city.
My consistency in my game broke due to studies and less time just after 2007 . Yes, studies are a huge deal here in my country hence I had to give up on this sport to focus there(However I didn’t really do much in that either).
After age of 17, I tried to do my engineering while also focusing on my internet business which I was slowly starting to grow with the advent of broadband in my country.
I then moved to the capital city in 2015 in our country to set up my own office and to scale up the business .
I completely forgot about this sport up until 2020 when Covid came up and I thought to try out some physical training like the gym(which I occasionally went and hated) considering my job is very sedentary with no exercise.
I then joined a local table tennis club near my office to get back into the groove for just fitness purpose however the old passion resurfaced just after few days by playing and talking with the club coach and after lots of thinking I decided I want to have an impossible goal which will help my physical and mentally as well
Why have I set such an absurdly lofty goal?
- Just to push myself to see where do I exactly stand
- To reach my childhood goals of reaching the top tier in this sport.
- To become both physically and mentally fit.
- To prove that age is not a factor when it comes to TT(Ofcourse I am not a beginner level as I just need to brush up my techniques). My goal is to reach this goal in next 5 years or even earlier.
Why do I think I can reach this goal?
- I am quite a dedicated person when it comes to anything I set my mind onto. I have achieved the same in my personal and business life as well so I am sure if I give 100% to this, I can at least
- I am able to fund my goal with a decent budget in mind. If there is a need I don’t mind training myself in Europe/US or other asian countries to get my game up under the training of my coach.
- I used to be an intermediate level player back in my younger days however
Actions I have taken :
- Hired a passionate coach who also believes in my crazy goal by paying mid XXX per month. The guy is same age as me and is very dedicated and passionate towards the sport. Yes I do not have access to top rated coach but he knows his stuff and is very good at coaching. We train one on one daily except 1 rest day. We have decided on a 2 hour per day training interval.
- Training for 1.5 hours per day initially for 5 days a week and participating in the weekly club leagues to get it going.
- Recording my daily practice movements using Gopro so I can analyse my growth and mistakes along with my coach.
- Working on my fitness! This is HUGE for me because I have a very low stamina so my no 1 priority is to become fit as I tend to become tired even after 20 multi ball rallies.
I would like to share my growth and progressions here on weekly basis. I would be very much obliged to get some help and support from this community. Open to criticism as well.
Big fan of TTD!
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