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Pimples Schmimples
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I feel the same about Shinozuka, well I wrote above that he reminds me of the plucky kid in the karate movies who always gets the crap kicked out of him!I think the bronze mens match indicates a promising future for players on both teams, but a couple of questions occur. For the Lebrun's I wonder has the coach planned an intense year of gym time for the brothers? Alex seems quite shockingly flabby round the middle for instance. I wonder would the bothers cooperate with a regime to preserve their dazzling speed?. I would hate to see Felix acquire a "spare tire" too early in life. France need to ensure the physical health and development of their squad for the future. Maybe the government will invest?
On the Japanese side I wonder if TH will learn to conserve a bit of emotional energy by moderating his shouting?
More interestingly Shinozuka is a puzzle any coach would like to have. He seems to play just an ordinary game yet he shows himself to be so comfortable while playing against Felix's brilliance and Felix is often troubled by his placement and variation when Felix seems to read other players with ridiculous ease.
I. hope we get to see. more of Shinoxuka because there is a lot to be learned.
But in the movies they always come good eh.
Having watched all the past 2 wks I don't know if any of these players, Truls, Harimoto, Felix, Shinozuka etc will ever get past the top Chinese though, especially if the Chinese level stays at that of Z Jike, Ma Long, FZD, an in form WCQ even.
There's a level there that only top form Timo and Dima threatened to reach but even they couldn't do it consistently. Timo beat a young Ma Long 3 times but that was 2005, 2008 & 2010. He has one victory V prime Ma Long in 2017 and Dima has never beaten him...
There's just so much information, intensity, training, mental toughness and absolute knowhow in Chinese TT that I can't see this crop surpassing it. Fan Zhendong is 12yrs on CNT already so I can hardly imagine the lessons from all he has played with and against in that time.
I know I'm not saying anything controversial or new here but the Olympics has served to remind me just how steep that hill is for everyone...
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