Professional Training in Germany

[keenansouthall]

Hallo everyone! It has almost been one month since I have arrived in Germany! For those of you who don't know, I'm living with Thomas Keinath and am staying until May 28th. A quick overview of what we do is have a training session in the morning, then eat lunch, rest one hour and train again until 4 or 5 or 6. Then we eat dinner and have one more session of either training or matches. If you have any questions about the drills or excercises we do, feel free to ask! If anyone wants to know about anything professional (rubbers, blades, etc) feel free to ask as well since Thomas knows so much , I plan to keep on posting updates on TTD, and possibly make a YouTube channel soon. Soon I will make a post about professional hurricane, and a blade Tommy gave me personally used by Wang Liqin at his last match! For now, cheers!


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[Suga D]

Hey Keenan, sounds amazing.

I really feel glad for you. If i was like 25 years younger i would love to join you guys. Must be awesome.
How many practice partners you have there? I believe you met a lot of good players and veterans already.
How is it playing in your league? Is it your first time ever playing in a league? How would you describe your improvement?
Have a great time here, and pls keep us posted how things are going.

 

[keenansouthall]

Hey Keenan, sounds amazing.

I really feel glad for you. If i was like 25 years younger i would love to join you guys. Must be awesome.
How many practice partners you have there? I believe you met a lot of good players and veterans already.
How is it playing in your league? Is it your first time ever playing in a league? How would you describe your improvement?
Have a great time here, and pls keep us posted how things are going.

Hey Suga D! Yah we really do have a lot of fun with so much practice. Right now there is only one other player, on Sunday another player is coming, and then I believe two or three more are coming. My league is great, basically what I do is practice on the week days and play league matches on the weekends, sometimes on Sunday's I have matches and sometimes training. It is my first time in a league like this and I'm so glad I have found it, nothing like this in Colorado. My improvement is crazy so far, I came here with good technique but I found out how much there truly is to table tennis. I wouldn't want to be doing anything else, because for me it never gets boring and I never want to stop! I am going to look into moving to Germany but that's still in the future . Anyways, hope to meet you soon, I usually play around the Nürnberg area but I live in Hanau with Tommy. I'll keep posting updates!


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[Suga D]

Thanks for sharing. I really feel glad for you. Thomas is a great coach. Nothing better if someone's found what he's been lookin' for.

Did you also play in a tournament, and if so, did you find any difference if any?

How is the treatment in the club? Do you already speak german or do your teammates talk in english when you're around?

Playing tabletennis in the states is quite pricey compared to here. Do you think if it was cheaper more people would play?

Anyways have a succesful season and a lovely stay here. Lookin' forward to a meeting and playing.

 

[Der_Echte]

Gotta be cool to hang out with Keini and train.

I speak German and lived in Germany 10 years, I even claim a home town not too far from Hanau, but I never knew Table Tennis until I left the country. What a pity, clubs EVERYWHERE, even tiny towns have 2000 USATT or better players in Germany.

 

[TT_Rogue]

Hey what league are you playing in? Im just around 2 hours by car living from you then. Perhaps i would come to watch a match on sundays . In germany a lot of clubs are unfortunately dieing at the moment because it's quite impossible to get young players, especially girls.

 

[allencorn]

Keenan,

Glad you are learning so much. Sounds like a great experience. Keep us Coloradans in mind.