TableTennisDaily visit China STIGA Team 2015!

[Dan]

Thanks for the questions guys! Great help!

 

[trim]

Awesome. TableTennisDaily The Best !

 

[ducksick]

I've suggested to Dan, since he'll visit China, why don't he ask some valueable tips from players & coaches how to improved his TT
skills. What are Dan's weaknesses and ask them to pinpoint and he can share with us thru here.

Beside, can you ask XX some tips about service and receiving. As for service, player like Boll/Ma Lin etc able create so much spin.
What's the secret behind? The whole technique - waist,wrist,legs etc.

Thank you and enjoy this golden opportunity ya and don't miss out any single moments.

 

[Michal_Z]

I've suggested to Dan, since he'll visit China, why don't he ask some valueable tips from players & coaches how to improved his TT
skills.

I think that is why they invited Dan to join them ;-)

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Well done Dan!!

Some questions (don't ask the coach)
Ask the player - about the new "number of player" per country allowed in Olympics, WTTC etc

Ask the players how they feel, and if there see if there is any unfairness towards them, and how it will affect the future of table tennis from a Chinese perspective.

I'm not sure if the players can give a honest reply, maybe more a neutral/diplomatic reply...

 

[Dan]

Thanks everyone this has helped greatly and ill do my very best. I have just set off now. Infact i'm on the plane now which has onboard wifi, pretty incredible stuff!

 

[Flash Gordon]

this is fantastic dan. congratulations and hope you have a wonderful time. look forward to videos and articles. i hope that i someday can also meet all these players in china. they are outstanding and they feel untouchable. keep up the great work

 

[anchorschmidt]

It's actually a great idea for you to ask them about holes in your technique. Timo Boll wrote in his book that a match against the top Chinese was more important than hours of training because they would let him know of whatever weakness he had by exploiting it relentlessly. Europe's players and his training partners and even he wouldn't find the weaknesses that they did.

I have a few questions for you Dan. Take whichever ones you like

For the players:

1. Whose serves do you find the most difficult to receive?

2. How do you condition yourself mentally to play under such intense pressure?

3. What technical advances do you foresee over the next 10 years?

4. Is the Chinese domination more about tactics than technical skill?
I ask this question because Ma Long posted on his Facebook that he struggled in the first two sets against Apolonia I think 12-10 and 11-9 and won the last set 11-1 because he was unfamiliar with him and therefore needed to find the right tactics. Werner Schlager also said in Timo Boll's book that he once found a USB that had all of this patterns at different situations and their probabilities listed. They knew him better than he knew himself so that Paris 2003 had no chance of happening again. Another part of the book was that Boll found Xu Xin playing shakehand and copying Boll's serves and backhand while warming up with ZJK before ZJK played against him in 2011.

5. Why is Timo Boll closer to the Chinese compared to other non-Chinese players? He at least gives a fight and on occasion, wins.

6. How do you think that the new balls will affect international table tennis?

7. Are you considering opening the doors of the Chinese training halls for International players for short occasions?

8. Who is your favourite player?

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Day 1 pictures:

Here are some of the pictures I have took during day 1. I will do my best in uploading videos and pictures each day.

Just landed at Beijing Airport.

Cool looking bags in the STIGA China HQ.

Display of tshirts and blades in the STIGA China HQ.

Display in the STIGA China HQ.

Photo frames in the STIGA China HQ.

Trophies in the STIGA China HQ.

Main Entrance of the STIGA China HQ.

Table Tennis Magazines in the STIGA China HQ.

Dan, Joana (STIGA China representive), and Felix Wirstrom outside the China National Team Training Centre.

Dan, Robin and Felix preparing documentary footage

The huge gym for the Chinese National Team!

China flag in the gym

Fan Zhendong playing a forehand topspin.

Ma Long practising his bachand flick.

Xu Xin playing against a backspin ball

The Chinese National Women's Team training.

Plastic 2* training balls for the Chinese National Team

Fang Bo serving.

London 2012 Olympic Champion Zhang Jike serving.

Chinese National Women's team training.

Fan Zhendong practising his backhand flick. Slow mo video coming soon of this shot.

Xu Xin keeping his eye on the ball during his serve.

Chinese National Men's Team B training on the third floor.

Chinese National Women's Team B training on the third floor.

Dan having a great time!

Robin shooting backstags footage for the upcoming STIGA documentary.

 

[Der_Echte]

Pound the like button before I tell the TT mafia your location visable in FB !!!

 

[Old School]

Great stuff Dan, keep it coming.

 

[raazzz]

Awesome pictures, looks like a lot of fun already!

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Womens and Mens together, must be a special treat for Dan

What amazes me is that CNT never stops training....
And they keep focusing on the basics non stop

 

[cheungo]

Liking that second photo Dan!

Cheeky Stiga Air Scooters in the corner hahah!!
And those black and bright green stiga shoes?! Wanna get myself a pair of those?!!

 

[Dan]

Glad you like the photos and thanks everyone i'm having such a surreal, awesome experience. I'm doing my best updating you all just struggling to connect to the internet.

Day 2 has been great. Fan Zhendong chose a winner for the TTD STIGA signed Carbonado 190 competitiom which we will announce in the upcoming documentary. I was allowed to have a match in the training centre of the National A squad where a STIGA China representative challenged me. The conditions of the practice hall were out of this world.

I had lunch with Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong which was awesome. we visited the Province Beijing Club where the Chinese Super League team train, was really cool the same club Ma Long grew up in. I challenged a 13 year old in match who is ranked top 5 in China under 13. Ill upload the video when I can, it was good fun. One thing that has been so clear so far is the players work rate, it is so intense and focussed. Each player from the National team and the Province Beijing team always focus on the basics no matter which level their at.

After,we visited it a local club in Beijing which we had a lot of laughs in. Everyone was friendly and all wanted to challenge me and Felix for a game.

I will upload day 2 photos shortly and videos when I can

 

[TT4Life]

Dan, great job sir, any chance u can get information about those Li Ning t shirt ? purple color I love table tennis t shirt i really want to get 2 of them side Large please .

 

[Bollforte94]

Hey Dan,

if you have the chance to get a chinese national jersey or a training shirt from Li Ning say how much money do you want and I will pay it.

Do you have an oppurtunity to buy or get shirts? I would pay
The best would be a shirt from Ma Long. Show him my tributes to him. Than it should be no problem

I'm very interested in the videos!

 

[asherd]

Great pictures! I'm also interested in training and national team shirts, so if its possible I'd definitely be willing to pay 😊 I see there are others interested, this could be a business opportunity

 

[SpinQuark]

Hey Dan, maybe you could ask some slightly offbeat questions to pluck out something of the players personalities...

What three adjectives would you use to describe yourself ?
What is the best thing you ever bought ?
What do you do when you don't play TT ?
What does Chinese scrabble look like ?
A good book, or a good party ?
The empire state building, or the London eye ?
Integrity or wealth ?
Can you do the Rumgay ?
Who is your favourite actor ?
Point at/tell me the most arrogant player in the team ?
Point at/tell me the most attractive player in the team ?
Point at/tell me the hardest working player in the team ?
What would you do if you arrived at a training session without your training shoes and nobody could lend you any ? (private )
etc.

suck the marrow Dan.

 

[Der_Echte]

Hmmm. 10 LIKEs and already Dan has over TEN adventures.

Keep it up and get 'er done Dan !!