What's Dima doing before India Open Finals aka match preparation

[alec]

I watched the full video of the Dima vs Harimoto final and noticed Dima has quite the pre match routine going on. First you see him sitting down and he has some sort of gel food and a tube of what could be electrolyte replacement or some other energy drink tablet. Does anyone know what he or other top pros are drinking during matches, a lot of times it looks like a powder or tablet mix with water. I'm trying to get away from Gatorade and other very sugary sports drinks.

Then he puts a tube up his nostril, anyone know what this is and how many points I'll gain from doing it? Never seen it before.

Lastly it looks like he's rubbing something on his hands, some sort of tacky grip thing maybe? I have sweaty hands so this might be helpful.

Any advice on what to eat, drink, and do during long training or tournaments days would be helpful.

link to video: https://tv.ittf.com/livestream/ovtcharov-dimitrij-harimoto-tomokazu/768528

thanks

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Read his interview where he talks a lot about mental side of table tennis: https://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/...nded-Interview&p=180301&viewfull=1#post180301

 

[TTSmack]

Then he puts a tube up his nostril, anyone know what this is and how many points I'll gain from doing it? Never seen it before.

He had some cough and cold.. probably just cleaning it up with this.

 

[TTFrenzy]

He does that for better breathing. He always does it before matches and during timeouts/set breaks

 

[Airoc]

Quite probably only an inhaler, yes.

When I was young, I didn´t play one single match without a thing called Griffhand Deo by Sport Lavit. Basically, it´s a gel that works like talcum as the gymnasts use it.