Table Tennis

0oKeikoo0 · Post by **0oKeikoo0** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:27 am

Hello_Kitty wrote:http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/descpageRCYONEX-RDS001.html

I own that.

table tennis not regular

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:38 am

pingpongboss wrote:holy shit, i never thought that i'd meet people who play table tennis in SRO

xuchu, how old are you? If you're around my age, you might know about the USA Cadet Team. I've been playing professionally for 5 years, and I made the team in 2003.

And you play with professional equiptment too lol. interesting

I play with the Joola Rosskopf Force blade and both sides of Joola Air. I am currently sponsored by Joola.

it'd be nice to get to know u more xP

ah im not in USA im in New Zealand so guess theres not much chance me playing you lol

Do you watch table tennis tournaments (international)

haha i found ur rubber but not ur blade i only found rosskopf exact and rossi force.I like your rubber 10% lighter than normal rubber.I guess your a close table person?

I'm getting new equipment in April what ya think i should get?

DHS hurricane king blade (shake hand)
DHS hurricane rubber (inverted)

or

Butterfly Kong Linghui special shake hand arlyate carbon blade
Butterfly SRIVER rubber (inverted) on both sides.

so far im leaning towards the DHS set since Wang LiQin

uses that and my playing style is alot like his.

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:07 am

lol i'm not really close to the table. I step away sometimes and go full out forehand.

For your next blade and rubber, i highly suggest Butterfly over DHS. Sriver is very well known and popular. Although i've seen the Kong Linghui before, not many people use it.

btw. Ever since I saw your avatar, i've been debating whether or not to ask you if you were a fan of ping pong lol

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:32 am

pingpongboss wrote:lol i'm not really close to the table. I step away sometimes and go full out forehand.

For your next blade and rubber, i highly suggest Butterfly over DHS. Sriver is very well known and popular. Although i've seen the Kong Linghui before, not many people use it.

I know butterfly is really popular, but most the time i preferr DHS over butterfly cuz DHS is Chinese made and all the Chinese players apart from Zhang YiNing uses it now, i think she changed to DHS also.

pingpongboss wrote:btw. Ever since I saw your avatar, i've been debating whether or not to ask you if you were a fan of ping pong lol

hehe Ma Lin is diffently one my favourites and he is my favourite pen grip players with his reverse back hand. currently he's ranked world #1 if i remember correctly.I also like alot of the other players (in no specific order)Wang LiQin, Wang Hao, Kong Linghui, Timo Boll , Werner Schlager , Wang Nan , Zhang Yi Ning , ..... Ai (Ai-chan).

0oKeikoo0 · Post by **0oKeikoo0** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:40 am

...nerds

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:54 am

0oKeikoo0 wrote:...nerds

>_< i was never called a nerd for playing 3hrs a day on the pc and now im being called a nerd for playing table tennis? lol

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:48 am

lol it's just shocking to find someone here that actually knows a couple of things about ping pong xP

edit: @xuchu. I know your not in the US, but have you played in any tournaments? Do you have a rating?

IguanaRampage · Post by **IguanaRampage** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:57 am

XuChu wrote:hehe Ma Lin is diffently one my favourites and he is my favourite pen grip players with his reverse back hand. currently he's ranked world #1 if i remember correctly.I also like alot of the other players (in no specific order)Wang LiQin, Wang Hao, Kong Linghui, Timo Boll , Werner Schlager , Wang Nan , Zhang Yi Ning , ..... Ai (Ai-chan).

pen grip ftw! I started taking a liking to it a little while ago....

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:21 am

<-- handshake

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:08 pm

pingpongboss wrote:edit: @xuchu. I know your not in the US, but have you played in any tournaments? Do you have a rating?

no not yet.
<-- newbie, been training professionally for like 3weeks but my coach says i learn rly fast, cuz he say he hasnt taught anyone that can loop forehand&backhand properly with high accuracy in 3weeks.
I'm doing all the training that he does with his 6-8month people.

My coach = former 8'1 Chinese team head coach he taught ppl like Liu GuoLiang etc he taught Liu GuoLiang from since Liu guo like was like small as kid.

IguanaRampage wrote:pen grip ftw! I started taking a liking to it a little while ago....

hehe pengrip is rly good wit the new reverse backhand

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:12 pm

My friends and I play extreme table tennis. Extreme being there are no rules other than you have to hit the ball as hard as possible at the other player. Winner is the one who doesn't run away like a puss. Sometimes we play regular table tennis though.

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:47 pm

Reise wrote:My friends and I play extreme table tennis. Extreme being there are no rules other than you have to hit the ball as hard as possible at the other player. Winner is the one who doesn't run away like a puss. Sometimes we play regular table tennis though.

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Kitty · Post by **Kitty** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:40 am

Playing against my teacher in tennis is something like dodging bullets.

Silver · Post by **Silver** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:59 am

Hello_Kitty wrote:Playing against my teacher in tennis is something like dodging bullets.

lol, do you get private lessons?

or is this for school or something <_<?

Kitty · Post by **Kitty** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:06 am

I play private and for school.

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:26 am

Reise wrote:My friends and I play extreme table tennis. Extreme being there are no rules other than you have to hit the ball as hard as possible at the other player. Winner is the one who doesn't run away like a puss. Sometimes we play regular table tennis though.

Extreme table tennis lol i'd like to play on that some time.

Pan_Raider(`_´) · Post by **Pan_Raider(`_´)** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:06 am

Table Tennis is ok:
I was in a team but i stopped a while ago.
I play it from time 2 time now, just for fun.
But playing it at school for marks?????
Thats farfetched
But I'm reckless when it comes to chopping the ball :twisted:

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:15 am

lol i used to apply for PE credit because i was nationally ranked for ping pong. Who wouldn't want a free period

PimpC · Post by **PimpC** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:08 pm

me and my brother play really competitivly, so we got pretty good. NOthing like real serious tho ^^

Stallowned · Post by **Stallowned** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:29 pm

I remember when my brother used to play it all the time years ago.
He would be in the basement playing against my dad or mom and all you would hear was the ball bouncing back and forth, and then someone shout a swear word as you hear the ball quickly bouncing away to the otehr side of the room :wink:

phulshof · Post by **phulshof** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:31 pm

I can't believe you guys actually got me interested in playing again. I'm already contemplating buying a new bat and rubbers, especially since I just found out that the local table tennis school has moved to a hall just around the corner from my house...

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:08 am

phulshof wrote:I can't believe you guys actually got me interested in playing again. I'm already contemplating buying a new bat and rubbers, especially since I just found out that the local table tennis school has moved to a hall just around the corner from my house...

you really should start playing again.

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:11 am

do any of you guys like watch the big tournaments? pro tour, world cup, etc
if ya do whos your favourite players?

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:44 am

i've only watched large international tournaments a few times. I really like wang li qing since his playing style isnt much different than mine. I'm always there during the US Open and US Nations tho :]

Bakemaster · Post by **Bakemaster** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:59 am

I used to be okay at ping pong just for playing around with friends, back when I went to camp where we had a table, and was in school where there was a table. Now I just play once in a while at my friend's house and I am no good. Sometimes when I'm feeling lazy I like to play gripping the paddle upside down between my middle and ring fingers. It's similar to a pen-holder grip but gives me a tremendous amount of backhand control. The downside is it's almost impossible to use forehand, and I can't return anything hit off the table to the right. Also it makes my hand hurt. So yeah... when I'm lazy. Which is a lot of the time nowadays since I hardly ever play.

pingpongboss · Post by **pingpongboss** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:06 am

it's actually pretty surprising how many people play ping pong for fun. At least half my friend have a ping pong table somewhere in their house. 90% of them have played before.

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:52 am

yea i know.

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:36 am

>_<
I just got invited to a Oceania Tournament should I go?
I've been playing quite well lately but I'm still relatively new to professional play but then again its in July thats months away.
You guys reckon I should go? I definitely won't get gold or silver since there are so many people in Australia and two people I know that can seriously own me.

But should I go anyways just to play?

rek · Post by **rek** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:18 am

i think table tennis is a lazy version of tennis :roll:

proper tenis is waaaay better i need a new raquet dam u dunlop

XuChu · Post by **XuChu** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:48 am

reK wrote:i think table tennis is a lazy version of tennis proper tenis is waaaay better i need a new raquet dam u dunlop

hahaha.... Sure for beginners you don't run at all, you should check out some of the videos on youtube like proper pro tournaments.
Although still not as much running, but dude you run quite a bit for the speed the ball is coming