Ping Pong on tv!!! Huge prize
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Oh Wow! You should go post this in a ping pong forum somewhere!
Don't know where the program originated from , but table tennis is very popular in Europe , especially eastern Europe and China and other Asian countries. We had a ping pong table where i worked at for 11 years and we played at breaks and after work . Wish we would have had a pool table but it wouldn't have held up to all the moving and the knuckleheads that i worked with .
More power to them , i'd bet the prize money was put up by a non American company.
Ping Pong is a great sport played by millions. I played with the VA Jr champ in college and got pretty good and really liked it. I never beat him one game.
I bet those ping pong players are complaining about all the money there is in Pool! They only get to play for 100K with a $10,000 first prize and the pool players have tournaments with 250K, and a first prize of $40,000! So unfair to all those hard working ping pong players. :frown:
Don't worry Jay, I hear there is a new organization, APPP (Association of Ping Pong Professionals), they will set things right with a little good ol' fashioned diplomacy.
High tech paddles
Customised paddles is way beyond what I thought they were at.A bit like tips,they have different surfaces/skins/padding for the style play and conditions. Like any sport, eventually the science gets involved along with high speed cameras.Its a great sport (ping pong).....its amazing the success they have with those new after market low deflection handles
Dang it Jay. I was looking forward to wallowing in another self pity thread. You ruined my night now.
They should boycott..............
Jason...I know your post was tongue in cheek, but ping pong has national federations in every country it's played in (including here in the USA...USTTA). They all play by the same rules, and some even support players financially! Pool could likely learn a few things from ping pong.
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
support players financially! Pool could likely learn a few things from ping pong.Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Don't worry Jay, I hear there is a new organization, APPP (Association of Ping Pong Professionals), they will set things right with a little good ol' fashioned diplomacy.
Jason...I know your post was tongue in cheek, but ping pong has national federations in every country it's played in (including here in the USA...USTTA). They all play by the same rules, and some even
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
In all seriousness, Scott, I don't know why someone/group doesn't study similar sports and try to model pool after them. When I mean similar sports, I mean primarily individual sports. Team sports are a totally different beast I think.
When I'm talking about the someone to do this, I'm talking about those who it is in their best interest. Primarily the players, but anyone with the organizational skills, resources and structure to build it.
It's Table Tennis not ping pong. Mentally you have to think fast. I would lose 10 pounds playing in tournaments. Never made pro but put in a lot of hours practicing.
I'm with you as I also would rather see a good Pool / Billiards match on the telly. Oh and how often do you see Table Tennis on a sports channel? Twice a year tops.
JMHO
I'm with you as I also would rather see a good Pool / Billiards match on the telly. Oh and how often do you see Table Tennis on a sports channel? Twice a year tops.
JMHO
And in the Olympics though.
its because nations with a lot of influence have strong table tennis teams. its so popular in germany and china, but also other countries (these two being the strongest among taiwan etc), plus it looks more like a sport because people are actually moving :lmao:
Last time I lived in San Diego, they had a facility that cost 30 bucks a year that had excellent tables and was open most nights. Even the walls were colored to have better contrast. Fantastic deal for a player. It was in Balboa park, the other half of the large room was for badminton.
Guys would be glueing new surfaces on, little asian guys darting around making incredible shots,...
I didn't lose a game the last three months at a job in Georgia, I was easily one of the very worst players in San Diego. They serve, I hit it back too high, they smash it back at me at 100 miles an hour and I go chase the ball. Still fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKGH2tCMkU
Guys would be glueing new surfaces on, little asian guys darting around making incredible shots,...
I didn't lose a game the last three months at a job in Georgia, I was easily one of the very worst players in San Diego. They serve, I hit it back too high, they smash it back at me at 100 miles an hour and I go chase the ball. Still fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzKGH2tCMkU
bud green...A little 'fun fact' about ping pong. It is the highest speed playing sport known. The ping pong ball leaves the paddle at near 240 mph...for about an inch! Obviously it slows way down very quickly! I had always thought it was jai alai (sp.?)!
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com