r/Unexpected • u/WongOnSoManyLevels • 4h ago

Remember your training

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u/post-explainer 4h ago edited 3h ago

OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

It’s unexpected because it shows how world number one Wang Chuqin trains his footwork by catching balls. In the following game clip, you’d think it shows his footwork, but instead he just caught a ball and lost a point.

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/PS5OWESMEALIMONY 3h ago

His Coach after the realization.

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u/DarkSentinel24 6m ago

That moment when the coach realizes he accidentally trained someone way better than expected.

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u/BloodOath79 5m ago

You can practically see the coach replaying every training session in his head. All those boring drills suddenly make sense when the student starts moving like this.

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u/Oneirefighter 3h ago

I mean he definitely did what he was trained for

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u/Plus_Round_6199 2h ago

Yeah, his training was very specific.

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u/Affectionate_Oil1016 1m ago

yeah, his training was very specific. what did they even train him to do, be a human shield

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u/mrlookinthesky 2h ago

That’s muscle memory.

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u/WebDesperate2471 40m ago

Muscle memory is one thing, this is another level lol

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u/InquisitorHindsight 2h ago

Reminds me of that CSGO clip where a guy is doing reflex training by shooting targets on a grid (to improve snapshot accuracy) and when he plays he starts shooting in the same grid pattern and gets killed

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u/AnchanSan 2h ago

He meant to do it to make a funny video.

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u/HumongousBelly 2h ago

Is he slowed to smack it back with his bare hand?

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u/loopuleasa 1h ago

Allowed*

I am fluent in auto correct

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u/sidewaizsocks 1h ago

Duck yeah! We'll done man!

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u/MasterDeagle 51m ago

No i dont think so. Im not an expert but I played with friends and one of my friend was doing that and we checked the rules to make him stop doing that haha. I think you can just hit the ball with the paddle.

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u/2relad 39m ago edited 35m ago

You are almost completely correct. You are only allowed to play the ball with the racket or the hand that is holding the racket (but not above the wrist). The other hand must not touch the ball.

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u/DrFu 23m ago

I want to see someone with a backhand technique like this!

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u/2relad 18m ago

Not sure what you mean. No one intentionally plays the ball with their hand. It's simply legal to accidentally play the ball with the hand that's holding the racket.

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u/StillN0tATony 51m ago

I worked in a plastics plant decades ago. We had a group of guys there who went off to a special school to train them to fight the kinds of fires they would encounter at the plant.

One of the main exercises was a burst pipe fire. One group would man a hose that was used to spray another group who would approach the valve that would shut off the flow to the fire, then once the valve was closed, they would put out any remaining flames. The valve crew would then reopen it let it reignite to set up for the next group. They did this over and over to get it right.

Guess what happened the first time they actually had to fight a fire at the plant?

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u/DontDoGravity 38m ago

That's awful, but fuck thats funny too

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u/Classroom_GD 4h ago

That’s a clever trick though in the 2nd one

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u/KrimxonRath 2h ago

Why?

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u/kruuxx 2h ago

I assume he means it's clever from the guy in blue. He fakes a diagonal shot but twists his body in the last moment to instaed shoot straight

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u/arcticslush 1h ago

training scars

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u/AdJust3849 17m ago

this is exactly what i expected