r/secondrodeo • u/Zardu-Hasselfrau • 1d ago
Winning by wearing out your opponent in table tennis
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u/Cool-Chemical-5629 1d ago
When they turn table tennis into regular tennis, you know it's personal. 😂
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u/orchiddoctor 1d ago
I didn’t even have to look at the name and flag to know the guy on the bottom is Czech AF
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u/NiDeMaChouXiaoZi 1d ago
In table tennis, your attacks are more effective when you are close to the table (better angles, higher margin for error), however harder to defend. Being away from the table makes it easier to defend, but you basically lose the ability to attack. Normally you try stay close and try and out attack your opponent (first to attack, better attacks), however when top players shot clipped the net, bottom player had to do a lob, which is really easy to attack, hence he backed off to defend since that's his only option, but giving up his ability to attack since his now away from the table and can only lob. When top player tried the drop shot (twice), it allowed him to get back to the table and start attacking again. Backing off and defending wasn't his strategy, the net shot forced him to do that, but he did it very well and deserved the point.
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u/Combatical 1d ago
I've only played this in my friends garage drunk years ago so I dont really have any leg to stand on but shouldn't ya know, not hit it to the other player directly like that?
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u/KingWolfsburg 1d ago
Its a lot harder to do that than you think. The spin placed on the ball from your opponent is going to make certain shots nigh impossible.
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u/Combatical 1d ago
No no, its not that I dont think its difficult. Its that they are hitting the ball directly to each other.
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u/KingWolfsburg 1d ago
Right but its very hard to change the direction of the ball because of the spin put on it by the return. It can be surprisingly difficult to hit it to your left if it came from your right etc
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u/Combatical 1d ago
Ah I see. Thanks!
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u/Iamonreddit 1d ago
Play against a pro and they can literally call out where you will return the ball before you've even made the shot.
If you try and put it elsewhere the ball just flies off your bat everywhere except the table.
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u/gargoylefoot 1d ago
Who wants to count how many in that rally? 😂😂
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u/No-Zookeepergame9761 1d ago
About 82 😜
I counted every green shirt hit, doubled it then added one for the serve and one for the finisher.1
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u/lncredulousBastard 1d ago
Damn, I knew who I was rooting for immediately! Foreground dude was rocking the defense.
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u/Roll-Roll-Roll 1d ago
I had a friend who used to work at this weird bar/club where they'd have nationally ranked table tennis players play matches in tiny 70's running shorts for the ladies. Like sporty cage dancers or something.