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Often times, table tennis players will mistakenly associate ratings with skills. Just because your table tennis opponent has a certain rating doesn’t necessarily mean that your opponent possesses a certain level of particular skills.
For example…
I asked my 1800-rated table tennis student why he wasn’t attacking his (2100-rated) opponent’s half-long serve. My student responded by saying that because his opponent was rated 2100, he assumed that all his serves were short.
I asked my 1200-rated student why he kept hitting to his (600-rated) opponent’s backhand. My student responded by saying that his assumed that all low-rated table tennis players have weak backhands.
I asked my 1700-rated student why he kept trying to smash every ball against his (2300-rated) opponent. My student responded by saying that he assumed that he probably couldn’t return any balls anyway and decided just to go for high-risk shots in the table tennis match.
These hypothetical situations demonstrate that you can’t assume a certain set of skills is used by certain player levels in table tennis. You must approach each opponent individually instead of categorizing players by rating.
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TableTennis.com
Mon-Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm CT
855.691.3189
info@tabletennis.com
1044 Avondale Rd.
Hendersonville, TN 37075 USA
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