10,000 Hours

Galen Corvan- Hughes Asked 12 years ago

Hi Alois, just wondering, how many years of practice would it take to be at an Olympic level? If, say you were training 2 hours a day, would that be enough or would it need to be more?

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Galen,

Table Tennis takes a long time an a lot of hard work as you know.  I think it takes a minimum of 10 years of very regular training and competition to be able to be competitive at the Olympic level.  That is with 2 to 4 hours for probably 6 days a week.

If you work out roughly 20 hours a week for 52 weeks a year by 10 years it comes out to just over 10,000 hours of training.  Take a look at this blog on “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell – Book Review.  If you get a chance to read the book it is a worthwhile read.