Table Tennis Competition Results

Dear Alois,

My day at the table tennis tournament at Sydney Olympic Park was amazing.

I made many new friends while playing there.

What was really good was that I understood how important psychology and tactics were especially because many of the players I played against served very similar serves and that two of my first games were lost since I got a bit stressed.

I also made additional changes in how I played since I previously tried to loop like Xu Xin and Fan Zhendong but during the game, I felt like I could get the ball over the net more with Timo Boll's style of looping.

Furthermore, I met a really nice senior player who was willing to do receiving practice with me. I was really happy about this because when he did heavy sidespin serves, I was able to develop a stronger backhand which later led to me doing my very first good backhand sidespin flick!

I won 4 out of 6 of my games today but although my team didn't receive any medals or trophies, I learnt many important lessons.

Thank you, Alois for all your help to prepare for the tournament. 

With many thanks,

Gerard

Hi Gerard,

Well done on your results.  Sounds like you had a good day.

Tournaments ae a good way to learn more about your abilities and also about things that you can work on.  It also broadens your experiences with a wider range of players, styles and levels.