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this inspired me to sit on my ass in front of my computer everyday for 20 years...oh wait

You can tell how much better he is by how short his shorts get

This is a story about one man with one mission. To conquer his balls.

Imagine living in the apartment right next to this guy. *ping* *pong* every single day xD

I go to school everday ... still bad at studies :/

3:55 Yeah i totally owned that 70 year old lady

Impressive but can you beat Matt from Wii Sports?

One thing I learned from this video: this guy wore the same 3 shirts for a year.

What I learn from this video? Its good to have close friends to do this with you.

great work, Forest Gump also did this. he was the best in the world. he also ran for 3 years, just because he felt like it.

Recommend in 2015: nope Recommend in 2016: nope Recommend in 2017: nope Recommend in 2018: nope Recommend in 2019: si sénor

Some people seem to get caught up in how "they've done better in less time" or "LOL! Table tennis' isn't a real sport!" and seem to miss the point. The point is if you put your mind to it and practice even a little bit every day, you can surprise yourself with the strides you can make. Think you're better than this guy at table tennis? Then practice a little bit each day for a year and become an amazing player. Think table tennis isn't "a real sport?" Then go a practice a sport that interests you a little bit every day and see how you improve. And try it with a skill you don't think you're good at. Drawing, a musical instrument, a second language, something you think you suck at. Then practice it a little bit every day for a year. And then look back at the progress you've made. ...Well? What are you waiting for? Go and do it.

I played CS:GO everyday for a year and went from Silver I to Global Elite, gonna make a video and have 0 likes, brb.

'But he was gifted from God to be talented' BULLSHIT. Talent is: sacrifice, struggle, practice, dedication, pain, determination, discipline.

So his ping pong partner also played every day, is he as skilled?

Its March 2019 now.. He must be a champion of the solar system by now.

An entire year of your life dedicated to this but there will always be a seven year old asian kid that destroys you by comparison.

Why is this in my recommended

I liked the part that he played table tennis.

The real question is... _who was training him??_

After all the blood, sweat, and tears of training all year, Sam had finally built up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams on a date. Congrats Sam.

Doesn't everyone become a pro table tennis that one week abroad on Holiday beating all the staff and any foreigners that dare take you on?

Bro respect after the video was over i locked my phone and turned my phone off but then remembered you deserve a like and came back just to like it

This video was and still is so inspirational to me. I first saw this back in 2014. I was working in the coffee industry as a barista, and knew that I had to get out to make more money. So I decided to self learn (I was poor) software engineering (web development). It was very tough, often get frustrated/angry/defeated and get lazy. But this video was one of the things that showed up at the right moment and was one of the things that gave me the motivation to keep going. Eventually I got into tech in 2016. I loved the background song a lot, so I saved it and listened to it every so often. And each time I listen to it, I would like: "oh yeah, that guy who spent a year learning ping pong." This video has a different layer of meaning now because I recently learned and practice a new idea: "focus on the journey, not the destination". Some of the goals take a long ass time, and each time you look at the destination, you will end up getting reminded of the fact that you are still not there, you still don't have what you are after, and that's painful. But by moving your attention to the journey, or focus on the process/system and keep going, you can avoid that pain and can actually make a lot of progress. You can easily experience that idea by running for a long distance: if you keep on thinking about the destination, you gonna get frustrated by the fact that it's far away, but if you just focus on the journey, and keep on putting one foot in front of another, by the time you know it, you have made a lot of progress. I am gonna need to save this video as a reminder to keep my focus grounded on the journey. Thanks buddy, hope you get whatever you are after.

His work out seems a bit thin...... Where is the jogging through the poorest section of town? Or the one handed pushups? Or traveling to Philly and run up the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps?

4:38 - Score keeper is like... "I need a better job."

0:26 My life summed up in 1 second.

To me... this is one of the best videos on youtube.... it proves that you really can do amazing things with focus and hard work.... no cheap talk.... this is the real deal...

Big respect man!

he needs 2 years more to become one punch man LOL

Goldroom - Fifteen (feat. Chela)

This is a perfect example of practicing to be better. If you put in the work and consistency, you’ll be better in a year from now

Just a few more years to get to the Asian level :P

should be studying. how did i end up here

You can see his fashion sense slowly decaying

Legends say that he’s still playing to this day.

imagine having a ping pong table in the kitchen for a whole year lol :D

As time pass his skill get better and more asian guy appear in camera.

This was brilliant, well done and thanks for sharing the footage.

Poor neighbors

"Man becomes ping pong champion in one year, simultaneously loses job, girlfriend, life."

How to become chinese in one year

Every once in a while I've got to watch this video, I dunno it gives me a nostalgic vibe sorta

Amazing! Your dedication is remarkable and an example for everyone

congratz... doing this took a lot of ballz!..

I would have died from liver failure if I played that much ping pong

this video just one handedly made me fall in love with table tennis and made me get into it for 3 years now🎾😊

Hard work pays off. We are the only ones who say we cannot do something. Inspiring video. Thanks for posting!

Well would you look at that. Setting goals and achieving them. Yet another thing I will never accomplish.

And he became Forrest Gump

Amazing Dedication.

impressive, exciting, human overcoming, willpower, hard work, and good teachers, Gd is with him

Devotion. People don't realise how hard it is to get good at this sport.

I used to have a neighbor / friend that did it in 4 months. We were a group of four. 2 of us were competitive players that represented the school. 1 was a serious hobbyist. The last one was a fat guy that was not into sports and was a total NOOB. That fat guy played with his dad every night for 2+ hours. 4 months later, he joined us for a game and gave us real hard work, and managed to beat us in a few games. We stopped making fun of him.

KZfaq recommendations have brought us together once again

Nice job. Despite its hard to learn table tennis at older age , you have high spirit that makes you learn it . Respect.

i breathe for 13 yrs i think im an expert

Now do the following every day for one and a half years: 100 push ups 100 sit ups 100 squats 10km run

Great. I'm doing one called "Guy plays tennis for one year" Come see me at the Aus open qualifiers next year.

Insane combination of music and tennis compilation, goose bumps all of over my body

i just watched a 5 minute video of a guy playing ping pong. wtf am i doing I have a test tomorrow

4:15 playing against a 13 year old

I love his passion and dedication 👍🏻

Nice, you really made improvements over the year, a lot in the first month. Table tennis is a great sport. I only play recreationally but hope to get into it more. In college some days I'd play 6 hours straight, met alot of players and made friends with people from around the world. Keep playing, would be cool to have a match someday.

best representation of the famous saying "Practice makes Perfect"

His neighbours must have hated hearing that ping pong sound over and over again

Excellent, jolly good show

It’s a great example of what someone can achieve if they dedicate themselves to it, bravo chap

3:54 LOL. are you cheering against 78 year old grandma

Dude has 3 or 4 outfits he wore all year 😂😂

Finally some quality content in my recommended

Now that s perseverance. Congrats

Ha ha! Great video. I did kinda skip to the end after a while though!

Hi Ben, I'm the founder of 1 Second Everyday. THIS IS AMAZING!!!! Plus as a life long Ping Pong player... WOW! Thank you so much for sharing this.

Respect for the hustle!

That’s awesome! Good for you man!

better training montage than rocky

i couldn't even commit to watch the video without skipping it forward..

Beautiful. Thank you.

This is so inspiring!

Just like me playing battlefield every day for 5 years

Forest Gump would annihilate this guy.

This is literally the definition of dedication

That elevated quickly

if only i could hold on to doing something for a year

but how many hours per day?

Well done. All negative comments came from people who can’t do what you did here dude.

Feels like watching your child growing up in every time. And you feel proud about him 😂

why y'all givin this hate just bc he had a teacher? the best way to learn is from others. i think it's great. you set out to do something and did it. i'm 15 with a lot of life to go but i can already feel it slipping away and there's still a ton i wanna do and get good at. congrats on your accomplishments bro

anything is possible when you put in the time and effort 👌👌💯

Congratulations guys!

This totally deserves 10 Mil views. He put a lot of effort into making this video. the filming in this video, the cuts (your eyes are automatically moved to the part you should be focusing on) , the camera angles, the song sincing with the video, etc... Like ngl you're pretty good at film making.👍

pfft maybe he got gotten challenjour if he prayed legend of leaguer instead, gg

who else never really thought of how table tennis players train at the gym?

Insane progress

i breath everyday...but dying more and more everyday

I played table tennis with my friend in college almost every night my freshman year. Whenever we needed a break from studying (both of us were engineering majors), we would go to the basement where there was a table made by previous tenants of our dorm. I lost every match (won a game every now and then but never a best of three) I played against him. He had been playing for 5+ years. Then there was a tournament that we decided to go to and we both made it to the quarterfinals. Lo and behold, that was when I finally beat him in a match. I felt so proud and he looked proud as well (of course, not excited that he lost but still cool about it). I lost to an Asian guy the next round (more like slaughtered) but it was still cool that I beat my friend on the semi-big stage.

was he playing against an expert every day? I think that would be the critical part. My brother and I played every day for a long time, and we got better initially but then we just plateaued. When we started I was a lot better than my brother, and he quickly rose to my level, but then we were just stuck there.

Awesome dedication buddy🤘🤙