Yes, I will watch this match and his semifinal vs Mohit later

I was playing below average. I played very well the day before. Maybe I made myself tired and didn't have enough sleep to recover. This is the first match of the day, but it is important because it determines who goes DivA. I was struggling to open up long balls and rally.

Right, sometimes we lose confidence flicking strong low underspin serves. Regarding their serves, you can call them out, but not easy bringing it up. For me, it is not so much about the throw but hiding the contact point. When you call an umpire, they are not experts if serve is hidden since they stand on the side. They would have to stand in front of the table. I want to put the camera right down the middle to capture their serves, but the ball will be blocked most of the time.

@@ZakriaTT i think this is a growing issue in table tennis community and people need to be held accountable more even if it means having awkward situations in the game or seen as "unsportsmanlike" people need to realise they cant get away with this.

yeah one is throwing the ball for 2cms the other throwing it with 70 degrees to himself, no wonder they are not calling each other out lol

The umpire is just another player who volunteered to keep the scores. His bh serves would still be effective if thrown little higher, but his forehand serves are hidden by his non-playing arm. More hidden serves in the video below. I can't see their hook serves (I have told them before). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLeSoMR61au5aHk.htmlfeature=shared

wooow that's so bad, essentially they deliberately practice cheating. Need proper umpires, otherwise this is ridiculous with all the cheaters. #feelsbadman Unbelievable... just throws the ball backwards and no one sees it until it's already flying at you, even not seeing the contact. This is a fault point in many ways. It's a shit-show, not a tournament at this point.

It's not because they are "old school", it's because some people have poor morals and sportsmanship. Judging from the score - he won only because of his cheats.

😂

They were partners in teams of two. Unfortunately, I lost to the score keeper as well.

😂 We didn't notice using each other's racket. I have been using my DHS PG5x blade with H3Neo 39 rubbers n both sides for the past month but regrettably decided to use Viscaria and Dignics 05s for this first match. Went back to DHS racket after this loss.

The ball slipped off his rubbers. There might be moisture on the ball or on his rubber. The server is responsible, so I redid the serve. I couldn't clearly see a wet spot on the rubber where the ball was contacted, but on video, it is clear the ball slipped.

Yes, rating in canada is different: www.ttcan.ca/en/home/rating.aspx Players have different levels on different days. They might play again on Saturday in another tournament.

he definitely has a weird style but I think its deceptive, the people he beats are really good so surely he is really good as well

I never had paid lessons. It will help if you can afford it, but I'm not sure how much it can help you in 6 lessons. You would still need to practice many hours in between lessons. I was very good at small court soccer after spending a lot of hours. I spent a lot of hours in the last 10 years with the spinny rubbers. How do you play currently?

@@ZakriaTTI play at around 1400 rating in the United States USATT. I only picked up table tennis about 7 months ago so I feel there is still lots of technical flaws in my game that I can easily change that a coach can tell me. My goal is to get to 1800 in the next 5 months, but I need to improve every part of my game vastly

@@jakerodgers2110 Nice. Yes, go for it. I am almost 2200 usatt :)

I am checking the grippiness of the long pips at the top of pips and sides of the pips when rubbed a little harder. Sometimes, even inverted rubbers are very old and have gripless spots. The force of rubbing is not strong enough to break your pips. Some pips can be treated to reduce their friction. What is your reason you don't want others to rub a ball over your rubbers?

@@ZakriaTT firstly the less my opponents knows about my rubber the better, tho i dont use pips, secondly it can make the rubber get old faster if you keep rubbing things onto it? And even without the first 2 reasons I just dont like other people touching my racket like a kid doesnt wanna share his toys 😂 idk how to explain, i am no pro by any means but my racket is like a samurais katana if that makes sense.

@yagzyalcntas553 Ok 😄

It is ratings. The higher the better. Here is the ratings page for Canada: www.ttcan.ca/en/home/rating.aspx

I will be at cctta Saturday and Sunday this weekend.

Long pimple rubbers

His results: www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=6F30AA15-DE83-4674-BC40-8CF0BC1906F1&player=1291

Bourbonnais.

6:32 😂 I should have lost this match

thought coaching in general is not permitted during the actual match!

@haivhoang You can coach between the points now.

At least the referee is great!

It was very slippery for my shoes. My outsoles are also worn out, and the material under is showing.

Oh, we poured little water on the sides of the table to wet the soles of our shoes in order to make them more grippy. We have to wipe off excess water so we don't slip because of it.

Yes

Yes. The Canadian ttcan rating system doesn't have a readjustment feature like the usatt. It's hard to get points.

How hard was it trying to relieve his serves?

@Zoazaaa On that morning, it was difficult reading the serves, as seen in the video 😅 Maybe I wasn't paying attention to where he was contacting on the racket. I slept 1.5 hours and suddenly decided to use my other racket with Butterfly Viscaria and Nittaku Fastarc G1 rubbers on both sides. I was using DHS PG5x blade and Hurricane 3 Neo rubber on the forehand and old T05 on the backhand for 2 weeks before this event. My teammate was hesitant to play Eugene, so I got the chance to play 😀

@ZakriaTT heck yea usatt 2800 is INSANE. At your level, you're practically semi professional, same level as Adam Bobrow. But 2800 is leagues better than 2600. He played against Alguetti (2600) and he had literally no chance against Eugene lol. Nice I use fast arc G1 on my backhand. Tibhar mxs on my forehand

He got me a few times 😄