Adam Hugh vs Yinghua Cheng Game 1

2008 US Olympics and National Team Trials Table Tennis
Jan 12, 2008
Daskalakis Athletic Center
Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Giant Round Robin Adam Hugh vs Yinghua Cheng Game 1 (Cheng won 11:8)

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[ipwnu241]

why do all the americans suck shit and have low ass rankings in ittf?!?!?! :(((((((( we need better people to represent our country

[dragondude2256]

@dankaren95 you still need to to know how to use the equipment to develop things like spin which takes a lot of practice

[dankaren95]

@stuggie7 That's one of the reasons why ping-pong will never be more popular. There should be a set of rules that everyone should follow, such as standard equipments. The skills should be on the game, not on the rubber. This way, unathletic and not-so-talented players would not win with the help of their equipment.

[dankaren95]

Hugh? Did he get his name Americanized?!

[olaniyi570]

Cheng is mostly arms but it works. Saw him beat Waldner in Atlanta in 95.

[stuggie7]

actually the norm a couple decades ago. Back in the 50's 60's and even a little in the 70's, pips rubbers (long, medium, short) and antispin used to be extremely popular and inverted was considered "junk" in the hardbat eras. This was when hitters and choppers dominated. However in the modern (sponge) era, this has changed dramatically due to dominance of the forehand loop. There are many people today (especially old ones) that look to rely on "junk" to survive for a long time.

[stuggie7]

The reason you lose to such "unorthodox" players is that you have trained against only other juniors have very "conventional" styles. You train only against a very few styles, and you improve against those types of players but at the lower levels there are literally countless different styles, and only with experience will you be able to beat them.

Note "unorthodox" in quotes. This is because what we call "orthodox" nowadays was (continued on next post)

[slu27]

i am a junior, just started, never played a tourny before but i beat the 1400 player at my club every week, yet sometimes an old basement player will come in and give me a run for my money, I have no idea why, i am great at looping and serving, but it seems almost impossible to play players with unorthodox styles...ive only been playing for 6 months

[stuggie7]

golf is poplar and gets lots of media attention because a lot of people who play it have lots of money. This makes promotion of the sport a lot easier and makes it generally more popular since there is m ore exposure to the general public. Pool at least in the US is not that popular.

[solidysnake1]

athleticism hasn't nothing to do with popularity. Look at pool, golf..