The war of strategies is fundamental in
table tennis, this determines who win or who losses. Most people who don’t know
how table tennis really is think that the most important thing is to hit very
hard the ball and that is not correct, in some cases it seems true that games
of top 50th table tennis players in the world look that every point
is won by hitting hard the ball, but behind that spectacular game there is a
strategy inside in order to win a point, that’s why before the match you may
“study” your opponent and before each point you may form an strategic move.
Mental training is also very important and most done by Chinese players and
that’s why they are the best in the world; this consist in before a match you
get alone, concentrate, breath slowly do a kind of yoga and then think about
the next matches, this means how are you going to play your game and which
strategies are you going to use. Finally, in matches comes the real war of
strategies in which you form your own strategy during the point but you need to
respond the strategy of your opponent in seconds that’s why this sport is
considered by the NASA the most difficult and fastest sport to practice.
(en.wikipedia.org)
Apart from the strategies we need to know
which muscle is behind all this: the brain; the organ that controls all the
muscles is also as important as the others because this is the one that help to
make strategies and react in short periods of time. One basic example is when
you normally play with the right hand and you start training with the left
hand, you are developing the other side of the brain, this means the left
hemisphere; this training must be done always, just 3 time per week and 15 or
20 minutes per session of training. The result is that when the 2 hemispheres
of the brain work together, more neurons are activated and you become a more
skillful player. Table tennis is kind of
similar to chess, and many people think that these activities are not even
sports, but truly these 2 sports need a lot concentration, that’s why when you
finish practicing this in a professional way you finish exhausted and tired
that is recommended to sleep a certain amount of time. "Table tennis is
the world's best brain sport."(Amen, 126) .For example in important table
tennis tournaments such as world championship and Olympic Games, top players go
to sleep a few minutes or hear music after each match, that’s why table tennis
is cataloged as one of the most complex sports, because of its use and union
between muscles structures in the body.
Table tennis is a sport of strategies; here
there are a lot that must be used in seconds during the match. There are 3
general styles for playing table tennis, the first one is the attacker player,
and this one is focused on attacking by the first point starting in the service
and in some cases attacking in middle distance from the table or re attacking
close to the table. The second kind of player is the passive player, generally
a starting player, which is focused on spin and playing close to the table, and
in some cases going through middle distance but still focusing on spin. Finally
the third kind of player is the defensive one, this player is distinguish by
playing out of the table with a special kind of rubbers that allow them control
their opponent’s topspin and waiting them to miss the point. For every kind of player there is a special
strategy, for example if someone is going to play with an attacker player there
are 2 options; the first one is by blocking
and moving rapidly the player, and if you are more experimented you
might find the way to start attacking and then re-attacking your opponent
shots. In the case of defensive players, the most important strategy is to be
patient because these player make each point very long and tired because of the
use of these special rubbers or most known as pips out. To make a successful
strategy you may vary in each game so any player can distinguish your strategy.
Table tennis is a very complex sport
because of its use of body and mind. In this chapter I focused on why table
tennis is an intelligent sport; and the answer is because of the use of many
brain structures focusing on left and right hemisphere. There are also the many
styles of playing table tennis and different strategies in order to beat those
styles; finally, there are the war of
strategies evidenced especially in professional table tennis players. In
conclusion to be a very good table tennis player you need to have a lot of
strategies in order to be a changing player and never repeat the same strategy
with tour opponent, concentration also plays a fundamental role here where
before each match is recommended to make the brain training in which you
imagine in your mind how the match is going to be sequence by sequence. This is
a form to get relaxed and in the same time being concentrated and prepared for
the match. The most but incredible form of training to be most skillful is once
or twice a week train with the left hand approximately 30 minutes, this is
demonstrated that make use of almost the complete brain, including the left
hemisphere.
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