PingPod #33 – Should we stop the Chinese?
The Chinese have dominated the London 2012 Olympics taking all 4 gold medals plus 2 silvers. Under the current rules this is the best results possible for China. In this PingPod, Alois and I discuss the effect China’s dominance has on people’s interest in table tennis, and whether more should be done to level the playing field.
Chinese Blitz at the London 2012 Olympic Games
This is another video in our creators invade London series. Make sure you also check out all the great videos from Team Panda.
Leave a comment to let us know your thoughts on the Chinese dominance.
Vector Operator
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 1:12 am
No!
Use them as inspiration to be better.
Why bring the top down? Bring the bottom up!
The ITTF already scaled them back from three
singles players to two.
Take your mental & physical conditioning to
another level.
Stop whining and kick butt!
Rudy
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 1:26 am
NO. NO No. The best players should play. Legislating an unequal playing field will be completely counterproductive.
Andy Lu
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 1:41 am
I’m 100% agree with Mr. Hanson, very well said! Bravo! You wanna beat the best, work harder. Stop complaining!
Michael Yang
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 3:19 am
Table tennis (or Ping Pong) is a national sport in China while no other nation considers it as national sport, almost everyone plays Ping Pong in China. So other countries are behind in their mindset to start with. According to the former China headcoach, the understanding of Ping Pong techniques and skills and coaching level from kid to adults in China is at much higher level than any foreign countries. The Chinese kids got very good training when they were young by very good elementary coaches, so they could continue doing well when they move to national team. Assume a foreign player joined the Chinese national team, he would still underperform the Chinease counterpart since he didn’t get solid enough basic training when he was young. So there are a lot of background and years of accumulated training to make an Olympic champion. Of course, the Chinese trained harder than anyone else including their mental toughness. All that said, Ping Pong itself is a fun and competitive sport that suits every age and skill level. People watched how well the top Chinese (also top world) players played Ping Pong at Olymics and saw the beauty of Ping Pong sport, this should give them enough interest to get involved in Ping Pong. Ping Pong has far more intrinsic value than just an Olympic medal. You want the best players up there to show the best of Ping Pong. For the foreigners, it’s a long way to catch up but they should learn to enjoy it during the catch up process, not the medals. By the way, I am a Chinese living in America. I started to play Ping Pong two years ago (getting semi professional) after quitting for 30 years.
Vector
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Remember!!
Koki Niwa vs Ma Long!
Koki Niwa won.
It is possible.
Pong
commented on August 15th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Remember!!
Koki Niwa vs Ma Long!
Koki Niwa won.
It is possible.
Jane Bruckel
commented on August 16th, 2012 at 12:19 am
I hear that many countries are pressuring China to open up their national training program to allow other countries to send players there to train. So far, China isn’t going for it.
Mike Shaw
commented on August 16th, 2012 at 12:52 am
The real reason for China’s dominance in table tennis is China invests more, a lot more than any country in the world. Very likely, China’s investment on table tennis is more than all other nations combined nowadays. So their dominance shouldn’t be surprised.
Mohan
commented on August 17th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Love all,
Its a scince of spin. If we focus only on the game and the techniques we enjoy more.
Remove the tags and titles and enjoy the absolute game.
FYI
Many top seeded players were once trained in China, I think Waldner can raise many players end of the day its a matter of contribution.
HATS of to all Chines coaches. They gave all.
Michael
commented on August 22nd, 2012 at 12:05 am
Yeah, drag them down to your own level so that more can compete ? – what a lame excuse when Olympics is about the best winning.
Close your eyes to race,country or whatever and just watch out for the best performance.
Jeff Plumb
commented on August 22nd, 2012 at 7:42 am
Nicely said Michael.
morris kaplan/prophessor pingpong
commented on August 30th, 2012 at 12:43 am
hi all,
the comments are proof of the high level of intelligence of our pingpong playing friends.
don’t forget that the middle kingdom invented the precursors to many of our modern games/sports; badminton, golf and soccer were played by court nobles and military officers during the tang dynasty for a diversion from their onerous duties in the administration of the empire. it was the british empire that provided the conditions for the development of the modern versions of these games.
these activities can be used to help us get into the zone and transcend small minded, self centered focus that winning a competition may require.
china has shown the superiority of their culture vis a vis the west by winning at all the competitions that are revered by the game makers, olympiads and banksters!
so, will we learn something from the chinese through pingpong, about the nature of life on earth that will serve us in promoting peace and happiness(my goal)?
not very likely; say tibet,turkministan,taiwan,falung gung!
only the teachings of shakyamuni buddha can do that!
using games and sports as a way of including rather that excluding is the ticket. i like that about pingskills.keep up the good work and the dialogue.
omitofwo!
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