Table Tennis Blog

Last night was the semi-final of the A grade TTV pennant. My team St. Kilda Cricket were up against Macabbi. We had met twice before in the season with both teams notching up 1 win so we knew it was going to be a tough night.

The format of the pennant is 3 players per team […]

I can’t believe that next week it will be 3 months since I wrote about my Winter Flu and committed to running twice a week around the TAN.
How has it gone?
About half way round the track I always think, “Why am I doing this!” But then when I have finished I feel so much better. […]

I had my first failure to run twice a week last week, so I’m making up for it by running around the TAN 3 times this week! On Monday I recorded a PB by running it in 17 minutes and 9 seconds. Hopefully soon I can break the 17 minute barrier.
I’ve played two rounds of […]

PingSkills(PS): How long will you be in Japan?
Jesse Bricknell (JB): Another 2 weeks. I have already been training in Japan for 3 and a half weeks, with the first week and a half being spent at a coaches house.

Try and use the hours that you have for training wisely and efficiently, as you don`t have […]

I’ve been sticking to my commitment to run around the Tan twice a week. Today I recorded my fastest time since I started finishing in 17 minutes and 32 seconds. By the time I crossed the finish line though, I was hurting. I really went out fast and was watching the clock all the way […]

Hey,
The last couple of days have been really hard. I have had to get up at 6.30 to be ready to go for a 4km run at 7.00 everyday and although I`m still training hard it has been physically demanding getting up so early as I`m used to being able to sleep in.

There is […]

This is the 3rd in the series of Blogs from Jesse Bricknell, who is currently training in Japan. If you would like to ask Jesse any questions about his training in Japan, just send them through to the ‘Ask the Coach’ section.

Jesse Bricknell currently training in Japan
Hey,
I’ve realised that the training at Taka’s centre […]

My fitness campaign is underway. On Monday I donated blood. Not only is that good because it saves lives but I get a mini-health checkup. They test my iron and hemoglobin levels, my blood pressure and they check my weight. So now I know I weigh 93kg. It will be interesting to see after 3 […]

I’m in Japan at the moment for training and I’ll be spending a week at a coaches house whose name is Takaharu, then going to the Japanese National Training Centre. The temperature is really hot and humid which is diffult to adjust to after coming from the Australian winter. For the first couple of […]

It all started with my son who came home from play group having picked up the flu from one of his friends. He passed it on to my wife and you can guess what happened next! That’s right, they passed it on to me.

I haven’t been so sick for years. I was getting hot and […]

Hi, I’m Jesse Bricknell and I am a Junior player from Victoria, Australia and will be going to Japan tomorrow for 5 and a half weeks. It will be a good experience training like the Japanese and I will also have the side benefit of trying to learn Japanese, which I do at school.
I […]