10,000 Hours
Training
Galen Corvan- Hughes Asked 13 years ago
Hi Alois, just wondering, how many years of practice would it take to be at an Olympic level? If, say you were training 2 hours a day, would that be enough or would it need to be more?
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Galen,
Table Tennis takes a long time an a lot of hard work as you know. I think it takes a minimum of 10 years of very regular training and competition to be able to be competitive at the Olympic level. That is with 2 to 4 hours for probably 6 days a week.
If you work out roughly 20 hours a week for 52 weeks a year by 10 years it comes out to just over 10,000 hours of training. Take a look at this blog on “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell – Book Review. If you get a chance to read the book it is a worthwhile read.
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