I used to play a little bit recreationally when I was a kid, and I finally bought a ping pong table a couple of weeks ago. I’ve had fun playing with a few friends, and I’ve been reasonably skilled against them all. So after discovering there was a table tennis club in my area, I couldn’t resist stopping by last night. I think my initial facial expression after watching the guys in there was something like this:
:eek:
These people are scary good, some of them compete in national and international tournaments and such, and…just wow.
Let’s just say that the only people there who I could almost keep up with were two kids who had to have been about 10 years old (I’m 30). One of them still whipped me pretty soundly, and the other beat me five out of eight or nine games, I believe.
So, it’s seem pretty clear to me that I’m going to spend many months getting my ass kicked in this club, but boy did I have fun. I can’t wait to go back. Hell of a lot more exercise than I would have thought, too. My sole bragging right earned last night was wearing out the one kid to the point where he was too tired to play anymore (unless he was just making an excuse because he was bored playing against me, but I’d rather not consider that).
Perhaps I should spend more time studying the video at the bottom of this page.