My 3 year old son
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Topic: My 3 year old son
Posted By: mderka
Subject: My 3 year old son
Date Posted: 08/01/2011 at 9:16pm
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Here is a short video of my 3 year old (he'll be 4 in the fall) son playing a little table tennis. I am NOT a player myself, he totally picked the game up on his own. He has been playing for about 5 months now and really enjoys it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlCNtN94-M - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwlCNtN94-M
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Posted By: rookies
Date Posted: 08/01/2011 at 9:32pm
wow! the kid is a feature star. ------------- Timo Boll Spirit FH: Hurricane 3 Neo BH: Coppa X1 Turbo http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36111&title=feedback-rookies" rel="nofollow - My Feedback |
Posted By: GeneralSpecific
Date Posted: 08/01/2011 at 9:53pm
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He's actually really really good for a 3 year old. His skill level is somewhere between when Timo Boll was 4-5. PLEASE don't let him just be a basement player his whole life. According to the video, Timo was competing since at least 9 so he must have received formal training before then. Please keep that in mind. ------------- Blade - Xiom 36.5 ALX FL Forehand - Xiom Omega V Asia 2.0mm Backhand - Victas Curl P5V with Der Materialspezialist Firestorm Soft/Outkill 1.8mm sponge |
Posted By: THE GAMEr
Date Posted: 08/01/2011 at 11:07pm
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That is awesome!!!!!!! Hope he keeps it up! Definitely awesome he has started so young. One of these days he'll lob like Waldner and smash like Persson!!!!!! ------------- If at first you don't succeed, you're not Chuck Norris. 729 Dynasty Hinoki FH 729 Cream Transcend BH 729 super FX |
Posted By: kenneyy88
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 12:14am
| wow, it would be cool if you could bring it further with a coach in the future. |
Posted By: YBFlash
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 12:52am
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Hey man, your kid has really good potential! If he will like table tennis he may become a star! ------------- Blade: OSP Virtuoso+ FH: Nittaku Fastarc G-1 BH: Nittaku Fastarc G-1 |
Posted By: Imago
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 1:07am
Actually, he has better feel for the ball.
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GeneralSpecific wrote:Posted By: ttrastott
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 5:09am
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very good My son is 2.5 old and he can hit a ball when i throw it at him So who knows :) ------------- Donic Waldner Senso Carbon FH Tibhar Genius Sound MAX BH Tibhar Genius Sound MAX |
Posted By: jwendt2003
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 5:25am
That's priceless!  I especially liked 1:55. Well, he already knows how to hit, what's next; backhand loop drills?!?  These are the kind of kids that show up at tournaments at the age of 10 and kick my butt!  ------------- Nittaku KVW, Killerspin Fury |
Posted By: addoydude
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 7:12am
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your son is a natural. When he is older teach him tennis. There is no money in table tennis. ------------- Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon H3 NEO / 388-D1 |
Posted By: popperlocker
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 7:45am
| he has better mechanics then probably most people on this forum and people in my club. Also, if my eyes are right, he is also holding the racket with his index finger horizontal/wrapped around the racket, which is 10x better than holding it up vertical, like most beginners do(such as yourself). I hate to be a pooper, but addoydude has a point. It would be a waste if you didn't put a tennis racket in his hands. Instead of earning $500 a year, he could be earning $50,000. He could be the next roddick. |
Posted By: pablogilberto
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 10:52am
| that is an awesome display of TT skills right there!! and I agree with addoydude and popperlocker...let him play Tennis instead! |
Posted By: mderka
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 11:33am
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Hey guys, thanks for the comments. Charlie plays tennis as well and is quite good at it, but he is obviously limited by the weight of the racket and ball. He likes to play other sports as well. Its just that he absolutely LOVES ping pong. He watches instructional videos on YouTube when he's not playing. We go to a local table tennis club in New Hampshire and all the guys there know him and enjoy playing with him. The coach there says there is not much he can do with him until he is 5-6 years old. Until then he just told us to have fun with the game. Funny story, a couple months back we are at the club and there is a player there who I had not seen before. Charlie pulls on my sleeve and says, "Daddy, that man is using a penholder grip." Not being a player myself I didn't know what he was saying until another member laughed and explained to me what he was talking about! |
Posted By: AcudaDave
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 11:33am
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let him play TT and Tennis and get some coaching asap. His motor skills for a 3-year old are amazing. Don't let his talent go to waste...get him some training and coaching. He will be a force to deal with in the near future. I hope you live in a part of the country where there are some good clubs/coaches. He's definitely better than Timo Boll was at that age! ------------- Joola Zhou Qihao 90 blade Joola Dynaryz Inferno max - BH Nittaku Moristo SP 2.0 - FH |
Posted By: addoydude
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 1:00pm
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I think he would be good with baseball too. He seems to have a talent with judging and controlling small object ballistics. Either baseball or tennis - the major sports. He can always do pingpong for fun in the tennis/baseball off-season. ------------- Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon H3 NEO / 388-D1 |
Posted By: mderka
Date Posted: 08/02/2011 at 5:19pm
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Charlie loves baseball as well and he smacks the hell out of the ball. But he may play baseball with me for 30 minutes at a time or so. This past Sunday we played ping pong for over 4 hours! |
Posted By: timstiga
Date Posted: 08/03/2011 at 9:50am
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you whould let him train in china for a few years and he will definitely be more skilled than any chinese kid his age. Tonnes of potential, i believe he represent the future of american table tennis.
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Posted By: ttCrawsaive
Date Posted: 08/03/2011 at 10:24am
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If you let him train in Europe or in Asia, then he might be one of the greatest players in the future I think. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/user/ttCrawsaive |
Posted By: chu_bun
Date Posted: 08/03/2011 at 12:54pm
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I don't remember the details of it, but toddlers' neuron paths have not had the fatty cover that speed up the transmission of neuron impulses. This is just biology/chemistry and cannot be trained. Your kid has a few years head start against everybody else (my 5 yrs old still has problem catching balls), which should make a huge difference at that age. How good he is as an adult is hard to tell, but up to 7, 8 yrs old, other kids are probably still playing catch up. It just like, most kids who can read at 3 won't grow up to be Enstein, but they will be the top student in their class for a long time. ------------- Clipper Wood, Sanwei Gears FH, Sanwei T88-I BH. |
Posted By: mizutani_jun
Date Posted: 08/03/2011 at 8:30pm
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I wish my father bought TT equipment for me at this age. This kid is good. |
Posted By: Jeff(ATTC)
Date Posted: 08/03/2011 at 9:24pm
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Your son plays very well!!! Get him a coach and he'll go far. ------------- Bty Jun Mizutani ZLC FH: D80 BH: D05 |
Posted By: ttrastott
Date Posted: 08/04/2011 at 5:03am
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Posted By: AcudaDave
Date Posted: 08/04/2011 at 9:37am
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I agree with chu_bun...your son has a head start on everyone his age right now, but other kids will catch up eventually. He has a talent, but the main thing is that he enjoys it so much. If he really does enjoy it so much then take him to a club sometime and find him a coach. I also played on the tennis team while in HS and he looks like he would be a natural at tennis. Just remember though that he is ahead of the curve compared to most kids, but eventually other kids will catch up. ------------- Joola Zhou Qihao 90 blade Joola Dynaryz Inferno max - BH Nittaku Moristo SP 2.0 - FH |
Posted By: tabletennistips
Date Posted: 08/06/2011 at 5:36pm
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It is amazing
he was so good even at 4 he is definately the best TT player of his generation ------------- check out my TT channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tabletennistips1 I am selling: bryce speed fx brand new unopened and timo boll OFF forte PM if interested |
Posted By: formidableone14
Date Posted: 08/06/2011 at 8:00pm
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AMAZING
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Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 08/06/2011 at 8:20pm
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Impressive! have you noticed the backhand shot at 0:46 ?!
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Posted By: tabletennistips
Date Posted: 08/07/2011 at 6:34am
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its a shame that the 3 YO os being over shone by timo
I think that the 3 YO has brilliant potential ------------- check out my TT channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/tabletennistips1 I am selling: bryce speed fx brand new unopened and timo boll OFF forte PM if interested |
Posted By: arg0
Date Posted: 08/07/2011 at 7:24pm
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Me too, my comment was referred to the 3yo. ------------- Nexy Arche & Nittaku Violin LG. Join the forum_posts.asp?TID=47778" rel="nofollow - Nexy Clan ! Also member of Violin & 1-Ply clans. |
Posted By: natca
Date Posted: 08/13/2011 at 11:04pm
| Very good |