[Video] Rate us

I only watched the first video (for now).

Of course, as many have said many times, it's very difficult to judge one's ability off of one video of one match. So if my initial rating is not what you expected, please don't take offense. I mean nothing personal.

That being said, I'd speculate that the two in the first vid are in the 1300-1400 USATT range.




Edited by Anton Chigurh - 06/17/2011 at 12:15pm

600-1200

1st video:

Well the reason people have told me 1500-1600 is because I have played and beaten people rated 1500 and 1600 but these were offensive players. If a defender is rated 1400 or higher I probably can't beat them.

GeneralSpecific wrote: Well the reason people have told me 1500-1600 is because I have played and beaten people rated 1500 and 1600 but these were offensive players. If a defender is rated 1400 or higher I probably can't beat them.

Edited by mon22 - 06/17/2011 at 3:34pm

sorry, u keep mentioning urself as 14-1500 but i really don't see that happening.  ofc, based on one video it is hard for us to get a clear answer but i mean, unless u play a LOT better than what u show in the vid i dont see how u can be 1500 (you and ur friend).

agree with what mon said. 

I'd say 1st person (George) is about 1200 - 1300, and 2nd guy is about 1100 - 1200. 

thepongcast wrote: Who is whom in each video?  It seems like a frequent oversight when people post Youtube videos of themselves.

I thought I made it clear in my post. I'm the one in the green/yellow shirt, my friend Stefan is in the second video wearing white and red, and the other two are Hungarian chopper/pushers and are negligible as they don't care about a rating.

I don't see how people see sub 1000 as a possibility, I think it's very possible that the OP is in the 1400-1500 range.  Most people below that range have trouble looping backspins with any sort of consistency, but the OP can loop it pretty well even when having to move around.  He's also demonstrated that he can do it from both wings, albeit only on the high and short ones on the BH side.  That's still much better than the typical 1200 player.  The OP also has some good serves, if not terribly deceiving.  I think the OP is solidly above 1400.

i like dingy's advice. i don't really care about ratings...but i do care about my level of play. as long as i can play as consistent as a 2000 player. i don't really care if the sheet says i'm 1400 (that would be some fun sandbagging). 

Everything looks good here but you only know where you stand USATT wise when you play a tournament.  Maybe you're nervous that day?  Too much coffee?  Maybe the weirdo with medium pips both sides shows up and is in your draw group U1200??!   Or you're feeling tight and the 1400 retriever is getting everthing back and you can't just open up and kill it without putting it into the net?!?!  The guy next to you can't stop YELLING when you're in the 5th game and you get hit in the head by the ball on a crucial point.  Or actually, your opponent is yelling?  Even yelling on your nets?  Called a let when the guy next to you yelled?  Discussing the statistical probability of you winning in the 5th game given your performance in the first four games?

No I'm not joking, it only goes downhill from here, this is all kind of best case scenario.

What I see here looks good!  I think some easy room for improvement:

1) don't rush.  When you're about to serve, take a moment, BREATHE, make a plan, figure out what you'll do against different returns, THEN serve.  You rush your service and get caught off guard, waiting 5 more seconds and thinking through the obvious possibilities could fix this in literally your NEXT GAME.

 2) don't rush.  When you get a high underspin ball you're too tentative; when you get a *high* underspin ball, you're too hasty.  Hit everything with good feeling and touch, but the high high balls give you more time so load it up: focus on fast racket speed and brushing contact, you'll finish the point.  Especially when your opponent isn't particularly aggressive, take advantage.

3) don't rush.  You're playing a marginal chopper.  Even against 1700 players, people will rarely open against a decent push, just don't push into their power zone on the forehand side.  Do lots of pushing, keep it short or make it wide, deep, and very spinny, nothing in between.  Too many high balls with medium spin when you push, I do it too but just sayin, easy avenue for hitting the next level.

4) Rush: to the next USATT tournament, the nastier the better.  I don't want to hear any whining from you about not being able to warm up, 50% lefty long pips forehand players, people hitting you in the face from the next table, 100 degree heat  / 20 degree cold in the gym, people playing with premade no sponge short pips setups, this next guy who just took you 2 and 0 is going to strip you 50 points on your rating unless you do something about his NASTY, NASTY side underspin serve that feels worse than your 2500 coach, or heavy underspin LOB that you keep putting into the net, or chop block against your nastiest opening loop that you keep netting because you can't adjust, or no spin serve half long that you either drop high or go long with, or...  yeah: STOP WHINING <voice of arnold swarzenegger>




Edited by chronos - 06/17/2011 at 11:30pm

kenneyy88 wrote: is this a table tennis club? looks like its in a office building.

No, this is in the campus center of my college.

New York

I'm not going to guess the rating, but there are a number of things you can work on.  Perhaps some of them were due to the type of opponent you were facing though:

Edited by hookumsnivy - 06/19/2011 at 1:02pm