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December 20, 2005
TABLE TENNIS TIPS: Crouching tiger
The first in an occasional series on improving your table tennis game.
Take a close look at the picture above. What do you see? A table tennis player, right? Well, look again. Notice how his knees and elbows are bent. Notice how his eyes are filled with concentration. Notice how his headband is pulled tight around his forehead.
He is not a table tennis player. No. He is a crouching tiger ready to pounce.
His "prey" is not another animal, but rather a small, plastic ball. His "weapon" is not a set of sharp teeth; instead, it is a wooden paddle with a rubberized surface. He is "hungry" not for a bloody meal but for a winning score. Eventually the analogy breaks down, but the underlying truth remains: The experienced table tennis player, like the tiger, is always ready. Unlike the tiger, though, he does not literally kill anything.
NEXT TIME: "The Importance of Going For It"
Posted by teb at December 20, 2005 10:33 AM