slower but consistent

knees are in poor shape, but I can still manage some consistency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZFo1ViW3I

Looking super solid Andy. Hope the knees get a little easier soon.

Very nice, that is my ultimate goal to keep hitting the ball smoothly to one spot using BH/FH with good rhythm and consistency. Very impressive. 

You play like a tank... no seriously.

berndt_mann wrote: fatt wrote: SmackDAT wrote: You play like a tank... no seriously. come on! It's not because he's old, fat and slow that you can insult him like that...i you should know better and show more diplomacy As we age, virtually all of us become fatter and slower.  I am no longer the golden retriever I once was in my early twenties dressing out at 130 lbs. with a 27" waist.  Should you live long enough, SmackDAT, and not get struck by lightning or squashed by a meteor, this will happen to you too.

Tt Gold wrote: What is apw's rating?

Now, it's hard to say. But I have seen videos of him play at around USATT 2300-2400.

Wow you don't make mistakes. Very high level table tennis; 2400+ is my guess. 

Edited by jimkrid23 - 07/26/2015 at 6:16pm

Can we see a match video?

Very heavy topspins APW is creating. I'm going to try that sicknasty wrist action when I am slinging around my T5000 tomorrow. 

Edited by jimkrid23 - 07/26/2015 at 6:59pm

APW46 wrote: cmetsbeltran15 wrote: Tk5 wrote: Looking good APW! You still got it. I played number 29 in England recently and his level is probably 2350-2450. Interesting. Do you know how many active members there are in England? I wonder what the dropoff is between 29-100 and how it compares in the USA.  There are around 25000 registered players in England, but unlike USATT, not all events/competitions are in the ranking scheme. I recently had a win against the English no1 at over 50's, but my highest win in the Men's ranking was 46 last season. My Highest ever win in terms of ranking was 13 ( an up and coming Paul Drinkhall) and I had a handful of other top 20 wins. From what I have learned off the forums, the English top 100 and USATT top 100 are comparable, with debatably the English having a less pronounced tail off.  I am very proud that I have been in and around the English top 100 for 20 years in succession. BTW guys, I am not really spinning the ball in that clip, just counter hitting, although my set up does give be a high arc due to its high throw properties. A short clip of a more aggressive topspin drive is here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2IZipdQuNE

Just to expand on what Wiggy says, there are about 25-30k active players. But it's all about non-rated team competitions in the UK and only about 1000 players or so actually play in rated competitions whether team or singles events. And even there, probably only 150 or so are very active (ie > 4 rated singles events per season).
So the ranking list is a good general guide but not very accurate below the top 20 or so.
TTE is making changes. in fact we now have a rating list which includes more of those players that actually play but don't appear on the ranking list.
BTW, to emphasise the great gulf between us and French TT, English players ranked 20-30 would probably rank >200 in France.

Tinykin wrote: Just to expand on what Wiggy says, there are about 25-30k active players. But it's all about non-rated team competitions in the UK and only about 1000 players or so actually play in rated competitions whether team or singles events. And even there, probably only 150 or so are very active (ie > 4 rated singles events per season). So the ranking list is a good general guide but not very accurate below the top 20 or so. TTE is making changes. in fact we now have a rating list which includes more of those players that actually play but don't appear on the ranking list. BTW, to emphasise the great gulf between us and French TT, English players ranked 20-30 would probably rank >200 in France.

BTW beating PD at 14yo was quite an achievement. I can only remember him being beat by top 5 players when he was that age. By age 16 he was the English no1, aided by Cookie dropping himself from the ranking list.

Glad everybody is enjoying getting older and fatter?...I started out in sept. 2010 weighing 170lbs....35 years of beer behind me. currently I am playing 5-6 days a week @135lbs. I did not think I would dip below 150lbs. I am struggling to stay above 130lbs. so I took a week away from the table to gain some weight and got myself to 135lbs. again. My goal is to be around 145-150 it will have to be muscle weight or it wont happen untill I stop training. If you guys happen to lose a few pounds, I hope I can find them, 56 years old and too skinny!

The days of division 1 north and Ormesby with Paul, Bryn (what ever happened to him?) and Steve Baily and I think Keith Roger if memory serves right.