Zhi-Ming Li 2300(penhold LP pushblocker)

It sure would pee me off to play that guy. Look at (03:29). He makes a big Cho after benefitting from an edged ball.

Edited by Tinykin - 12/31/2013 at 3:41pm

Tiny, he was Choing at everything nothing haha. If a fly hit the ball mid-air and knocked it off flight he waz Choing. He was serving right out of hand on almost every serve. It wasnt really a serious official game.

lol, maybe that's the custom in china? I mean to cho on edges and mistakes.
I think maybe popular players like zhang jike and ma long would do it too, they just have been disciplined on the international customs and manners to appear more polite to the whole world.

the other guy looks pretty good for a 2300 ranking.


Edited by puppy412 - 01/01/2014 at 9:58pm

peter chen is a lot more economical in his movement

much more graceful push blocking if there is such a thing

this guys flailing with his legs is amusing

:)

I played him and checked his racket years ago.
He was a nice guy who really loved Tt.
He enjoyed to make dramatic gestures to mainly have fun instead of distracting opponents.
He served with smooth side without tossing high enough.
His LP side would be considered as illegal as many pips were broken and missing, which made it more irregular and unpredictable.
You don't need to be 2400 to beat him if you know how to play that style. On the other hand, a 2500 could lose to him if you just want to loop through him.

chongqinghotpot wrote: I played him and checked his racket years ago. He was a nice guy who really loved Tt. He enjoyed to make dramatic gestures to mainly have fun instead of distracting opponents. He served with smooth side without tossing high enough. His LP side would be considered as illegal as many pips were broken and missing, which made it more irregular and unpredictable. You don't need to be 2400 to beat him if you know how to play that style. On the other hand, a 2500 could lose to him if you just want to loop through him.

My thinking is the same. A nice guy who love TT. I don't mind people who cho to celebrate every win point. Only the ones who cho and roar like they own you, when they have a chance to put the ball pass you, really get to my nerve .

He basically did not toss the ball when serving. Many senior chinese people play this way.

I watched the first video (40 year TT diplomacy) and Youku (against Master LP Huang),
it seems that his does raise right leg a lot in first video (maybe for entertaining crowd),
because in the serious match against China #1 LP, he did not raise right Leg when blocking.

Edited by PingPongHolic10 - 06/16/2016 at 10:09am

Kindof99, good observation on his serve before opponent being ready. He did threw in that a few times when the match was tight. But it is actually common among senior players.

How did he serve in a tournment with umpires? I guess he will toss. So it is a choice for convenience and advantage, not that he can not do it.