Expert in a Year

I think it's possible. I've gotten to the top 100 (in England) in about 15 months with about 3-4 hours of coaching and 4 hours of matchplay per week. It took about 12 months to get to 189 in the country, which qualifies as the top 1%

I noticed the table appears to be in an apartment - how loud is it for the neighbours?

Smacfest wrote: I think it's possible. I've gotten to the top 100 (in England) in about 15 months with about 3-4 hours of coaching and 4 hours of matchplay per week. It took about 12 months to get to 189 in the country, which qualifies as the top 1%

Smacfest wrote: I think it's possible. I've gotten to the top 100 (in England) in about 15 months with about 3-4 hours of coaching and 4 hours of matchplay per week. It took about 12 months to get to 189 in the country, which qualifies as the top 1%

I'm highly skeptical. At senior level you'd need to play british league in div 1 or 2 max, and with 12 months under your belt you'd be crushed.

Our number one player, previously unranked, has not lost a match in div 4 and he's in the 400. He doesn't play tournaments though.

Smacfest's signature says U15 88, so that clears it.

Olio, the initial rating you get (and which sticks onwards) depends highly on who you've played in your first matches. Best case is you win your first five, and you get the best win's ranking points + 100 or so. So unless your friend plays a lot or starts playing and beating highly ranked players, it's gonna take him a while for him to get into top 200 (which BTW got much tougher since they started incorporating foreigners into the ranking list – basically top 200 now was top 120 a year ago).