what to do???

dek-dek wrote: i have been playing for 4 years. my first tournament i won. i am an u13 now i play at a national level. i have won 13/15 munster(my province) rankings.   i haven't lost a munster rankings in 2/3 years. my coach is afraid that if i play cadets next season i will get bored and i could lose some matches because of boredem.   i am currently ranked no.3 in munster u17 so i will always get a good match in u17 and i would be able to play seniors and play for munster.   what do ye think i should do?

How about not playing tournaments for a while? In the meanwhile, play more adult players with diverse styles

move to England, there is more depth of players,

move to germany, sweden or france and move up the rankings there!!!

Start out in the lower leagues and move up from there!

If you want to keep improving, you really need to challenge yourself at every opportunity. If you can play in the U/17 and it will be more competitive then that would be my choice. I grew up in a small town where there was not much Table Tennis and once I became the best player in my town I found it difficult to improve. It was not until I moved to a new city where there was more competition that I once again started to improve.

So in short, once you have become the best in your particular grade, area or age group, try to challenge yourself so you can keep improving. Good luck.