Short video about Felix Lebrun

nice to see young western cpen player rising up. His forhand still has a lot to improve. It would be better for him to learn from Wang hao and Ma lin.

stiltt wrote: Parents, coaches, famous players give their thought about the French upcoming champion. Closed Captions in English available. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=908529276521183 In addition, coach  EmRatThich wrote a piece about him: https://pingsunday.com/felix-lebrun-great-penholder-player-of-europe/ By the way, I had no idea he had a PhD from Sorbonne University

Edited by mykonos96 - 12/15/2021 at 9:40am

This is so unfair. Obviously he was not exposed to that type of play enough to deal with it on the fly. Shame on you for taking down a teenager hitting him under the belt, you can do so much better.

Yep, Felix is at the level of polishing shoes just like Kanak is at the level of the ball boys. It’s ok, we need a little bit of everything to make a successful forum and I respect your thinking. 

stiltt wrote: Yep, Felix is at the level of polishing shoes just like Kanak is at the level of the ball boys. It’s ok, we need a little bit of everything to make a successful forum and I respect your thinking.

It went down to 9-9 in the decider, a 2 point match! is that really polishing shoes? I say you didn't see the match before "contributing".

Edited by stiltt - 12/16/2021 at 1:09pm

didn't know what match was being referred to, had do some searching to find it

Cut the kid a slack.

孟子曰：「……故天將降大任於是人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，曾益其所不能……」
Mencius said, "...Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies..."

Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90995&PID=1119945&title=young-european-prospects#1119945
it first exercises his mind with suffering - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=91109&PID=1121752&title=short-video-about-felix-lebrun#1121752

Edited by zeio - 12/17/2021 at 1:23am

You sounded like the yi-King. With the right spirit exposed by your last post, here is what it said from your energy with help from http://yikingnet.free.fr/, the same site online for decades, hosted here and there over the years.

Edited by stiltt - 12/17/2021 at 3:15am

Time to revisit this thread. It's funny how Alexis was less talked about, undoubtedly because Felix attracted more attention with the PH grip.

stiltt wrote: Time to revisit this thread. It's funny how Alexis was less talked about, undoubtedly because Felix attracted more attention with the PH grip. This tournament in Budapest is their explosion on the international stage, what a fiesta!

One reason has to do with big Lebrun playing only junior events up until 2019. According to WTT, he has turned pro for 1 year only. He started competing in 2015, but didn't play international events at all in 2017 and 2020. He only started competing in senior events in 2021, specifically WTT Contender Lasko(11/1-7) and Novo Mesto(11/8-14). The last junior event he played was WTT Youth Star Contender Otocec(3/29-4/2).
WTT Contender Lasko(11/1-7) - QR1
Novo Mesto(11/8-14) - QR2

OTOH, little Lebrun started competing in 2018, yet he already competed in senior events in 2021, specifically WTT Contender Lasko(11/1-7) and Novo Mesto(11/8-14), same as his older brother. The last junior event he played was WTT Youth Star Contender Otocec(3/29-4/2).
WTT Contender Lasko(11/1-7) - QR3
Novo Mesto(11/8-14) - R16, 3-2 CCY w/ injured wrist in R32, significant enough for me to write about him.

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90995&PID=1119945&title=young-european-prospects#1119945

It shows how weak Europe is, which I've been preaching for years, when Calderano and Harimoto get mentioned in a thread about young European prospects. The only young prospect from Europe worth keeping an eye on is Lebrun. Forget the other ones over 20. They should be competing against the world's best by now and looking ready to replace "Ovtcharov, Franziska, Gauzy, Falck, Pitchford, Freitas, etc."

http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=90995&PID=1119977&title=young-european-prospects#1119977

The impression that European players mature later stems from the educational system reform, as pointed out by Rosskopf in 2019. And that's what makes Lebrun worthy of attention because he's not bogged down by that. He's on a similar trajectory as Harimoto and LYJ by starting really young, competing against players many years his senior, even scoring wins and making the main draw at 15 years and 2 months old in a senior event, which is very difficult after the World Ranking reform in 2018. For comparison, Harimoto(then 15 and 3) and LYJ(then 17 and 1) stopped competing in junior events after the Youth Olympic Games 2018. Moregard is going to compete at the World Youth Championships this December, in the U19 event at the age of 19 and 9. Come on. To add insult to injury, Moregard is ranked even lower than Februn in the U19. Calderano, who didn't switch to table tennis until 14, was already making a name for himself at WJTTC 2014, YOG 2014 and Rio 2016. He also stopped competing in U21 events after that Olympic games when he was eligible for another year. Think about it.

This is a superstar! Makes me want to play cpen again like when I was in the first half of my life. I also like his galsses!  

Hopefully some kids will start using penhold now.

It looks like European Games 2023 is the first senior title for Felix.

Félix Lebrun says in the interview below that it was because of Chen Jian, who used to be his uncle Legoût's teammate at Istres.

https://olympics.com/fr/infos/tennis-table-felix-lebrun-prise-porte-plume

Chinese forums may not be the most reliable sources for French players.