Limits
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:12Rowden December 2020
Limits can be total, self-imposed or within your own ability.
Excellence
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:03Rowden December 2020
Excellence is not the result of some gene you were born with, some great talent or skill you possess, which you never had to work for; though some athletes do have some marginal physical or mental advantages, better stamina, faster reactions, bigger size, more explosive speed, higher level of concentration, the list can be quite extensive.
Looking for the Champion 3
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 09:46Rowden December 2020
Most players, like most humans, are habitual and predictable.
Looking for the Champion 2
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 09:31Rowden December 2020
The first stage in the development of any young player should be with the racket in the hand -- in other words the first priority should lie in the area of skills.
Looking for the Champion
Submitted by Rowden on Sun, 10/04/2020 - 08:57Rowden October 2020
When a young player is referred to you for the first time and others seem to think he or she is a future champion, just what do you want to see from this promising prospect?
Techniques, Rules and Systems
Submitted by Rowden on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 10:44Rowden September 2020
Science is in a similar position to our sport of table tennis. Its practical limits are becoming apparent; it can tell us how to make things but not how to use them.
To Walk on Water You need first to get out of the Boat
Submitted by Rowden on Fri, 03/06/2020 - 08:20Rowden March 2020
The boat is a safe place, but there’s more to life than sitting and being safe. We are made for something more than just avoiding failure.
Success Goals and Controls
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 14:34Rowden January 2020
• If you drive through life without goals, you’ll never know where you might end up, or you may well end up somewhere you really don’t want to be.
Success Body and Mind
Submitted by Rowden on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 14:25Rowden January 2020
• There is a direct link between your body and your mind. The same blood flows through both, through the physical body and also the brain. If you don’t look after your body the mind suffers, your physical state affects the mind, your mental state.
Produce the Champion
Submitted by Rowden on Sun, 10/20/2019 - 17:02November 2019 Rowden
Many coaches and other experts involved in sport think that you must keep moving with the times and that only current science and technology have anything to offer.
