{"id":69,"date":"2009-11-11T18:06:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T23:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tabletennisdb.com\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2011-05-20T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T21:51:50","slug":"you-know-youre-a-basement-player-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revspin.net\/blog\/you-know-youre-a-basement-player-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know You’re a Basement Player When…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Basement<\/p>\n

If this article is describes you to a tee, it’s time to join a table tennis club or find a coach and erase the title of basement player<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

You know you’re a basement player when…<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. You believe Butterfly’s marketing department when they say your premade racket has characteristics of Speed = 95\/100, Spin = 95\/100 and Control = 100\/100. Numbers haven’t been this inflated since Germany’s currency before World War II.<\/li>\n
  2. You call the sport “ping pong” and don’t understand why your Chinese friends keep ranting, “It’s TABLE TENNIS!<\/em>“<\/li>\n
  3. You’ve never tossed a ball higher than 1 foot when serving<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. You think Brian Pace actually uses the “Butterfly Brian Pace” premade racket.<\/li>\n
  5. You visit a real table tennis club and every time you step 3 feet away from the table you’re surprised that you haven’t bumped into a wall yet.<\/li>\n
  6. You’ve never broken a sweat playing ping pong.<\/li>\n
  7. You brag to all your friends about how good your “spike” is in ping pong.<\/li>\n
  8. You burst into laughter every time you hit a net or edge.<\/li>\n
  9. You drool over the newest 7-star ******* racket.<\/li>\n
  10. You don’t believe that table tennis is an Olympic sport.<\/li>\n
  11. You think 3 rotations per second is a lot<\/em> of spin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I hope I haven’t offended you. If I have, then it’s about time you went to the next level. Check out the Coach Wiki<\/a> and Videos<\/a> section to pick up your game.<\/p>\n

    Are you a recovering “Basement Player”?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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