A look at the popularity of table tennis
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2024
- Amy Wang will represent Team USA at the Olympics and takes some time out from her training to teach Lara Spencer and James Longman a thing or two about the sport.
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For those who don't know, I am the guy who is playing with Amy at the 0:59-1:00 mark. Amy is an incredible player. I played her once in the tournament long time ago and I barely beat her 3-2 in the match and 11-9 in the last game and she was 6 years old back then.
Are you an olympic player as well or a professional of some sort?
@@lawbinson No, I am not, but I am pretty darn good in table tennis.
Why do you beat a 6 yr girl! Don’t abuse a child!
Wow pen hold style!! I haven't seen anyone playing in that style for a while. I thought I am the only one 😍
Best of luck, Amy! Your talent and hard work will shine on the Olympic stage. Team USA is behind you all the way! 💪🏓
Team USA will be lucky to take a match in the top 32 or 16. We still heavily train outside of the country to get better results.
China in table tennis is the equivalent of the US in basketball.
@Erhnam_Djinn while I don’t disagree with the point you’re attempting to make, because of the world wide expansion of basketball including many players being NBA players outside of the US, not so much of a great comparison anymore. If you are following the games that were the precursor of the Olympics, it’s amazing we came out on top in some of them.
@@whatevereyewant Not exactly. In 2016 in the London Olympics 16 year old American Areil Hsing played out of her mind in the Olympics taking 2 games off world #1 Li XiaoXia who went on to win the gold nedal. Her teammate Lily Zhang is in her 3rd Olynpics in these games so they are definitely developing with American born players. They train in China too.
@psier78 I’m aware, that’s why I said 32 or 16. I mean, someone really low ranked took a game of of Sha Sha this Olympics so far. They are getting better, but it’s also very heavily reliant on the draw. You can’t say for certain without that luck you’ll see Americans in top 16. Maybe part of that isn’t even skill but more so opportunities to play under that type of pressure which is where other countries succeed.
@@Erhnam_Djinn bad comparison, China is much more dominant in table tennis than the USA is in basketball.
People always forget about Forest Gump. We already medal'ed once folks.
'MURICA
as a kid I would just watch the "big events" basketball, soccer, swimming, gymnastics, few others I'm forgetting. now I wanna watch table tennis, badminton, archery, fencing lol
Same here
I am a tennis fan.I just started watching ping pong this Olympics. I must say it's really good tv. Involvement of coaches, not much difference in the level of men-women-old-young-different body types is really interesting to watch. Once a player has the technique and skill body types, age groups is not a barrier. Love rooting for older, players with a body type of not a typical athlete. 🏓 Is definitely good tv
Sorry but there's no hope against the Chinese in TT. The Chinese NT trains 10 hours a day everyday in a bootcamp since they were born. All their coaches are past World and Olympic champions. It's simply impossible to compete when you have to juggle school and college with the sport.
The closest the US have gotten was when Ariel Hsing took 2 games off Li Xiaoxia (the eventual Olympic champion) in London 2012.
@@Starrynova As a 16 year old she played out of her mind well.
not with that mindset
Just like it's hard to beat USA at basketball. Each country has its own specialty I guess.
I wouldn't say that. It ain't over till it's over. Sports history is full of stories where the underdogs prevail over stronger opponents.
@@nathanx.675 American Rulon Gardner years back over that Russian legend who lost once in his career in Greco-Roman Roman wrestling. Don't give me this Chinese superiority business. Anyone can lose.
Amy is so calm and relax in the game.
A med student Olympian? If my mom saw her I’m dead
Omfg. Nnooooo
This needs more views 😭
When I was a kid, my parents would enroll my siblings and I in all sort of extracurricular classes such as piano, voice, chess, French, Spanish, and other classes. When tables tennis was getting really popular here in the US, our dad enrolled us in a summer ping pong class. I can serve and rally, but nowhere near good enough for tournaments 😅. Anyways, our teacher taught us how to serve and the best way he described it was to think of your arm like a T-Rex’s arm when serving. You need to sort of retract and make it look shorter, keeping it close to your body. So, we call it a T-Rex serve. 😂
Amy i love you🥺💛
My dear Laura and James I thank you for this lovely video, you have no idea how much I love Ping pong, any place with any one we could challenge doubles.
her parents are so proud, and other Asian parents will tell their kids, "why cant you be like Amy?!"
You definitely know Chinese parents.
USA winning a medal is impossible, because of the world’s biggest powerhouses like China, Germany, France, etc will be playing and they all have multiple generations of top players and coaches who won titles. Meanwhile USA is still like a newbie to the sport compared to everyone else. Like tell me the last title the USA won in table tennis.
@@Whoiamiagain Firsts happen all the time. Just like when no one could beat the Dream Team in Olympic basketball. USA basketball was undefeated all time for years in basketball then the world caught up.
@@psier78yes but table tennis is different if you watch the the recent WTT GAMES you will know no one comes close to china except Japan
@@cocochocko3783 and Japan sent players to train in China
@@k7amv not only Japan almost all professional table tennis have been in training camp in China but I am talking about performance the Japanese are catching the Chinese
@@cocochocko3783 I've been playing 45 years. At this point there isn't anything I don't know about TT.
Who here after seeing Steph alley oop to ANT
Hahahah yep.
Anthony Edwards' baddie
Haha
Love from Northeast India, Aizawl city, she is gorgeous😍✨
As long as she doesn't meet the Chinese teams, she may has a chance. She is cute though.
Yeah, she doesn't stand a chance against the Chinese teams.
@@hermesliteratus882 yes she has a chance, she's chinese appearantly.
I wanna see Anthony edwards against them for fun
He gon lose with 0 : 21🤣🤣🤣
lol if you watch the Chinese teams train, their training partners are leagues bound better than the rest of world players competing. It’s just a whole different level. Any of these foreign players need to play club competition in China if they want to improve. Any international competition is like a watered down version of Chinese league
Just like in basketball
2:37 "I've never seen anything like that"
thats EXACTLY what I thought when I was watching the olympic TT matches, it's such a strange looking action! i dont even know, like, they put the ball in their palm and bring it up really close to their face, then they, like, stomp their feet, and jerk the hand holding the ball, downwards to release the ball, or something lmao. its really weird
Gettem Amy!
0:32 In Mandarin, it's called Ping Pang.
2:57 And they don't even know the most basic rule.
Amy you are the best, I love to play Doubles in Ottawa. Great game.
She’s so cute. I hope she wins!
Funny how table tennis is covered as a bit of an oddity. Has the media not seen curling?
Good luck amy. Hope you get to spend delightful time with Ant too 😎
lol, Ant and Steph going to run a train and tear that ah up.
@@dcbp00steph's three??!😀😃
The woman asked Amy if the serve she did had a special name. Amy was about to answer the question at 4:27 (and I think she meant to say that it was the "pendulum serve"), but they cut her off before she even finished saying the word "pendulum". I find this quite rude.
In Olympics table tennis country compete for silver and bronze because gold is alright decided.
she so gorgeous
We need to protect Amy
She is smart and cute, best wishes ❤
This isn't a look at the popularity of the sport. Title is misleading
She would have to avoid the Chinese team to be able to go further in any international tournament.
table tennis is really fun i agree
I love PING PONG
Gotta see Ant take her on.
❤
Imagine if we took home the gold in ping pong, omg.
Wang attends the University of California, Los Angeles where she's majoring in neuroscience with a minor in accounting.
this girl can do everything..
Amy is such a cutie pie.
anthony edwards is gonna score on her
Even US TT team has chinese blood in them❤.takes one to beat one
For women team, it's all Chinese blood.
Interestingly, in US, the top level table tennis has been dominated by Chinese blood for many years and now adding India blood in recent years.
I've never seen a white kid training in any considerable length of time at the TT clubs I play at. Probably except for a couple of children of players who migrate here from Eastern Europe countries. So it's quite natural that US team consists of only Asian Americans.
@@chubun6631 For Americans (white and black), Table Tennis and Badminton never been their play list for sporting, compared to Tennis for instance. Don't know why these two popular sports in other country, but have a little attention in the US. That's why these two sports don't have many white or black athletes in it. Another thing, probably these two sports seldom promoted and reported by US local medias. Even in US schools, we seldom see they will put Badminton and Table Tennis as physical education or exercise. If you ask people about these sports, I believe most of them never know badminton and table tennis exist.
This game got some Chinese genes in it, let's face it.
@@hongweiyu2352 Well, table tennis was actually created by white British. Somehow, Chinese developed table tennis gene in a very short time?
who's the dude with the British accent, and why is he on Good Morning AMERICA??
Waiting for beer pong to become an Olympics sport.
Prize money in table tennis is not attractive enough for Americans to play compared to tennis. I play both sports, and table tennis is a bit more difficult than tennis in terms of skill and physical fitness. Table tennis players need to join the national team to participate in major events, which adds to the uncertainty. If tennis rules were applied, the top 30 players in the world would likely be Chinese.
I would disagree that TT is more difficult than Tennis. In terms of physical fitness, just wear a heart rate monitor and calorie counter device when you play a match in a tournament, then compare the results. Your average heart beat rate is probably 10-15 beats/sec higher when playing Tennis, and calorie number maybe twice higher. I would say it took me 3-5 years to learn and use effectively all TT strokes (except for chopping). I've playing Tennis for 20+ years and still make double faults or blow backhand put aways as do most recreational Tennis players.
i would agree its harder to mastering, but tennis would need way more physical fitness than TT.
And that why Team USA have a Chinese are Asian American in the Team. Plus you don’t use the money into sports you think you not good at just the one you can win gold and medals. Not like China they do and it show as it doing better in other sports not only in it nations sports. Like Swimming running and lot off others sports and break world record and so. You think about it what it be like in 10 are more year time China win world cup on football.
what his @?
Best of luck Amy
Amy Wang is really good. she has a good shot at gold. However China is still the team to beat on table tennis I think.
Good shot at Gold?????
You can be hopeful, but it’s not realistic.
@@frederikvater Anything is possible in sports.
@@vincesiy1403 Anything being possible is different from you having a good shot at something.
Good shot? I'll say her odds of at winning gold is less than 1%. So far, all the international tournaments she played, she's far away from reaching any medals.
@@michaelshaw2786 Sport is very competitive. An opponent can have an off day or you can have a good streak. As long as you have the skills to qualify to contend for any of the medals you have a shot.
Love is best.
So funny and cute! 😂 go Amy
Table Tennis > Pickleball
I want to watch amy vs ant.haha
no chance
AMY WANG IM ABOUT TO RIZZ THAT SKIBIDI GYAT
TT strokes are so pleasuring to watch and listen, its feel so gentle and soft like asmr
Wait what, she is pre-med ? Whattttt
It be ya own people 💀
Very nice segment🌞
If only they showed the whole serve…
"you guys should maybe like ... be ready "
🎉
GIFTED VS USA LEVEL. NOT CHINA LEVEL THOUGH
😊
She is sweet.
2:10
"it's a rule" lol
this gma host is the same girl who make fun of people for doing ballet. why is she still here smh
She may represent her country but her country doesn’t represent her.
Haha, exactumundo.
She's cute 😉
人家ucla premed 课外兴趣来打球😂
china Beats china
You have to.
She wouldn’t even make it pass the first round.
Why she’s repping us when’s clearly Chinese lol
team china 🀄🐉🐲
I really admire Amy's English btw, I hope she's having a good result in Paris, good luck, love from China
@@kenyup7936 Why wouldn't she speak great English? She was born an American. Duh!
Dude she's from New Jersey
lmao what
@@psier78sorry I meant I’m Chinese who from China, that’s why I admire her English, I meant I wish I had a better English
@@austinduenas196ok thank you 😅
Rachel Sung is more beautiful
go Forest Go! does matter , U.S is No.1 olympice with or without forest Gump. Who cares, I dont watch Paris Olympic,
There's no chance White in this even.........!!!!!!!!!!!!
That girl is not american
She was born in the USA dummy.
Why would you say that? That’s not a nice comment. She represents the Asian American community in the US and goes to UCLA.
@@49dubs He's a racist.
She was born in NJ...how is she not American? She is Chinese in descent. Where did your family immigrate to the USA from? Or are you Native American?
@@jasonpeng6767 He's a NAIVE American. Or just plain ol' stupid.
An Olympian and a pre med student..🫡 👏 🫡