Bottom Bracket Intelligence Rankings
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One has just made one cup of tea.Advocate of disc brakes.0
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As have I, with a bit of cake to help it along.One has just made one cup of tea.0 -
Making your own tea loses you points, tricking others into making it for you gains points!www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0
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Have you read Bounce by Matthew Syed? Good read.For a while I was recruiting/canvassing schools with Table Tennis displays.
Simultaneously, we were taking school visits who were visiting the recycling plant.
One day...joking. Bizzarre.
It might...with me.
It's not a 'How to play table tennis guide*' its about the science of sport. Syed makes a compelling argument that hours of dedicated practise and environment are what make a champion, not talent.
*Got that.
In 8 years (8 frikkin years!!!) of coaching, I have only come across 1 protege. The Problem with the protege is that he is good at all sports and is particularly good at football and I will probably loose him to that.
Syed's angle is probably quite correct but it is not new. What you require from the individual is the determination, the motivation, the resolve and the adaptability. That is where the talent lies. The best environment and dedicated practise is only a part of the equation.
Given all of the above attributes, I would challenge Syed's theory with some basic requirements that will set a person on the right track. Success breeds success and if a child takes to something because certain basics are achievable, then they are more likely to keep trying. If they appear immediately too hard, they go away.
Personally, if a person has the determination in a ball sport, they need just one over-riding attribute: good balance.
You can work on balance but if someone has natural* balance, everything comes so much easier and that person will make big gains, whilst the one with poor balance will make incremental gains, regardless of the effort put in.
Personally, after hip replacement No3, I suddenly suffered vertigo. It was suggested that I work on my balance and found that it was very poor following convalescence. After just 6 weeks, twice a week at the gym, I could stand on a fit ball and do squats. By the end of the following year, I won the Wigtownshire Pool singles title and 1 year after that, the Wigtownshire TT Open and came runner up in the handicap competition. Improving my balance, better than it was ever previously tied everything together and the vertigo went completely.
At the TT sessions, we do balance exercises and the better players have better balance without exception. My protege is set exercises 2 or 3 times harder than anyone, he has exceptional balance. Before anyone picks up a TT bat as a newcomer, if I set them some balance exercises, I could almost guarantee that the one's who will take to it will be the one's with better balance.
*Natural is an argument in itself.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Does intelligence serve you well in real life ?
I mean, there are different types of intelligence, some would say it is highly linked to self preservation or the "want" to do better, achieve more ?
I think the highest form of intelligence is the man/woman who is happy with what they have and enjoys the time they have with what they have.Living MY dream.0 -
I'll raise you this:
That's not how you spell eejit - go to the bottom of the class, thickyThat's you relegated to last place already Sean seeing as you can't even spell my name correctly ya idjit
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=idjit
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=eejit
It's also how Father Ted spelt it so that's gospel
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Speed, hand-eye coordination, agility and concentration yes but I wouldn't have thought balance would play such a big part, interesting. What kind of speed drills do you do with the kids?
Have you read Bounce by Matthew Syed? Good read.For a while I was recruiting/canvassing schools with Table Tennis displays.
Simultaneously, we were taking school visits who were visiting the recycling plant.
One day...joking. Bizzarre.
It might...with me.
It's not a 'How to play table tennis guide*' its about the science of sport. Syed makes a compelling argument that hours of dedicated practise and environment are what make a champion, not talent.
*Got that.
In 8 years (8 frikkin years!!!) of coaching, I have only come across 1 protege. The Problem with the protege is that he is good at all sports and is particularly good at football and I will probably loose him to that.
Syed's angle is probably quite correct but it is not new. What you require from the individual is the determination, the motivation, the resolve and the adaptability. That is where the talent lies. The best environment and dedicated practise is only a part of the equation.
Given all of the above attributes, I would challenge Syed's theory with some basic requirements that will set a person on the right track. Success breeds success and if a child takes to something because certain basics are achievable, then they are more likely to keep trying. If they appear immediately too hard, they go away.
Personally, if a person has the determination in a ball sport, they need just one over-riding attribute: good balance.
You can work on balance but if someone has natural* balance, everything comes so much easier and that person will make big gains, whilst the one with poor balance will make incremental gains, regardless of the effort put in.
Personally, after hip replacement No3, I suddenly suffered vertigo. It was suggested that I work on my balance and found that it was very poor following convalescence. After just 6 weeks, twice a week at the gym, I could stand on a fit ball and do squats. By the end of the following year, I won the Wigtownshire Pool singles title and 1 year after that, the Wigtownshire TT Open and came runner up in the handicap competition. Improving my balance, better than it was ever previously tied everything together and the vertigo went completely.
At the TT sessions, we do balance exercises and the better players have better balance without exception. My protege is set exercises 2 or 3 times harder than anyone, he has exceptional balance. Before anyone picks up a TT bat as a newcomer, if I set them some balance exercises, I could almost guarantee that the one's who will take to it will be the one's with better balance.
*Natural is an argument in itself.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.Faster than a tent.......0
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OK then maybe this is about which lowlife is higher up the pecking order.Advocate of disc brakes.0
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Considering this place is a race to the bottom does it make Captain Crayon and Womble the winners?0
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Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.
Have you read the stuff that the majority of people post in those forums before you hit BB? At least those in the BB come here to chat rubbish0 -
Don't fall for it Sa0u823e, it's a trap!Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.
Have you read the stuff that the majority of people post in those forums before you hit BB? At least those in the BB come here to chat rubbishPinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
We've been rumbled arranConsidering this place is a race to the bottom does it make Captain Crayon and Womble the winners?
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
We've been rumbled arranConsidering this place is a race to the bottom does it make Captain Crayon and Womble the winners?
Dam "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
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Don't fall for it Sa0u823e, it's a trap!Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.
Have you read the stuff that the majority of people post in those forums before you hit BB? At least those in the BB come here to chat rubbish
You don't need a trap for this place - just a shovel and a bucket.Faster than a tent.......0 -
Don't fall for it Sa0u823e, it's a trap!Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.
Have you read the stuff that the majority of people post in those forums before you hit BB? At least those in the BB come here to chat rubbish
You don't need a trap for this place - just a shovel and a bucket. Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Dam or damn? That's it, keep it up arran
We've been rumbled arranConsidering this place is a race to the bottom does it make Captain Crayon and Womble the winners?
Dam Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Dam or damn? That's it, keep it up arran
We've been rumbled arranConsidering this place is a race to the bottom does it make Captain Crayon and Womble the winners?
Dam "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity"
seanoconn0 -
He obviously hasn't looked in the Crudcatcher yet "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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Don't fall for it Sa0u823e, it's a trap!Pointless thread. Anyone who posts in BB is, by definition, a bit special needs.
Have you read the stuff that the majority of people post in those forums before you hit BB? At least those in the BB come here to chat rubbish
This place is the trap, one way trap door, downwards and onwards0 -
Speed, hand-eye coordination, agility and concentration yes but I wouldn't have thought balance would play such a big part, interesting. What kind of speed drills do you do with the kids?
Have you read Bounce by Matthew Syed? Good read.For a while I was recruiting/canvassing schools with Table Tennis displays.
Simultaneously, we were taking school visits who were visiting the recycling plant.
One day...joking. Bizzarre.
It might...with me.
It's not a 'How to play table tennis guide*' its about the science of sport. Syed makes a compelling argument that hours of dedicated practise and environment are what make a champion, not talent.
*Got that.
In 8 years... itself.
Kids? They are 11+. Anything younger and they are usually too short. There are dedicated platforms for little one's but TT Scotland won't insure me/pay for them.
Take a beer mat and hold it with the thumb on top and 4 fingers together underneath, elbow bent and fore arm parallel to the body. Flick it using lots of wrist, extending the arm outwards fast. There you go: intro to backhand topspin. Get the mat travelling in a nice flat plain and then you can achieve consistency. Forehand is much more difficult. Arm out to the side, thumb underneath and fingers on top, bend the elbow: Forehand topsin. Combine elbow and wrist. Kids love fl i cking beer mats around.
Speed is about being loose and it's all in the elbow. The upper shoulder guides the rest of the arm. Moving the forearm quickly should make the wrist follow naturally. Kids are naturally loose and you have to exploit that.
TT England had a training video on youtube with a coach called John Stead and I had a long on-line argument with him because he was telling the kids to stop using their wrists because of the inconsistency. I asked him when he would 'switch' it back on and he told me "when they are ready" !! He's in the dinosaur era. I used my youtube ID and later had the 'privilege' of being a coaching assistant at one of his sessions. What a twunt.
John Stead was in the England team who beat Sweden in 1972 and has dined on it for years. TT in Britain is eons behind the Europeans who in turn are behind the Chinese - where does that put us?
The Europeans have a very different philosophy and I tend to use German and Swedish manuals.
Watch Timo Boll. You can see the wrist action - just like fl icking a beer mat! This guy should have been world No 1 but his whole career has been dogged by injury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19XOYZsli8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr_REv90kzMseanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
The thread that puts the moron into oxy0
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Update....Update.....Update
No change at the top but a shuffle in the middle order.
Bottom Bracket Intelligence Rankings
1) Team47b (The Professor)
2) Ballysmate (under the thumb)
3) Slowmart (Smart @rse)
4) Pinno (Tin man)
5) Stevo (Damien/Master Bater)
6) Veronese68 (Itslian job) Chris Bass (The Diplomat) Homers Double (Capt Snow)
7)TLW1 (cirrhosis) Sa0u28e (Patrick Bateman)
8 ) Seanoconn
9) Arran, Badge of honour. (Benny Hill/The Crayon Kid)Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Me likes, me likes.
I can send you a puncture repair kit gratis mate, a foot pump if you need one and some little blue pills.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Those aren't rankings, they're IQ scores.Me likes, me likes.
I can send you a puncture repair kit gratis mate, a foot pump if you need one and some little blue pills."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Those aren't rankings, they're IQ scores.Me likes, me likes.
I can send you a puncture repair kit gratis mate, a foot pump if you need one and some little blue pills.
They're what ?!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Not sure, they're long words."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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Let's keep it to one or two syl..sil..sibl.. , f*ck it - simple words or we might be accused of diss... disc.. diskrim..., oh no, not this sh1t again... My head hurts.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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I's lyke these geezers who do that Rocket Science stuff 'ave cum in 'ere and started talking all complikaytid poncey mate innit and not understaaaanding the simple working mans feeings for wheelbarrows, shuvels, cement mixers and proper breakfasts innit... 'cor look at the baps on that, i'm outta 'ere, gawn...seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Too many people trying to raise the tone in here. Needs to be stopped now before we end up like one of those boring forums."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
