CAN I DO IT AGAIN!? | Road to WTT

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In this episode of the Road to WTT series, we're tackling the question: can you go from amateur to professional table tennis player in just a few short months?
Today, I will play in Manitoba team tournament.
INJURY UPDATE | Road to WTT ep.10
Welcome to the channel! My name is Vlad Totkalo. I am a former professional player from Ukraine and a coach currently living in Edmonton, AB, Canada. I hope to entertain you and do my best to help you with your table tennis game!
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[@tisthegreat7420]

back to back videos thats crazy

[@VladTableTennis]

Lol

[@turnatle]

W video! I love hearing your thought process for all these games

[@tohidtt]

Nice come back and well played! Seems that he's just ready to take every ball with the forehand (except for the receive). The wide corners should be weak points of him. You play confident a bit far from table. Almost got every point from that zone.

[@z0uLess]

looks like you started with focusing on your forehand and made him doubt playing to it and then got the big backhand in in the last two sets and just outplayed him with the spin variation with your backhand to stay ahead of his ability to adapt to what you were comfortable with. its typical when someone is eager to beat someone they have played a lot that they get the first set, but they are not able to roll with the punches later on because they start to doubt.

[@emiliowong8519]

Hi Vlad I don´t mean to disrespect your previous trainers or current trainer with this message. I was an international level player and a member of my countries national team for 12 years in a row and have some technical tips for you the best I did was trained and played in Portugal for 2 months where I got very good tips from the trainers there. For your forehand you should try to think about gripping the ball when hitting it since this will give you the security that the ball will go in. Everytime you do a slow forehand it goes in because of the very good felling you have in your hand and I think you unconscionably do this. Last thing I see in your forehand is that it goes in everytime you are well prepared and your feet are planted solidly on the ground, try some drills where you are only playing backhand and some balls to randomly (without you knowing) the ball goes to your forehand and focus on what I previously said. When you see back on your matches you could notice that most of the forehands you miss have a very hard and solid sound and on the forehands you make the sound is of the rubber and the ball gripping. Once again I really hope you read this and it helps you improve I sincerely mean NO disrespect to your trainers and your work has been significant I applaude your efforts from the videos and the process. Wish you the best.

[@emiliowong8519]

Also, there is no need to change rubbers Dignis is more than enough and no need to boost it unless you feel the rubber is to hard, in which case you can try Tibhar K3 or Tibhar MX-P. I used MX-P for the best moments of my carrer on both sides.

[@VladTableTennis]

Great advice! Thank you for such feedback, a lot of the points you mentioned, I feel very similar about, it’s all about putting it into action!

[@emiliowong8519]

@@VladTableTennis No problem man, hope your vids make me want to play again. Currently retired because I had an injury and it never felt the same since.

[@guillermofernandez9887]

the first match was like david vs goliath lmao

[@thepollking_]

vlad always on fire, congrats my man

[@tosuto.official]

LETS GOOOO NEW EPISODE!!!!!

[@dbweb.creative]

What is Matthew's blade and forehand rubber? His over the table forehand loops are fire! I just want to know what kind of equipment can keep up with that kinda ball pick up.

[@VladTableTennis]

Dignics 09C I’m pretty sure. Not sure about the blade tho

[@endrikoroveshi7781]

And yours ?

[@VladTableTennis]

@@endrikoroveshi7781 timo boll alc Dignics 09C FH, Dignics 05 BH

[@craziestd7723]

🔥🐐❤ great video vlad!

[@BiscoWho]

When you feel like you've got it and you feel happy to face the pressure moments in a close match, this is part of being "clutch". It's not that you don't feel the pressure. You definitely feel the pressure. You just don't FEAR IT. Instead, you look forward to playing in those clutch moments.

[@VladTableTennis]

Definitely felt like MJ 😂

[@BiscoWho]

@@VladTableTennis Hey, just so you know: I've been coaching 2 sports at the highest levels for about 5 years now, and I can say definitively that you cannot teach a player to be clutch like that. It's something that one is born with. Believe me, I tried to teach multiple players in both sports to be clutch, as I am someone who was born clutch. But, no matter what you do, it's not something that can be taught. If there was a way to teach it, I would've been the one to figure it out. And I believe that you coach some players, right? Just remember that fact. And also, always keep in mind that being born clutch is ULTRA RARE, and I mean one in multiple millions. The norm is to be born not clutch. Just letting you know so that you understand this in your coaching, and so that you never waste your time trying to teach it.

[@aliwissamalburaki5359]

yoo we seeing you at nationals this year?

[@VladTableTennis]

Unfortunately not lol Maybe next year!

[@semmyd27]

Their instagrams are not below

[@VladTableTennis]

Fixed!

[@LightVieweMute]

Vladik, what kind of equipment do you use

[@VladTableTennis]

Dignics 09C on FH, Dignics 05 on BH. Timo Boll ALC blade

[@TimeForGamers]

Let's goo!

[@VladTableTennis]

Let’s goooo

[@ForexLearnerAI]

Is it actually possible for you to play in WTT even if you improve a lot? Don't you need to be sent from your country? Like in Germany (I think) I would need to be TOP 50 or something and officially be registered with the german TT Federation to play WTT. Or am I just completely wrong?

[@VladTableTennis]

No no, you can be registered with any country lol. Like I could be representing Ukraine, if I decide to go. I don’t think it will be a problem at all

[@ForexLearnerAI]

@@VladTableTennis But can you just go on your own? Some of my friends (also play Wtt) are pros and a long time ago, they told me, that they switched the federation they are playing for so that they can be in the top 50 more easily. They had to wait for 4 years to play in Wtt again. Do you know anything about this?

[@randomguy9995]

damn who lets this man cook👨‍🍳💀

[@tenisdemasa2372]

Hi, what blade do you use? and rubbers? Thank you!

[@VladTableTennis]

Dignics 09C FH, Dignics 05 BH Timo boll alc blade

[@BiscoWho]

Looks like you've dropped some weight

[@VladTableTennis]

I did!

[@BiscoWho]

@@VladTableTennis Are you seriously wearing Nikes when you play though? That would be why your knees have issues. You NEED to be playing in actual TT shoes, and you need to try to match the arch in your feet to the arch in the sole of the shoes too. If you have big arches, as I do, and you wear TT shoes that have flat arches, then your feet, knees, legs, and back will hurt big time the next day. I'm 6 feet 2 inches tall. I have feet so wide that they probably break the world record (no joke). One of the few models of TT shoes that can accommodate my feet are the Donic Waldner Flex III. They come in up to size 47 and they're made big. But just so you know, you should try to use TT shoes that are about a half size smaller than your normal shoes. These Donic Waldner Flex III shoes go for roughly $60 USD. And TT11 carries them. Then finally, you need to find some inserts called "Impact Soles". Take out the normal inserts in the Waldner TT shoes and put the impact soles in there instead. I found suitable impact soles at my local Walmart. They just need to be extremely light and meant specifically for absorbing the IMPACT caused by playing sports.

[@user-mrking3375]

bro missed 80percents of his FH and still win the match..., could you just block it first rather than counter drive? I thought you might cook the red shirt kid if you didn't make so many mistake.

[@VladTableTennis]

I felt like if I don’t counter early, I give too much opportunities for Matthew to take over the game.