Still Mozart - A Tribute to Jan-Ove Waldner

Happy Birthday to J.O Waldner! Baidu Post Bar: tieba.baidu.com/waldner

[@AbhayHegde]

The best of all times ! Legend and true Mozart of Table Tennis !

[@randyra88]

his versatility and efficiency simply cannot be overstated.

[@31m0r0]

No other athlete, any sport, has ever made it look so easy as J-O did. Thank you for everything Lao Wa!

[@gaah23]

Waldner plays hes last game in swedens highest division on thursday this week. He started in the league 1977 and will retire 2016. Impressive! My hat is off for the legend.

[@amdomag]

He knows table tennis better than anybody else. He's a genius and a hero of the sports.

[@and10101]

Thank you J.O. because when you play you always remember us that table tennis is much more than make top spin

[@woip7761]

dakota sioux m

[@agumdwis4274]

Greatest player of all time.

[@craigmeyer9172]

Absolutely in awe of this genius of table tennis. Age is no factor for this champion!

[@colinng5300]

JO is a legend! i miss him a lot!

[@tallvagornashus]

You are the best ever J-O!

[@tymekjagielski7912]

That was my favourite video as a kid, while I was working on my table tennis technique. Waldner’s intelligence and deep understanding of the game is absolutely delightful

[@marcotetsuo]

Waldner makes your opponents dance. The reflection that he has is of ninja. greetings from Brazil.

[@rajeevvig2708]

" WALDNER " The Inspirations for Millions of T.T players.He enjoyed his Game & played with Great Passion. He had Great Confidence, Control & Nice Finishes. He Brought the Table Tennis to a Great Level. TXS. a Ton. Love you Waldner..Good Luck. Warm Regards, Rajeev VIG MUMBAI ( INDIA )

[@lasomodako]

Table Tennis becomes an ART when Waldner starts playing...

[@titusabdiel6327]

instablaster

[@DylanJLey]

greatest player of all time

[@iuwdbwudbvhwduivhbwduivbii431]

yes 👍

[@ArkadeepBanerjee21]

This is one of the best tribute videos to one of the greatest masters of the game !! The music is also perfect.

[@watsonzou3059]

Waldner has been the best PingPang player in the world so far. He plays so relaxed, you can feel his confidence, strength and elegance, yup, ELEGANCE. Malong and Zhangjike are stunning players, unfortunately you can only see their strength, No elegance at all. Great video, great music. Thanks for uploaded...

[@pabloguevara5438]

I get your point, but it's not totally true...Ma Long refined his style through the years and he's also capable of making elegant moves. Not like Walker who was elegant by simply breathing, but Ma Long didn't get where he is now only by being a colorless machine of padding the ball back to the table

[@ThaiTran-ly2ok]

if you closely look at every time he hit the ball, you have no idea where the heck the ball gonna go. What a legend ....

[@kirbykaikai]

My favorite player! His drop shots are killer!

[@shogrran]

I miss this style of play. Today's #1 and other top ranked players globally is all about "i'll smash the ball as hard and fast as I can" mentality. I don't see this "i'll fuck your brains and legs" style of play Waldner does.

[@amdomag]

shogrran : That is it!

[@marcevanstein]

man, I don't know why I started watching ping pong on KZbin, but Waldner is just so elegant and surprising. :-)

[@semiambidextrous]

+shogrran As a young man, and thanks for those youtube videos, he also played (like 95%) what today's young starts play. His all-round style has ever been there, but become more and more dominant in his play as he grew older. Today, with no footwork to keep up with XU Xin, Yan An and all the others from around the globe, he sticks to the table as much as possible. And the touch you see today has been developed through decades of amazing play - and is really not something you can teach. In fact, the same innate talent can be seen in the style of many, perhaps less lime-lighted young players of these days. So, it's not something is not taught to today's youth, because it was NOT what he was taught, either. We can't expect the youth to play this style, simply because it takes A; decades of practice to develop this touch, and B; also decades to calm down and come back from the fun of standing away from the table in topspin-to-topspin rallies, and enjoy the world of the all-round play. For reference, watch Ma Lin 20 years ago and today (another retired warrior)

[@shogrran]

He had this "touch" even as a 21 year old competitor. You can't say "he developed it through decades of amazing play" at least not to him. He improved the "touch" but it was there even in his early years.

[@shogrran]

Aznemptyjry why are you choking on mine though.

[@walxer77]

"Now you still stand here, just for the deep love of the game". This phrase makes me cry. Thank you Waldner for demonstrate us how much an athelete could love a sport.

[@rosamelfierro6093]

Favorite player. Waldner is leyend.

[@DRAGON19071907]

Fantastic video....Thank you very much.

[@vardaanbehl3715]

👏👏👏👏best ball placement I ever saw

[@benpork8533]

Waldner is really good. I didn't know him much but the more I learn about tt I find him a superb player.

[@Haiman9]

Waldner is the best...magical touch.....total loss for the game....we all love you.

[@orionilian]

Unique player ! finesse and technique

[@rajeevvig2708]

Hats Off & Grand Salute to Great Legend WALDNER for his Amazing Blocks & Shots. Warm Regards, Rajeev VIG

[@thommyturtle209]

Waldner close to the table = best player ever played the game.

[@tongask]

one of the best vid of waldner I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a lot... Great job!

[@rosamelfierro6093]

I love Waldner and I play TT very fine.

[@kaustubhrai9675]

Awesome compilation

[@vedantkulkarni8215]

we all love you waldi

[@KetanKanetkar]

One of the best videos on JO Thumbs up!

[@Nick-ms4fo]

Thank you! For the love of Table Tennis!

[@ParrotsTT]

Those blocks at 5:00 were just so effortless as if he was thinking what he would have for dinner after the game.

[@danielkarlsson258]

+Daniel Webster-hall It seems so. At the same time - how much time does he got to think about where he's gonna put the blocks. He hardly got the time to get the racket to the ball, yet he is outplaying his opponent. J-O is a true ball artist and magician. A Mozart of ball sports.

[@archieskulkarni5522]

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[@dickn.ormous1064]

There have been many good blockers throughout the years what made the difference is Waldner's forehand loop that finished those points.Goes full power down the line whereas most Europeans would try to spin it.

[@snoken1000]

thanks xiaomaobuli for upploading this video, in my eyes he still are an excellent player, even that he is almost 50 years old, thats is amazing !! Respect !!

[@ankitwankhede2799]

You are an inspiration to young TT players

[@madhusudhanan6629]

Ma long has talent but he put lot of hard work more like djokovic/Nadal JO waldner is in same league as Roger Federer.. Pure natural genius and their game is fun to watch than others

[@wariomanW]

Magnifique l'hommage :-)

[@prabhu4325]

we love you!!!

[@shogrran]

New players just starting table tennis will never know how much faster this game was when the ball was smaller than 40+mm....

[@___Robin___]

I prefererd playing with smaller balls actually it matched my play style more

[@shogrran]

Robin Clarijs me on the other hand prefer the 40mm cellulose. The plastic ball now is slow and reduced spin a lot. I'm fortunate though that I was able to play across the last 3 ball specification changes.

[@Oueax]

I still have my 38mm balls at home and we always play with them :) So much fun compared to the lighter bigger ball of today.

[@DiaboloMenthe18]

he plays so relaxed !

[@pranavtaparia7711]

this video deserves millions of views!!!!!

[@veman4]

amazing skills

[@fer4020]

the best!

[@hanwho5173]

The only two foreign players that Chinese love are Timo Boll and Waldner,with full respect...

[@halukozdemir7568]

Living legend !...May Allah gives J.O Waldner a long and healthy life!!!!

[@tobiasmalmborg8343]

+ling tjing you do realize that god and allah is the same thing right, that muslims and christians alike pray to the same god under different names right? you could also, like me, dont give a shit about any of them and live a happier life.

[@halukozdemir7568]

It is a fantastic video ...The music is good and dear Waldner is wonderful and I had just wished him the best .

[@ahmerkhan7756]

Fantastic editing

[@yeahbee8237]

he doesn't frekkin move also he won a thing in the 90 when tabletennis, regular tennis, badminton and squashplayers played all sports against each other (sweden at the timeh ad world class players in each discipline) that shows how game he is, his mind is brilliant

[@LeTDDswag]

Actually, it's Mozart that was the Waldner of composers

[@brigittejetter5490]

HALLO AGNES WIE GEHT ES DIR MIR GEHT ES AUCH GUT ICH WÜNSCHE DIR EINE GUTE NACHT UND TRÄUME SCHÖN GRUß VON BRIGITTE JETTER

[@ewooll]

Great vid. Thanks.

[@CagleConcepts69]

Great tribute... 😃

[@andershansson6062]

There is Tabletennis....and there is J-O Waldner!!!

[@analogsound]

He truly "plays" the game. Others are mostly looking to score

[@bjornhellman8474]

J-O hit the ceiling. You may come close, never above.

[@jjhouse79]

Fantastic JOW!!!~ ^_^

[@BDBD05]

The Magician of table tennis❤

[@MrKChris1]

very nice video!!

[@flavioferraz3870]

Great Valdner!

[@Fizkn]

Legend

[@samuelhagberg1861]

really nice vid!!!! :D

[@TheCowtownswede]

he kept playing in national events till 2016

[@facundoblanco8807]

Sos un genio j.o.waldner un idolo para mi.

[@zevlibin8892]

he makes it look easy

[@pokemon17007]

Thank you, very nice video! What is the name of the song?

[@SerafinFalcata]

Para mi J.O. Waldner es el mejor jugador de tenis de mesa de todos los tiempos...EL MÁS GRANDE

[@conrad7771]

Now we see MA LONG trying to be creative and do sidespin blocks like his master WALDNER. Don't go there my favorite modern player MA LONG, JAN OVE did this with natural instinct at will. Waldner is the only true master and was put on this earth to give players that haven't got the sheer power of MA LONG inspiration. I bet many games have been won at club level occasionally beating players better than themselves using some of Waldners methods and free flowing style. Unless you have the raw power of MA Long I would strongly recommend you study the greatest genius of all time,then and only then will you begin to understand the MASTER. Anyway good luck with your own game Joseph

[@GenyaArikado]

The competition today like in many other sports -> Badminton, Tennis is much harder than in Waldners prime though!

[@Teluric2]

Sidespin blocks were made by players before waldner give me a break

[@carpetclimber4027]

Sure Sergio, but Waldner mastered it.

[@dickn.ormous1064]

Sidespin blocking started with the Hungarians but Waldner was the first to use them to set up his forehand loop which was deadly.Ma Long is near Waldner in terms of angles and court geometry,his go to strategy is hitting to the middle.

[@TheOars123]

i think ove waldner is the best player of all time....

[@lukgonnissen1583]

as geniuses play's it all seems so simple .... indeed table tennis is more than powerplay and topspin...

[@arjun21289]

greatest of all time waldner but can anyone please tell me the music played in the background ??

[@provodnik2889]

Он гений!!!

[@sektor2001]

epic video , epic song ! btw , what's the name of the song please ? thanx

[@jimmyhenry1502]

much better than so-called Best 16 in the universe...... waldner got my respect.

[@amirmohamadi3849]

Braaa

[@danielkarlsson258]

From what time period are these clips taken from? Only season 2012?

[@sektor2001]

found the name of the song with sony TrackID song name : Michael Meets Mozart - The Piano Guys they have superb songs. buy their album, you won't regret it !

[@user-dv4lx5cd5j]

JO the best!

[@Wilbeerthoven]

whats the name Of The song?

[@geitekop507]

When is the birthday of Jan Ove Waldner? ^^ Is it the 2nd of November?

[@michelcarreau7973]

Jan-Ove lightning Waldner...

[@Waliul_The_Wall-E]

damn!

[@Pablo-vr8sv]

Quando il tennis tavolo era arte...

[@goptty]

waldner is waldner , you just cant compare any other player with him.

[@sasaankeshtmand9090]

More amazed at the catch at 1.29 ! wicked vid though :)

[@DRAGON19071907]

By the way....can someone tell me about the composer of the music in this video.?

[@TheSaxmansam]

+DRAGON19071907 It's an arrangement by ThePianoGuys on KZbin but I can't remember which song

[@aniket8747]

what is the name of that song?!

[@johnng5016]

How about seniors tour?

[@liyanpeng1995]

猫哥，我是跳跳虎，来给你顶视频了，艺术无国界，就像老瓦的球技，也像你的视频，大家都喜欢！

[@muhammadsohaibimran1402]

What is the music name?

[@jvi08na4]

stepping backward is death.

[@AlbrechtScheidig]

I wish the background music would be Mozart's...

[@FabianoDalcin]

What music is this? 1:45

[@user-sb6ey5bx3f]

САМЫЕ НЕСТАНДАРТНЫЕ РЕШЕНИЯ,ЭТО WWW

[@Teluric2]

That match against ola benedek 300th world waldner needed a time out

[@emiliosaure9261]

Music?

[@paladpesona3977]

I'am Indonesian Like table tenis..

[@abdallasaber6780]

What is the song name , Please?

[@pingpongbros6915]

Michael Meets Mozart, from ThePianoGuys

[@davidwalker6959]

If Waldner wants to be a REAL Legend, he needs to take on some students and push them through.

[@rudygonzalez4158]

65 people i have no idea!