Thirty-two-year-old Arjun Chandran is one of the best table tennis players in India. Three years ago he was among the top 200 players in the world, and he has competed in many countries including the USA, Japan and China. His experiences in China made a big impression on him.’Chinese players win most of the medals at the major international competitions,’ he said. ’When you go to China, though, it doesn’t seem that surprising. Far more people play table tennis there than anywhere else in the world!
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Arjun enjoys visiting China.’l like the people and the culture.’ he says, 'and playing there has helped me develop as a player.’ He says their table tennis facilities are excellent, and is convinced that they help to explain the high quality of Chinese playeỵs
Arjun has been a professional player for 12 years, and he believes players are now much fitter than when he started out. He has had to work hard to keep up with his rivals, but it has been worth it…
A small increase in the size of the balls is another fairly recent development.Table tennis as played by professionals is extremely fast, and the aim was to make it easier for people watching to see What was happening. Also, the ball now moves through the air a little more slowly than before.
But Arjun thinks further changes are needed to make the sport more spectator-friendly. At present, in international competitions, a single ball is used throughout a match, unless it gets damaged and needs replacing. Arjun thinks it would be better to have several balls available for players to use.The l game would flow better,’ he says. 'ln fact, there are too many delays during matches taking turns to serve every two points, having some water, and so on. These things irritate spectators so there should be fewer breaks, even if some players don’t like that!
lt has been suggested that the net should be higher, but Arjun believes this would only help certain types of players. ’We now have more variety of playing styles than in the past,’ he says. 'l’m quite aggressive, but others are defensive or technical and I think that makes things interesting for people watching.’ What he would like, however, is stricter rules about the rubber covers on the players’ bats. There are many different ones and they affect the way players hit the ball. Arjun thinks this confuses members of the public.
Two years ago, Arjun set up a children’s table tennis academy in India, having seen similar schools in China. 'Kids there start playing table tennis very young at five or six. All those medals that the Chinese win are partly a result of this. Indian players usually don’t start playing until they’re 15. It makes a big difference.'Arjun has also seen very advanced training methods in China. He believes they are a key factor in the Chinese success story, and he wants young Indian players in his school to benefit from them.
One of the great advances in my time as a player has been much better analysis of opponents before matches,’ says Arjun. 'l think I can teach young players to do that.'Arjun has not yet retired from international competitions, but his future is clear: to do everything he can to help young Indian table tennis players.
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