Table tennis is one of the sports I have barely learned.

Not just
because I am not really into sports or physicality but because I had a hard
time finding for its equipment and I had also a tough time learning basic
skills like serving. If I were to compare table tennis with badminton, I
would obviously choose the latter because its basic moves are somehow
easy to learn. The table tennis ball is relatively cheap compared to its
paddle when you are looking for a good and decent one that has a thick
rubber on attached to it. I had a hard time finding a good table to execute
the serve though I should only bounce the ball against a wall. At first I
was very determined to try it because it looked easy but during the
process, I have to give up numerous times because I can not get used to it.

So for the mean time I have allotted my time in doing ball handling.
Thinking that I should do it a hundred times without the ball falling made
me worried because I thought I can not make it. I have manage to do a
couple of ball handling but it did not reach fifty or so, so I keep on
practicing. The difficulty adds up when it is said that in every 5 counts of
ball handling you should change the pacing of the paddle from colored to
dark one or vice versa. I practiced everyday and learned it the hard way.
The bounce of the ball is way higher than my head that is why the ball
tends to bounce in a different direction causing it to fall. The day I filmed
my ball handling, I had to redo it several times because it keeps on
falling. But after so many times of trying, it reached one hundred times
with ten times pace interchange.
After filming my ball handling, I decided to film my serving also.
This time, I have managed to do a couple of serving though the table I am
using is lower than the table used on the example video showed to us.
There are times where I am continuously doing the routine hoping for it
to be consistent but the ball goes out of bounce so I have to do it all over
again until I commit less errors while serving. My pace is slower because
I had to slouch a little because of the table but I made some adjustments
when I am editing the whole video.
To sum it up, the task for us this time is way harder than the of
badminton’s. It is really a challenge for me because it was my first time
learning it but it was really fun going out of my comfort zone and I am
glad that I somehow learned about the sport though I did not learn how to
attack because it is way more difficult than I have imagined and it takes a
lot of time and practice to do it.