r/sports • u/777tabletennis • Apr 23 '25

Table Tennis Behind-the-back & turn-around: Trickshot in regular international tournament (WTT Contender Tunis)

One of the craziest shots I’ve seen in a regular match.

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u/phatelectribe Apr 23 '25

Bro just stood there like "wtf did you just do to me" until he computes what went down and give the guy a round of applause.

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u/Tudar87 Apr 23 '25

Lmao came to say the same. 5 second delay until he realized how cool it was to get dunked on. Clap hands.

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u/trolllord45 Apr 24 '25

Even the trickshotter kinda stood there in disbelief for a sec after winning the point

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u/DeLaOcea Apr 23 '25

Respect for the sportsmanship of the dude who lost the point. 🫡

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u/crumbhustler Apr 24 '25

Bro stood there shocked at himself for a second 🤣

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u/hockey_homie Apr 23 '25

DIRTY

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u/CrazyLlama71 Apr 24 '25

That’s not dirty. Come on.

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u/TheBallisticBiscuit Apr 24 '25

Pretty sure he's saying dirty as in like "that was really cool and good" not as in "dirty play". Like you might describe a really good pitch in baseball as "nasty" or "filthy".

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u/Splatpope Apr 24 '25

it's kinda dirty, the whole point of table tennis is to try to anticipate the opponent's stroke from their movements, hitting from behind the back completely throws off that perception

so yeah, kinda conflicted on this one because it bypasses high level table tennis skill

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u/Internal-Document Apr 24 '25

How does a legal & skillful move bypass high level skill? Is there a code of honor about honestly telegraphing your moves and using expected techniques in table tennis? I don’t follow the sport, genuinely curious

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u/Splatpope Apr 24 '25

I didn't say you are expected to telegraph your moves and use expected techniques, I said that the sport is mainly based on anticipating the opponent's moves

I believe it bypasses high level skill because it's such a surprising move for which absolutely nobody trains

+ it's inherently deceptive (beyond the usual deception involved in table tennis) : the attacker sees the defender's body and paddle going for a forehand, thinking he outplayed him, but it strikes the opposite side in a kind of "forehanded backhand"
this was sufficient to seal his fate by throwing off his positioning (this is evident from the way he fouled : he received the ball in his center, which is pretty deadly) although it's hard to say if he was lagging behind regardless of the trick

basically doing this is flexing and should only work once against a serious opponent, and since it's very skillful and legal, I am conflicted about it but would accept it in stride like the losing player in the video

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u/Internal-Document Apr 24 '25

Thanks for the perspective

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u/cloud_t Apr 24 '25

For those who don't regularly watch tt at the pro levels, this is a good shot but not super uncommon to see.

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u/appa-ate-momo Apr 24 '25

The disrespect 😭