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I started playing table tennis since I was 9 with my brother in the garage, till past midnight most nights. We even played when our parents went to play mahjong at their friends’ homes, and they also have tennis tables for us to play on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We grew up to be very competitive! How? He would never teach me how to play correctly, so I was brought up with bad habits, never tossed the ball high, and he would serve me illegal serves when they’re not high enough or when I wasn’t looking or not ready.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

He was my good brother, in fact, my favorite, because he spent time with me. My most memorable and fun times! Nowadays, he makes excuses that he can’t play table tennis with me. He knows he hasn’t played recently and can’t beat me anymore is my guess. We also invited our siblings and friends to play too! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the United States, I played table tennis consistently for 3 years and have participated in at least 30 tournaments in Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. I have played in singles and doubles matches. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to partner with Chris, Crossley, Duane, Johnny, Myron, and Mike in doubles matches.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I have a YouTube Channel called Smasheroo with over 6500 videos and over 1000 subscribers! It covers drills, practices, matches, tournaments, coaches within United States and other interests, such as, traveling to Australia and other sports (basketball free throw, pool, and swimming) that I have participated in and also won medals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These videos are groups into Videos, Shorts, Live, Posts and Playlists. Playlists have folders, such as, names of tournament names, general categories, such as, Close Match, Best Difficult Shots, Me on News or specific techniques or shots like Corner Shots and Running Backhand Shots.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Wishing you all well with your health, skills, learning, improving and strategizing in table tennis challenges! Visit my YouTube Channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MingXingXing_Smasheroo<\/a>! Like, Subscribe and Get Out There and Have Fun! <\/em><\/strong> See you at one of the locations! Write to me if you have any questions or comments! Thank you!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n