Tips to Buy a Ping Pong Table

 Whether you want to play competitive or recreational games, you can use a ping pong table. As a matter of fact, these tables can offer tons of fun for your entire family. The great thing about them is that they stand the test of time. If you want to buy one, you can use the tips given in this article. The article sheds some light on different kinds of tables as well as their features.

Structure and Material

First of all, you should know that ping pong tables are not difficult to assemble, store or move. Most of these tables come with wheels that can be folded. Of course, they come in different sizes. So, you should shop around to get the right one. Moreover, most of tennis tables are made of aluminum composite. The tops of these tables are water-proof and laminated. So, they are a great choice if you love playing outside instead of inside.

Outdoor or Indoor

You can choose between an indoor or outdoor table. You have to assemble both of them yourself. They weigh between 100 pounds and 350 pounds. Make sure you go with a reputable brand.

Beginner

Tables designed for beginners are an ideal choice for recreational purposes. You can put them in your garage or basement. Basically, they are designed for fun, not for a serious play. Most of the products come with a playback feature that allows you to flip up one side to serve as a board for your returning shots.

Intermediate

Durability is one of the greatest features of ping pong tables. If you have kids that love to play table tennis, you can buy them an intermediate one. You can fold up most of these tables. If you need to move the table very now and then, you can put the table in your game room or basement.

Advanced

Advanced ping pong tables are of high standards. These standards meet the standards are established by the International Table Tennis Federation. So, if you want to take part in a tournament, you may want to get an advanced table.

Outdoor Tables

Generally, table tennis is an indoor sport. However, if the weather is good, you can play outside as well. The thin coating of aluminum on a good outdoor table protects them from the elements.

Convertible Top

Tables with convertible tops come with a great playback feature. You can elevate one side of the table to serve as a backboard if you want to do practice sessions. You can find this feature on the majority of beginner products. So, you can get this table if you want to do a lot of practice sessions from time to time.

The Inconsistencies of Pro Athletes

 Professionalism is the competence or skill expected of a professional. A professional is a person engaged in a specific activity as one's main paid occupation. An athlete is or should be proficient in sports and other forms of physical activity. So, at the end of the day, professional athletes get paid to play and are expected to do so, at the very least, on a more consistent basis than that of... non-professional athletes. However, most "professional" athletes do not play consistently and should be held accountable accordingly.

Being a professional athlete is or should be the highest level of athleticism possible, but that's not the case, because pro-athletes are always rated on the "what have you done for me lately?" theory, per-say, or the last time they had a chance to do something, what did they do? So they are constantly being rated and everything that they do, fail or succeed, is accounted for. Which would explain why there are professional stars and professionals that are not "stars". And of course, the stars are the more consistent athletes in their particular field and obviously, they take their jobs more serious than the average pro-athlete.

Though, I've played on many different non-professional teams of many different sports, I have never had the opportunity to play on a professional team, but there was always an implied expectation of everyone on the team, and if a player could not live up to that expectation, then change was very necessary, because nobody wants to lose, professional, nor non-professional, recreational or any other level of play. Sometimes, no... a lot of times, I watch professional sports and I don't understand how these professional teams tolerate when these paid professional athletes don't play up to their expectation. When we watch sports being played on TV, we expect to see how the sport should be played at it's best, kind of like the example of perfection.

If a sales person doesn't close the sale, then they don't get paid. Most doctors and lawyers only get one chance to foul up a patient or a case, then their career is, at least, seriously tainted, therefore effecting their income. A mechanic that can't fix a flat tire is not going to make any money. None of those professions are compensated nearly as much as pro-athletes, but are held to much higher standards. Yet, somehow, a pro-athlete can drop a game-winning touchdown pass and not only keep his job, but also maintain his income while laughing and joking about how he disappointed his team and his fans. How is that? Anybody can do that. A professional baseball player that hasn't gotten a hit in his last 15 games is still able to keep his job and his income is not effected at all. How is that? Anybody can NOT perform. Anybody can NOT live to up to the task. So, why are they still on the team and why are they still getting paid? I don't understand. If I was the coach/owner I would be highly upset and change would definitely be necessary.

Most professional athletes take for granted the opportunity that they have been given. For every pro-athlete there are many more non-professional undiscovered athletes that could do the same job just as well, if not better. Professional sports tolerate way too much failure. There are professional teams that have never won a championship, yet they employ the same members of their staff for several years. Why do they continue to allow this to happen? Pro-athletes get paid a lot of money for doing basically nothing, enjoying their lives, playing in the backyard, and the least that they could do is take their "jobs" seriously and perform when it's their turn to perform and set the example that is expected of them, or be held accountable for not being up to the task.