Chinese Vs European Table Tennis

Table Tennis is a very technical sport and also needed quick reflexes and high fitness level. TT has a number of spins, shots and techniques , by using them properly and timely one can get points and win the match.
It seems that there the mainly two type of table tennis playing by professionals. One is Chinese way and another is European way. Obviously things are common in both the way but there is a difference in playing style. In Chinese style , fitness level is most prior thing. It means Chinese player believes in reaching the ball quickly and hit it as they want. There is a psychology that if you reach before the ball then you easily hit it in any way or direction according to need.
Another way of Table Tennis is European , In which they mostly focussed on techniques of strokes and placing of shot. In European style player try to play technically and believes in the shot which is difficult to pick or reach by opponent, means European mostly plays a mind game. It is like hit the ball after reading the game and assume about the next ball. European play the game with prediction and strategy . When they play the game then they always set it in a way that they know next ball will come in which area or what type of ball , most probably.
Of course China is on the top of the world of Table Tennis but there are so many legends from the European countries also.
Some outstanding Table Tennis players from Europe are Jan-ove waldner, Dimitrij, Samsonov, Werner Schlager , Persson, Michel Saive, Timo boll etc.
This list for Chinese player is more long. Some top Chinese Table Tennis players are Ma lin, Ma long, Wang liqin, Zang Zike, Xu Xin , Wang Hao , Ding Ning, Lio Guoliang and many more.