http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyiUg7W1-N0 Do you remember that post in which I talk about how nervous I was when I had to play the last men's double at the 2010 world team championship? Forget about that story! This one is far better. Vereeniging, South Africa, 5th of April 2014. We had lost the first four games of the… Continue reading The Most Important Game of my Life
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Playing Ringtennis in a South African Township
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp0GDT2VN5A If I had to choose the two most amazing moments of our trip to the world cup in South Africa, the first one would be for sure when we played ringtennis at a primary school in the township of Wattville. We went there together with Abrie Pienaar and Johan Ferreira, who are involved in… Continue reading Playing Ringtennis in a South African Township
31 days later … #Ringtennis #worldCup
It's been one month since the 2014 Ringtennis World Cup in South Africa now and I really needed those four weeks to digest all the experiences—the ones with the national team but also rather personal ones. However, before writing about the world cup in one or two separate posts, I'm gonna talk about the open… Continue reading 31 days later … #Ringtennis #worldCup
The 2014 Ringtennis World Cup in the News
From today's issue of the German daily newspaper Rhein-Zeitung:
2014 Ringtennis World Cup: Staying up-to-date
Dear friends, the German national team is leaving for South Africa tomorrow. Thus, I wanna provide you with a final compilation of websites that you can refer to for updates and results during the two weeks that we're going to stay there: The official website of the 2014 Ringtennis World Cup (check this site for… Continue reading 2014 Ringtennis World Cup: Staying up-to-date
13 Days to Go
OK, so there are only 13 days left until the German national team and I leave for South Africa . Training is going well so far. I've been practicing daily for two weeks now and already feel quite well prepared. Actually, I've been watching videos of the last world cup all day because I really… Continue reading 13 Days to Go
2014 Ringtennis World Cup: The Countdown has Started
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92eJgEyU0fw Only 30 days left till the German team leaves for South Africa! This stuff is slowly starting to get really serious! Thus, I am now starting my final training phase, which means: no more alcohol from Monday on daily sprint and interval training to preserve agility and quickness on the court daily motivation by… Continue reading 2014 Ringtennis World Cup: The Countdown has Started
The 2010 Ringtennis World Cup & a Rush of Adrenaline
OK, so I just tried WordPress's inspirator mode for the first time and it tells me the following: Write about your strongest memory of heart-pounding belly-twisting nervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did you respond? These are actually pretty good questions. Let me see ... I think the only time in my… Continue reading The 2010 Ringtennis World Cup & a Rush of Adrenaline
Team Captain again
I just came back from the last training camp of the German national ringtennis team before the 2014 World Cup in South Africa, which has been held in Mannheim. We've had fun, we've worked hard, we've played a lot of ringtennis and I'm sure we're well prepared for the big event in March.One of my… Continue reading Team Captain again
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