That was my favourite video as a kid, while I was working on my table tennis technique. Waldner’s intelligence and deep understanding of the game is absolutely delightful
+Daniel Webster-hall It seems so. At the same time - how much time does he got to think about where he's gonna put the blocks. He hardly got the time to get the racket to the ball, yet he is outplaying his opponent. J-O is a true ball artist and magician. A Mozart of ball sports.
There have been many good blockers throughout the years what made the difference is Waldner's forehand loop that finished those points.Goes full power down the line whereas most Europeans would try to spin it.
he doesn't frekkin move also he won a thing in the 90 when tabletennis, regular tennis, badminton and squashplayers played all sports against each other (sweden at the timeh ad world class players in each discipline) that shows how game he is, his mind is brilliant
found the name of the song with sony TrackID song name : Michael Meets Mozart - The Piano Guys they have superb songs. buy their album, you won't regret it !
Think of it, Waldner is like Messi in table tennis, and Chinese Player (especially) Ma Long is like Cristiano Ronaldo. Both Waldner and Messi have "natural" touch. Their play are very simple and don't need so many fancy movement names but very fluent and natural! Their movement perhaps looked weird sometimes but they are very comfortable with it. They know when to play around, loosen up the game, make a creative game, etc. Both Ma Long and Ronaldo is very instructional and went to heavy repetition through years, that's why their movement looked so strict, so instructional, or I call them "tense". I don't think Ma Long can beat Waldner if he wasn't in Chinese team. Yes we see Ma Long won defeat Waldner in score. Table tennis competition, I said "competition", is all about speed and elasticity (Chinese team had already proved it), they are unstoppable, there is no exception to Waldner. Although Walder is so good with the ball, he still can't react fast enough or catch the ball with, let's say, 120 km/h (I believe Ma Long or Wang Liqin easily surpass this number), while the Chinese team can! Both European and Chinese players are good with serving and returning the serve. Most of European have lazy legs, otherwise Chinese have very solid footwork, "elastic" ability, and very great movement transition (forehand to backhand or vice versa), so they can react with any type of movement better. That's why the European almost can't beat the Chinese. We miss this kind of play, BUT competition is competition. Every team have to do something so they can win, and Chinese team choose the "hard way" and they win most of the time.
That's BS.Waldner had great footwork and one of the most economic games ever.Ma Long is not a power player,he is a speed player who hits quite flat.Waldner's forehand was both fast and spiny with tremendous wrist acceleration that gave huge amounts of sidespin. His destruction of Boll and Ma Lin in the Olympics was mostly due to his forehand power.Even at 38 with a broken back he could go blow for blow against Wang Liqin's humongous forehand.Don't know where you get those ideas but most players are less athletic than Europeans and Koreans of the past cause they cover less ground with their two wing styles which is why Harimoto had significant success before even entering puberty. For years Ma Long has been getting away with a broken knee by simply playing pushes and backhand blocks,he is hardly a power player.
***** I totally agree Ma LONG Dick is different style he only carries one tool, as to Mr Jo Waldner is the Tool Maker....he has tool for every job that comes to the table....and he makes the game more loveable, and not boring or robotic like....Waldner was sent by GOD to play the game....Ma Long Dick was sent by his parents....
I miss this style of play. Today's #1 and other top ranked players globally is all about "i'll smash the ball as hard and fast as I can" mentality. I don't see this "i'll fuck your brains and legs" style of play Waldner does.
+shogrran As a young man, and thanks for those youtube videos, he also played (like 95%) what today's young starts play. His all-round style has ever been there, but become more and more dominant in his play as he grew older. Today, with no footwork to keep up with XU Xin, Yan An and all the others from around the globe, he sticks to the table as much as possible. And the touch you see today has been developed through decades of amazing play - and is really not something you can teach. In fact, the same innate talent can be seen in the style of many, perhaps less lime-lighted young players of these days. So, it's not something is not taught to today's youth, because it was NOT what he was taught, either. We can't expect the youth to play this style, simply because it takes A; decades of practice to develop this touch, and B; also decades to calm down and come back from the fun of standing away from the table in topspin-to-topspin rallies, and enjoy the world of the all-round play. For reference, watch Ma Lin 20 years ago and today (another retired warrior)
He had this "touch" even as a 21 year old competitor. You can't say "he developed it through decades of amazing play" at least not to him. He improved the "touch" but it was there even in his early years.
Waldner plays hes last game in swedens highest division on thursday this week. He started in the league 1977 and will retire 2016. Impressive! My hat is off for the legend.
Ma long has talent but he put lot of hard work more like djokovic/Nadal JO waldner is in same league as Roger Federer.. Pure natural genius and their game is fun to watch than others
Waldner has been the best PingPang player in the world so far. He plays so relaxed, you can feel his confidence, strength and elegance, yup, ELEGANCE. Malong and Zhangjike are stunning players, unfortunately you can only see their strength, No elegance at all. Great video, great music. Thanks for uploaded...
I get your point, but it's not totally true...Ma Long refined his style through the years and he's also capable of making elegant moves. Not like Walker who was elegant by simply breathing, but Ma Long didn't get where he is now only by being a colorless machine of padding the ball back to the table
Now we see MA LONG trying to be creative and do sidespin blocks like his master WALDNER. Don't go there my favorite modern player MA LONG, JAN OVE did this with natural instinct at will. Waldner is the only true master and was put on this earth to give players that haven't got the sheer power of MA LONG inspiration. I bet many games have been won at club level occasionally beating players better than themselves using some of Waldners methods and free flowing style. Unless you have the raw power of MA Long I would strongly recommend you study the greatest genius of all time,then and only then will you begin to understand the MASTER. Anyway good luck with your own game Joseph
Sidespin blocking started with the Hungarians but Waldner was the first to use them to set up his forehand loop which was deadly.Ma Long is near Waldner in terms of angles and court geometry,his go to strategy is hitting to the middle.
Robin Clarijs me on the other hand prefer the 40mm cellulose. The plastic ball now is slow and reduced spin a lot. I'm fortunate though that I was able to play across the last 3 ball specification changes.
" WALDNER " The Inspirations for Millions of T.T players.He enjoyed his Game & played with Great Passion. He had Great Confidence, Control & Nice Finishes. He Brought the Table Tennis to a Great Level. TXS. a Ton. Love you Waldner..Good Luck. Warm Regards, Rajeev VIG MUMBAI ( INDIA )
Waldner beats all the top chinese players with ease, and that means the best players in the world. But he usually have a hard time against any other countries players. It's a little weird And as a footnote, China have more active table tennis players than Swedens entire population
"Now you still stand here, just for the deep love of the game". This phrase makes me cry. Thank you Waldner for demonstrate us how much an athelete could love a sport.
I miss the small ball. A lot of the move aren’t viable in high level after the less spinny ball introduced. The game is less exciting and new guys are actually get slaughtered at the club because if they hit with their “salute hand” technique they just got killed with people who trained with whole body kicks since the ball is too slow.
+ling tjing you do realize that god and allah is the same thing right, that muslims and christians alike pray to the same god under different names right? you could also, like me, dont give a shit about any of them and live a happier life.
thanks xiaomaobuli for upploading this video, in my eyes he still are an excellent player, even that he is almost 50 years old, thats is amazing !! Respect !!
No other athlete, any sport, has ever made it look so easy as J-O did. Thank you for everything Lao Wa!
his versatility and efficiency simply cannot be overstated.
The best of all times ! Legend and true Mozart of Table Tennis !
He knows table tennis better than anybody else. He's a genius and a hero of the sports.
JO is a legend! i miss him a lot!
That was my favourite video as a kid, while I was working on my table tennis technique. Waldner’s intelligence and deep understanding of the game is absolutely delightful
greatest player of all time
yes 👍
This is one of the best tribute videos to one of the greatest masters of the game !!
The music is also perfect.
Table Tennis becomes an ART when Waldner starts playing...
instablaster
You are the best ever J-O!
if you closely look at every time he hit the ball, you have no idea where the heck the ball gonna go. What a legend ....
Waldner close to the table = best player ever played the game.
Favorite player. Waldner is leyend.
one of the best vid of waldner I've ever seen, and I've seen quite a lot... Great job!
Those blocks at 5:00 were just so effortless as if he was thinking what he would have for dinner after the game.
+Daniel Webster-hall It seems so. At the same time - how much time does he got to think about where he's gonna put the blocks. He hardly got the time to get the racket to the ball, yet he is outplaying his opponent. J-O is a true ball artist and magician. A Mozart of ball sports.
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There have been many good blockers throughout the years what made the difference is Waldner's forehand loop that finished those points.Goes full power down the line whereas most Europeans would try to spin it.
we all love you waldi
The only two foreign players that Chinese love are Timo Boll and Waldner,with full respect...
Thank you J.O. because when you play you always remember us that table tennis is much more than make top spin
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he doesn't frekkin move
also he won a thing in the 90 when tabletennis, regular tennis, badminton and squashplayers played all sports against each other (sweden at the timeh ad world class players in each discipline) that shows how game he is, his mind is brilliant
Actually, it's Mozart that was the Waldner of composers
HALLO AGNES WIE GEHT ES DIR MIR GEHT ES AUCH GUT ICH WÜNSCHE DIR EINE GUTE NACHT UND TRÄUME SCHÖN GRUß VON BRIGITTE JETTER
There is Tabletennis....and there is J-O Waldner!!!
The Magician of table tennis❤
Thank you! For the love of Table Tennis!
he kept playing in national events till 2016
Para mi J.O. Waldner es el mejor jugador de tenis de mesa de todos los tiempos...EL MÁS GRANDE
he makes it look easy
i think ove waldner is the best player of all time....
found the name of the song with sony TrackID
song name : Michael Meets Mozart - The Piano Guys
they have superb songs.
buy their album, you won't regret it !
Sos un genio j.o.waldner un idolo para mi.
Legend
Jan-Ove lightning Waldner...
Great vid. Thanks.
stepping backward is death.
From what time period are these clips taken from? Only season 2012?
That match against ola benedek 300th world waldner needed a time out
very nice video!!
САМЫЕ НЕСТАНДАРТНЫЕ РЕШЕНИЯ,ЭТО WWW
Braaa
whats the name Of The song?
By the way....can someone tell me about the composer of the music in this video.?
+DRAGON19071907 It's an arrangement by ThePianoGuys on TH-cam but I can't remember which song
I like Waldner's style,but I can't play like him.
What music is this? 1:45
4:16 Ma Long Who ?
Think of it, Waldner is like Messi in table tennis, and Chinese Player (especially) Ma Long is like Cristiano Ronaldo. Both Waldner and Messi have "natural" touch. Their play are very simple and don't need so many fancy movement names but very fluent and natural! Their movement perhaps looked weird sometimes but they are very comfortable with it. They know when to play around, loosen up the game, make a creative game, etc.
Both Ma Long and Ronaldo is very instructional and went to heavy repetition through years, that's why their movement looked so strict, so instructional, or I call them "tense". I don't think Ma Long can beat Waldner if he wasn't in Chinese team.
Yes we see Ma Long won defeat Waldner in score. Table tennis competition, I said "competition", is all about speed and elasticity (Chinese team had already proved it), they are unstoppable, there is no exception to Waldner. Although Walder is so good with the ball, he still can't react fast enough or catch the ball with, let's say, 120 km/h (I believe Ma Long or Wang Liqin easily surpass this number), while the Chinese team can!
Both European and Chinese players are good with serving and returning the serve. Most of European have lazy legs, otherwise Chinese have very solid footwork, "elastic" ability, and very great movement transition (forehand to backhand or vice versa), so they can react with any type of movement better. That's why the European almost can't beat the Chinese.
We miss this kind of play, BUT competition is competition. Every team have to do something so they can win, and Chinese team choose the "hard way" and they win most of the time.
That's BS.Waldner had great footwork and one of the most economic games ever.Ma Long is not a power player,he is a speed player who hits quite flat.Waldner's forehand was both fast and spiny with tremendous wrist acceleration that gave huge amounts of sidespin.
His destruction of Boll and Ma Lin in the Olympics was mostly due to his forehand power.Even at 38 with a broken back he could go blow for blow against Wang Liqin's humongous forehand.Don't know where you get those ideas but most players are less athletic than Europeans and Koreans of the past cause they cover less ground with their two wing styles which is why Harimoto had significant success before even entering puberty.
For years Ma Long has been getting away with a broken knee by simply playing pushes and backhand blocks,he is hardly a power player.
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When he was young he did not look like an athlete neither he does now.
He didn't need too. Pure talent.
The stop-and-start mini-clips drove me crazy. Little pieces of points. I'm sure you thought this was probably catchy, but it's really annoying.
Jeffrey Dykes I thought it was pretty catchy? I don't see any reason for that to be annoying, but i guess we all have different opinions..
Ma Long can defeat Waldner easily.
***** I totally agree Ma LONG Dick is different style he only carries one tool, as to Mr Jo Waldner is the Tool Maker....he has tool for every job that comes to the table....and he makes the game more loveable, and not boring or robotic like....Waldner was sent by GOD to play the game....Ma Long Dick was sent by his parents....
C'mon, Waldner born 1965, and Ma Long born 1988.
***** "Waldner was send by the god... Ma Long was sent by his parents." I like that sentence.
Sure, but that's like saying my $100 phone is better than the original iPhone... guess which one will go down history as the revolutionary device ;)
Ah, better analogy, that's like saying the average physics grad student knows more about physics than Sir Issac Newton. There!
I miss this style of play. Today's #1 and other top ranked players globally is all about "i'll smash the ball as hard and fast as I can" mentality. I don't see this "i'll fuck your brains and legs" style of play Waldner does.
shogrran : That is it!
man, I don't know why I started watching ping pong on TH-cam, but Waldner is just so elegant and surprising. :-)
+shogrran As a young man, and thanks for those youtube videos, he also played (like 95%) what today's young starts play. His all-round style has ever been there, but become more and more dominant in his play as he grew older. Today, with no footwork to keep up with XU Xin, Yan An and all the others from around the globe, he sticks to the table as much as possible. And the touch you see today has been developed through decades of amazing play - and is really not something you can teach. In fact, the same innate talent can be seen in the style of many, perhaps less lime-lighted young players of these days. So, it's not something is not taught to today's youth, because it was NOT what he was taught, either. We can't expect the youth to play this style, simply because it takes A; decades of practice to develop this touch, and B; also decades to calm down and come back from the fun of standing away from the table in topspin-to-topspin rallies, and enjoy the world of the all-round play. For reference, watch Ma Lin 20 years ago and today (another retired warrior)
He had this "touch" even as a 21 year old competitor. You can't say "he developed it through decades of amazing play" at least not to him. He improved the "touch" but it was there even in his early years.
Aznemptyjry why are you choking on mine though.
Waldner plays hes last game in swedens highest division on thursday this week. He started in the league 1977 and will retire 2016. Impressive! My hat is off for the legend.
Ma long has talent but he put lot of hard work more like djokovic/Nadal
JO waldner is in same league as Roger Federer.. Pure natural genius and their game is fun to watch than others
Absolutely in awe of this genius of table tennis. Age is no factor for this champion!
Waldner makes your opponents dance.
The reflection that he has is of ninja.
greetings from Brazil.
Waldner has been the best PingPang player in the world so far. He plays so relaxed, you can feel his confidence, strength and elegance, yup, ELEGANCE. Malong and Zhangjike are stunning players, unfortunately you can only see their strength, No elegance at all.
Great video, great music. Thanks for uploaded...
I get your point, but it's not totally true...Ma Long refined his style through the years and he's also capable of making elegant moves. Not like Walker who was elegant by simply breathing, but Ma Long didn't get where he is now only by being a colorless machine of padding the ball back to the table
Now we see MA LONG trying to be creative and do sidespin blocks like his master WALDNER.
Don't go there my favorite modern player MA LONG, JAN OVE did this with natural instinct at will.
Waldner is the only true master and was put on this earth to give players that haven't got the sheer power of MA LONG inspiration.
I bet many games have been won at club level occasionally beating players better than themselves using some of Waldners methods and free flowing style.
Unless you have the raw power of MA Long I would strongly recommend you study the greatest genius of all time,then and only then will you begin to understand the MASTER. Anyway good luck with your own game Joseph
The competition today like in many other sports -> Badminton, Tennis is much harder than in Waldners prime though!
Sidespin blocks were made by players before waldner give me a break
Sure Sergio, but Waldner mastered it.
Sidespin blocking started with the Hungarians but Waldner was the first to use them to set up his forehand loop which was deadly.Ma Long is near Waldner in terms of angles and court geometry,his go to strategy is hitting to the middle.
Greatest player of all time.
New players just starting table tennis will never know how much faster this game was when the ball was smaller than 40+mm....
I prefererd playing with smaller balls actually it matched my play style more
Robin Clarijs me on the other hand prefer the 40mm cellulose. The plastic ball now is slow and reduced spin a lot. I'm fortunate though that I was able to play across the last 3 ball specification changes.
I still have my 38mm balls at home and we always play with them :) So much fun compared to the lighter bigger ball of today.
" WALDNER " The Inspirations for Millions of T.T players.He enjoyed his Game & played with Great Passion. He had Great Confidence, Control & Nice Finishes. He Brought the Table Tennis to a Great Level. TXS. a Ton. Love you Waldner..Good Luck. Warm Regards,
Rajeev VIG
MUMBAI ( INDIA )
He truly "plays" the game. Others are mostly looking to score
Waldner beats all the top chinese players with ease, and that means the best players in the world. But he usually have a hard time against any other countries players. It's a little weird
And as a footnote, China have more active table tennis players than Swedens entire population
Hats Off & Grand Salute to Great Legend WALDNER for his Amazing Blocks & Shots.
Warm Regards,
Rajeev VIG
👏👏👏👏best ball placement I ever saw
My favorite player! His drop shots are killer!
Unique player ! finesse and technique
as geniuses play's it all seems so simple ....
indeed table tennis is more than powerplay and topspin...
waldner is waldner , you just cant compare any other player with him.
the best!
Waldner is really good. I didn't know him much but the more I learn about tt I find him a superb player.
Waldner is the best...magical touch.....total loss for the game....we all love you.
"Now you still stand here, just for the deep love of the game". This phrase makes me cry. Thank you Waldner for demonstrate us how much an athelete could love a sport.
I love Waldner and I play TT very fine.
I wish the background music would be Mozart's...
I miss the small ball. A lot of the move aren’t viable in high level after the less spinny ball introduced. The game is less exciting and new guys are actually get slaughtered at the club because if they hit with their “salute hand” technique they just got killed with people who trained with whole body kicks since the ball is too slow.
You wonder what Waldner did with all his earnings? It's simple! He bought a pastry shop and got fat!! Lol
Tänk att tänka dig i att alla matcher som du ställer upp i så tänker sig alla att de ska jaga dig - "mästaren".....
Lol that match to finland boy that was 300th of the world waldner had to take time out..so.embarrasing
I'am Indonesian Like table tenis..
we love you!!!
Living legend !...May Allah gives J.O Waldner a long and healthy life!!!!
+ling tjing you do realize that god and allah is the same thing right, that muslims and christians alike pray to the same god under different names right? you could also, like me, dont give a shit about any of them and live a happier life.
It is a fantastic video ...The music is good and dear Waldner is wonderful and I had just wished him the best .
J-O hit the ceiling. You may come close, never above.
Он гений!!!
thanks xiaomaobuli for upploading this video, in my eyes he still are an excellent player, even that he is almost 50 years old, thats is amazing !! Respect !!
greatest of all time waldner but can anyone please tell me the music played in the background ??
If Waldner wants to be a REAL Legend, he needs to take on some students and push them through.
How about seniors tour?
65 people i have no idea!
epic video , epic song !
btw , what's the name of the song please ? thanx
When is the birthday of Jan Ove Waldner? ^^ Is it the 2nd of November?
Great Valdner!
One of the best videos on JO Thumbs up!
ever imagine Waldner for ITTF president or something....hehe
Fantastic video....Thank you very much.
Thank you, very nice video!
What is the name of the song?
More amazed at the catch at 1.29 ! wicked vid though :)
Music?
damn!
aku idolaku maling sama Jan over waldner
You are an inspiration to young TT players
this video deserves millions of views!!!!!
Great tribute... 😃