Why are asian people...?

Question

Why are asian people so AMAZING at ping-pong but you never see them on the tennis court?

I'm not trying to be racist I'm just soo confused...

Well I never see them in major competitions either.

@ michael2003c... well I never see Asian women play Ping Pong but I do see the play tennis I should of been more specific.

@ Michael Chang hes half Aisan I want 100%

Lots of things to address here:

For those of you who said Ping pong and tennis are two different things, while thats correct isn't ping pong also known as Table TENNIS?

Yes asians are smaller but they also have some of the Biggest ppl on earth, Yao Ming (7-5) Sun Ming Ming (7-9). No typo, google it

The kid who said Italians are good cooks why don't you see them at burger king... well burger king doesn't have the greatest food (lol who are we kidding burger king sucks)

The black ppl are good at basketball comment, ok if theres a smaller or bigger version of basketball then I'll ask why don't black ppl play it.

Also I should of been more specific.. I never see asian males at any major tennis ternaments however I haven't seen any asian females at major ping pong ternaments.

The kid who said "Well back to the asian thing, i am asian myself from the hmong comunity, and i never see any asians playing ping-pong" well thats just sad and wrong, without asians there would be no Ping Pong.

Answer 1

From a size perspective, I'd say asians are USUALLY shorter height and span wise. Tennis is played on a much bigger court than ping pong and the ball does not spin as fast as a ping pong ball. Therefore in tennis, an important factor is power. So size wise, Id say that taller/longer height/arm spam makes a contribution. For ping pong, the ball spin is a bigger factor. Very rarely will you see two ping pong players simutaneously trying to do winning shots.

As far as cultural contact goes; in a crowded country like china and india, theres no room for huge tennis courts and badminton/ping pong is a better use of space. While there are 1 billion + asians, most have never played tennis.

At least thats my view on it; I hope I dont come off as racist :(

Answer 2

Asian people like smaller things better, they can't handle the size of a tennis racket so they stick to ping pong.

Answer 3

No clue. My husband is Vietnamese and loves to watch and play ping pong but he has little interest in tennis. I guess it is just cultural and that is the particular game that was cultivated in that region of the world.

Answer 4

Momo let me asnwer you... italians are good at italian foods, burger king is not an itialian type of place.

Well back to the asian thing, i am asian myself from the hmong comunity, and i never see any asians playing ping-pong, i see them ruling over video games instead.

Answer 5

EXUSE U... but not all asians are good at effin ping pong.. im asian and i dont even know how to play! tho i wud rather not in the first place cuz its dumb.. but its just a hobby that certain PEOPLE seem to like. So dont be soo amazed cuz other people do that too. thats like me saying "why are african americans so good at basketball" COME ON NOW!!

Answer 6

About the whole "not big enough" thing, you don't have to be big to be skilled at tennis. Look at Ivo Karlovic, 6 ft 10, but he doesn't dominate on the tour. I mean..besides his serve, he sucks. Then look at Olivier Rochus, 5 ft 6, smallest guy on the tour, and he beat Karlovic the last couple times they played. Enough with these stupid stereotypes, I mean, by your reasoning, every white person should be amazing at tennis since Roger Federer is.

Answer 7

Dude/Dudet. (i didnt look at picture or anything so im just covering both) NEVER APOLOGISE FOR BEING RACIST!!!!! if your stereotype is correct then dont apologise for it. If you take it too far by saying "i hate all those blacks" then thats TOO racist, but if you just say that asians are amazing at ping pong, dont apologize, thats taking political correctness to far!

Answer 8

At most high schools, the majority of the players are asian...
Ever heard of Michael Chang?
or maybe Hyung Taek Lee? from korea
or maybe Paradorn Srichaphan? from thailand

Answer 9

Beg to differ. In high school, the tennis team was dominated by Asian students.

Answer 10

Ai Sugiyama - Japan
Tamarine Tanasugarn - Thailand
Paradorn Schrichapan - Thailand
Jie Zheng - China
Tian Tian Sun - China (Olympic medalist)
Akiko Morigami - Japan
Janet Lee - Taiwan
Hyung-Taik Lee - Korea

Unless they are playing higher ranked player, you won't see them on TV.