Penn Holderness goes against a table tennis prodigy
Fri, 10 Feb 2012|
NBC-17's Penn Holderness goes head to head with Michael Landers.
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Today I got a chance to meet the prodigy of American table tennis he is seventeen. His name is Michael Landers and really the best way to describe him gifted. Put that -- first national championships at age thirteen. You won a national title at fifteen. Now it's seventeen Michael Landers continues his rise a couple turning away from an Olympic -- I'm the youngest one here. He is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Yep he just went behind the back there and it gives reach well beyond the table that -- and musician winners has perfect pitch wanna see eight. He. -- What you for joining -- that. But he doesn't just sit on his talents commanders works extremely hard on the table five days a week for her fortified our. Spending a lot of time in a high energy drills called multi ball. Cameraman beware. As you can see actually have to be in really good shape to play table tennis. -- Strutting benching mostly -- were a lot of medicine ball work. For now this is not part of his training -- take a few minutes to show me what it's like to play against one of the best in the world.
Yet when my guys. Still spinning. Possibly hit. There's no way. Was out. It's very early Sunday talk about this -- whether did you get any points. Yes he was nice -- did one of those kind of is he -- like yeah I know if you wanted to you get a shot out right.
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