Wheelchair Ping Pong Is As Cutthroat A Sport As You'll See Today

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Instagram fed me this clip the other day, and we'd have to say that Zuck is on a heater right now. Would TikTok keep this video on their platform? No chance. Violation of community guidelines faster than you can pop a wheelie. 

I'm a simple man. Wheelchair-bound ping pong players taking advantage of each other's lack of mobility? There goes my afternoon. I cannot believe how cruel these guys are to each other. I don't have a fuck's idea in shit what is being said by the commenters, but by golly do I LOVE the cutthroat willingness to exploit the challenge that comes from playing ping pong in a wheelchair. 

Drop shot after drop shot. Serve it short and watch your opponent practically cleave his torso in two trying to bend far enough to return it. When you're returning serve, pop is straight up in the air and let the spin take the ball out of the arm-span of your opponent. The points aren't particularly long, but there certainly is an elegance to it. 

I did the tiniest bit of research. It would appear that the fella in the red shirt makes a habit of this technique:

Whereas the other guy is fighting… with honor? Reminds me of that great scene from GOT where Bronn fights for Tyrion:

Joo Young Dae can fight for my ping pong team any day. The ends justify the mean.