Table tennis is an unusually subtle sport. Players find a chink in their opponents 'armor and then repeatedly pound away, waiting for the foe to defeat him or herself. Because of the countless ways in which one can err, luck also plays a large role.
黃國義指出，桌球是一種最不穩定的運動，因為它的計分方式極嚴﹘﹘不管發球權誰屬，只要沒有順利地打過網，都算失分，因此碰到弱將，僅須要一路擋球，毋用進攻，讓對方「自生自滅」﹘﹘不過網或打出界外，就可以贏了。