Children can learn naturally if we just give them the fundamentals. But often times, we also try to jam our own handups and wishfulness into their styles. This causes flaws in our styles that become permanent fixtures in our ping pong careers. In a way style fixation can be compared to our lives' aspirations. We all strive to fit into slots that we call our stations in life.
Ping pong is like a miniature rehearsal of life.
We seem to all follow our individual, fixed paths. Normally, it's a near impossibility to change a player's fixed style. To illustrate this explicitly, let make some common observations. Ping pong players spend most time strengthen their strengths, rather than fill their weaknesses. This locks them deeper into their defective style.