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| RAE Racket Testing Device - an example of recent ITTF changes Photo By: ITTF Asia / Pacific Office, by courtesy of the ITTF |
| I've written previously about making changes in your table tennis game in order to improve, and the importance of resisting the urge to change your equipment excessively. But it is also important to look outward instead of inwards now and then. Being aware of outside changes that are occurring in the table tennis world is important, so that you can analyze the effect of such changes on your own table tennis game, and make the necessary changes to keep your game at its highest level. |
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Table Tennis Basic Concepts
Want to improve your table tennis game? Start here with the most important rules to learn, how to score and umpire matches, grip types, playing styles, how to choose your first racket, all about spin and how to play the basic strokes of ping-pong.
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Deal with it! Managing Change in Table Tennis - Two Minute Table Tennis Tips
Friday February 10, 2012
Basic Wrist Management - Two Minute Table Tennis Tips
Friday February 10, 2012
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| Timo Boll - one of the best users of wrist in the modern game of table tennis Photo By: Ireneusz Kanabrodzki, by courtesy of the ITTF |
| The use of the wrist is a true double edged sword when it comes to table tennis - it is very difficult to play at an advanced level without using your wrist, but when performed incorrectly it can actually make things worse!
In this two minute table tennis tips article I'm discussing the basics of wrist management, how to bring the wrist into your game, and some simple troubleshooting steps for when things go wrong. |
Transition Training - Two Minute Table Tennis Tips
Friday February 3, 2012
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| Australia's Justin Han on the move... Photo © 2010 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc. |
| If you are an intermediate level player who can hit your rallying strokes like a champion in training, but you play like a chump in actual matches, you are probably making a mistake many intermediate level players make - forgetting to train your transitions. |
Greg's Table Tennis Blog Update - January 2012
Tuesday January 31, 2012
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| Plenty of Ping-Pong Positives this month... Photo © 2007 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc. |
| It's already been a month since my last personal table tennis blog update, and while my local competition season hasn't started yet, things have definitely been heating up! I'm happy to say that I've got plenty of good news to report about my ping-pong progress in January, and it looks like 2012 might just be a very good year. |
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