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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.

Ping-Pong Fundamentals

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Basic Strokes - Forehand Smash vs Lob - Front View

Friday January 27, 2012
Who said white men can't jump?
Photo © 2012 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc.
Time to complete the explanation for another basic stroke of table tennis, this time the forehand smash vs lob - front view. It's been a few years since I posted my side view version of the smash, and it's interesting to note that my technique has changed over the years as I have attempted to improve my forehand in general.

Don't Change a Thing - Two Minute Table Tennis Tip

Friday January 20, 2012
Just one hit and you're hooked
Photo © 2007 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc.
Having just posted a two minute table tennis tip encouraging players whose results have stagnated to make a change, I'm now going to risk looking senile and completely contradict myself, and tell you not to a change a thing.

Make a Change - Two Minute Table Tennis Tips

Friday January 20, 2012
Australia's Dorothy De Low shows that you are never to old to learn something new!
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Having introduced my new two minute table tennis tips section, I'd better start posting some ping-pong tips pronto!

Here's a second table tennis tip for all you players out there who find yourself stuck in a rut - it's time to make a change.

Two Minute Table Tennis Tips - Pay Attention!

Friday January 20, 2012
Grab a coffee, take a time-out and improve your table tennis!
Photo © 2007 Greg Letts, licensed to About.com, Inc.
They say a change is as good as a holiday (and it's about as close as I'm likely to get!), so I thought I'd start up a new section called Two Minute Tips for Table Tennis.

The idea is to provide an area where readers looking to improve their game can find a number of short and effective tips that are easy to read, understand and apply. I'm kicking things off with a two minute tip entitled Pay Attention!, which seems kind of appropriate.

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