ETTU Table Tennis Articles

Included in what you can find on the ETTU site at the moment are the following articles:

• An analysis of how soon players detect the spin on the ball when returning serve, comparing expert players to beginners, and looking at whether a player needs to see the contact with the ball to read the serve accurately.
• A thought provoking discussion on combining strokes together to produce the best results for a particular player. During the discussion World and Olympic champion Kong Linghui is described as having only average power, average spin, and OK speed (!?), but good combinations which led to his success.
• For all you mad attackers out there, there are also some useful suggestions on how to perform the counterloop, and how to train the stroke as well.
• There are also a number of articles on the current state of European table tennis, along with plans on how to improve in the future.