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Ping-Pong Blog May 2006 Archive

By Greg Letts, About.com Guide to Ping-Pong

Table Tennis Training for Beginners

Wednesday May 31, 2006
Some beginners would rather just play games and have fun instead of training. While this is perfectly OK, for those of you who would like to improve faster the secret ... Read More

Choosing a Table Tennis Table

Tuesday May 30, 2006
Most people bitten by the table tennis bug will want to get their own table tennis table to play on at home. The sheer amount of choices and range of ... Read More

Beginner's Guide - Basic Concepts

Monday May 29, 2006
In table tennis, there are a number of things that you need to understand before you can become an intermediate player. It's hard to keep track of everything you need to ... Read More

2006 World Veterans Results

Saturday May 27, 2006
The 2006 World Veterans Table Tennis Championships have finished, showing once again that there is life after 40 for table tennis players around the world. With around 3700 participants, the ... Read More

Choosing a Table Tennis Robot

Thursday May 25, 2006
Many table tennis players think about buying a table tennis robot sooner or later. They can be very useful for grooving your technique and getting some extra practice in when ... Read More

Beginner's Guide to Table Tennis - Putting Your Strokes Together

Sunday May 21, 2006
Over the years, I've seen many players who looked much better than their opponent in the warm up, but fell apart once the match started and the opponent started to ... Read More

Can Table Tennis Make You Smarter?

Thursday May 18, 2006
Table tennis players are smarter than the average athlete - that's something that all ping-pong players know ;) . But why is this so? Is it because only smart people play ... Read More

Beginner's Guide to Returning Serve

Tuesday May 16, 2006
Having read my Beginner's Guide to Serving, I'm sure that you all know why serving is so important, and how to improve your own serve. But what about when your opponent ... Read More

New Secret Training Technique Discovered!

Tuesday May 16, 2006
Perhaps this new table tennis training method used by boxer Danny Green goes a bit too far... but then us Aussies are pretty tough competitors. I don't think I'll be ... Read More

Beginner's Guide to Serving

Friday May 12, 2006
Most beginners love to rally, and barely give the serve a second thought. This is fine when you are just playing for fun, and the serve is just there to ... Read More

New to Table Tennis? Get Started the Right Way!

Monday May 8, 2006
As a table tennis player of some 20 years or more, I can still remember the days when I was a table tennis newbie, not really knowing what I was ... Read More

The 2006 World Team Championships are Gone!

Monday May 1, 2006
Once again, it's the same old story - China sweeping the table in the Men's (3-0) and Women's (3-1) Team World Championships. Can anyone stand in their way? Congratulations also to ... Read More

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