Even for a table tennis nut like me, there are certain small things about the sport that can make me grind my teeth from time to time. So it's time ... Read More

Well, not exactly, but writing that 'some types of long pimples that get treated to make them frictionless will be banned' doesn't have quite the same ring to it! Nevertheless, it ... Read More

This week we'll be looking at Miao Miao in more detail. One of the top Australian women players for many years (although she is still in her twenties), and a ... Read More

Although the majority of high level players use attacking styles, there is still the odd defender or two around on the world stage. At lower levels, there are quite a ... Read More

There are quite a few interesting threads going in our forum at the moment, including some good advice on treating table tennis elbow (similar to tennis elbow, but usually with ... Read More

Starting this week, I'll be putting up some photographic profiles of the various leading players in Australia, with photos taken from the 2006 Australian Open. This week it's the No.1 ... Read More

It's now time to finish our discussion of the advanced backhand serves, this time with a look at the Backhand Topspin/Sidespin Serve. Similarly to the backhand sidespin serve, it is ... Read More

If you are the parent of a budding ping-pong prodigy, there are probably a number of questions that you are asking yourself. In order to make your life a bit ... Read More

Tiger Woods' interview on CBS 60 Minutes hit a bit of a nerve among players in our forum, with many members chuckling about his comment that he will play ping-pong ... Read More

Just recently I was lucky enough to be a competitor at the 2006 Australian Open Table Tennis Championships. Naturally enough, I took my trusty digital camera along, and captured the ... Read More

Coming back to the more aggressive serves used in ping-pong, I'm now going to discuss the Backhand Sidespin Serve. Designed to look deceptively like the Backhand Backspin/Sidespin Serve, this tricky ... Read More

History repeats, so they say - and as a player of many years, I've seen history repeat itself a lot when I see new ping-pong players come along. The same ... Read More

Andre Agassi is retiring at 36, while Ilija Lupulesku, reigning US Nationals Champion, is 38 and still going strong. In the New York Times, Jesse Scaccia writes about this and ... Read More