Greg's Ping-Pong Blog May 2007 Archive

Even with the impending speed glue ban, defenders have it tough in table tennis, without a doubt. Besides the difficulties of speed glue and modern technology, ... Read More

The 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships has begun in Jaipur, India, and will run from the 30th May to the 5th June 2007. So far everything is progressing according to ... Read More

I've added two more coaching resumes to the Find a Table Tennis Coach section. If you live in Phoenix, AZ, Len and Matthew Winkler are available for ... Read More

Table tennis players often describe other players in terms of three basic groups - beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. But what exactly makes someone an intermediate player instead of an ... Read More

China has completed a clean sweep of the 2007 World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. All the players in the finals were Chinese, and final ... Read More

ITTF President Adham Sharara has released a further announcement regarding the decision by the ITTF Board of Directors to ban glues containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In a statement that ... Read More

In what can only be described as a true "cover your ass'' move by the ITTF after a Japanese player had an allergic reaction to Super ... Read More

Are you a player looking for a table tennis coach? Or a coach looking for players, or a full time or part-time position? Then this new section of the website ... Read More

As a new ping-pong player, the number of rubbers out there to choose from when trying to pick your first ping-pong rubbers can be overwhelming. To ... Read More

Butterfly Table Tennis Glue - "Super Long Chack" has been recalled. Forum member fleetwood99999 found this recall notice on the Butterfly World website. So if you are a Super Long Chack ... Read More

The 2007 Individual World Table Tennis Championships is starting in just a few days, on May 21, in Zagreb Croatia. Here's a selection of links regarding ... Read More

In our table tennis forum, one of the common requests is for a SmartPong table tennis robot review. Forum member David Chu comes to the rescue, with his review of ... Read More

Today it's time to finish another great trilogy, although I can promise it won't be as long as the Lord of the Rings! Yes, it's time ... Read More

If you are looking to buy a new table tennis table, it can be very useful to hear what other people have to say about different tables. In this article ... Read More

Forum member Sean P. O'Neill sparked off a real rollercoaster of a thread in our ping-pong forum when he posted a link to the 1979 US ... Read More

I've been trying to master this serve for three weeks now, and how am I going? Here's my report on Week 3 of learning a new serve in table tennis. ... Read More

They're Baaaaaack! Yes, just when you thought the series of table tennis robot reviews was over, along comes forum member David Chu, who has kindly provided ... Read More

Recently I discussed the forehand tomahawk topspin/sidespin serve in some detail, and now it's time to look at how to vary this serve to make it even more effective. Today ... Read More

Here's a brief roundup of how ping-pong is making news around the world. Kevin Spacey admits that he is a ping-pong nut, demanding a table tennis table ... Read More

Ever felt like quitting ping-pong? I think almost everybody goes through a bad patch now and then when nothing seems to be working right, and you feel like you are ... Read More

This is the final instalment of Marco Borrillo's reviews of table tennis robots. The Butterfly Amicus 3000 Plus is the upgrade to the old Amicus 3000 ... Read More

Two weeks down trying to master this new serve, and what have I got to show for it? You can find out for yourself in my latest update on how ... Read More

Today I'm continuing our series of Table Tennis Robot Reviews - this time it's forum member Marco Borrillo's views on the TW2000-05 Ping-Pong Robot. Find out whether the TW is ... Read More