With the New Year almost upon us, now is a good time to reflect back on 2007 and start planning for 2008. But rather than just ... Read More

Phew! The months have just shot past since my last table tennis blog update, and I'm about to say goodbye to 2007 and hello to 2008. ... Read More

I hope everybody had a happy and safe Christmas, and got lots of table tennis gear! Now, as promised, here is the table tennis video, photographs, and explanations of how ... Read More

Every table tennis coach should have his own bag of tricks to help make training more interesting. You could write a whole series of articles on ... Read More

The 2007 U.S. Nationals have been completed, with veteran Illija Lupulesku taking the Men's Title, while Wang Chen walked off with the Women's Title. Men's Singles Final: Ilija Lupulesku d Mark ... Read More

Whew! Another week gone, and the ping-pong questions just keep on coming. Here's a selection from my mailbox this week. Why Haven't You Reviewed This Rubber (or Blade?) Should I Chop with ... Read More

As those of you who took a look at my article on Basic Long Pips Techniques may have noticed, the videos for how to use long ... Read More

The U.S. Nationals are currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada, from the 19th to the 22nd December. At the time of writing, Cheng Yinghua had defeated fellow U.S. table tennis ... Read More

With testing for the VOCs present in speed glue about to begin for junior events (as of 1st January 2008), and with testing in open competition ... Read More

It was yet another Chinese clean sweep at the 2007 Volkswagen Pro Tour Grand Finals, with Chinese competitors taking first and second places in all the events with the exception ... Read More

The table tennis manufacturer Double Happiness (DHS) have come up with a nifty new way to help spectators (both at the venue and watching via their ... Read More

Time to fill in a big gap in my How to Play the Basic Strokes of Table Tennis articles. I only realized a few days ago that I'd forgotten to ... Read More

Another week has come and gone, and the About.com Table Tennis / Ping-Pong forum has once again been busy. Here's a sampling of what's being going ... Read More

Once again, I've spent today with a weed-whacker trying to cut down the dodgy emails that keep on popping up regardless of my spam filters. In between slashing and burning, ... Read More

In what was not a complete surprise (!?), the Chinese Junior Boys and Girls Teams took the Gold Medals at the 2007 World Junior Championships being held in Palo Alto, ... Read More

Why has a country like China been dominant on the wold table tennis scene for so long? Which countries are going to be able to challenge ... Read More

The final USATT President's Report is now up at the USATT website. In the final report from Sheri Soderberg Pittman, who is destined to be the USATT's final President (the ... Read More

As promised, here's another table tennis basic strokes video - this time for the forehand counterloop. I managed to persuade one of my training partners, Mike ... Read More

The 2007 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships are currently in progress at Palo Alto, USA, from December 8 -December 15. The USA has teams in both the boys and ... Read More

As part of my quest for the perfect defensive ping-pong paddle, I thought I would try what is often considered to be THE defensive rubber - ... Read More

Are you a disgruntled member of the English Table Tennis Association (ETTA)? If so, you are not alone, apparently. A rival English table tennis website has sprung up, called the ... Read More

Despite what many players might think, using long pimpled rubbers is not as simple as slapping some pips on your favorite ping-pong paddle and letting the ... Read More

Today I'm taking a closer look at the validity of another common saying in table tennis - this time the advice to serve first when you win the toss. Is ... Read More