Greg's Ping-Pong Blog January 2008 Archive

After showcasing the top direct male qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games last week, it's now the females' turn. The USA actually has two direct qualifiers in Gao Jun ... Read More

It's the Australia Day long weekend, and as a good Aussie should, I've been kicking back and relaxing - in my case watching videos - of ... Read More

Here's some of the more interesting questions from my mailbag for the week, along with my answers. How often can my opponent bounce the ball before serving? Can I hit my table ... Read More

The draws for the Men's Teams and Women's Teams events at the 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships are now up on the ITTF website. The USA ... Read More

With the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games drawing ever closer (it starts August 8th) and the list of direct qualifiers announced in early January, I thought I'd ... Read More

It's been about a month since I outlined my plans for 2008 in my table tennis blog, so I thought I'd better write a bit of an update on how ... Read More

While the ITTF generally does a pretty good job of sorting out the laws of table tennis, and have the best interests of the sport in ... Read More

For all you reverse penhold backhand players out there, trying to find a table tennis rubber to use on the back of your paddle can be a little tricky. So ... Read More

With the recent US Olympic Trials, it's been a good week for table tennis in the media. Here's a lightning look at where table tennis has ... Read More

Here's another round of reader questions for the week, and my (hopefully) illuminating answers: When and How to Replace the Rubbers on Your Table Tennis Bat? Playing Shakehand and Penhold Styles - ... Read More

Go for the burn! While this may be great advice when bodybuilding, is it a good idea when practicing your ping-pong? And with the busy lives ... Read More

Of all the many kinds of ping-pong rubbers out there, short pips rubbers are the one type that I have not had much experience in using - which is why ... Read More

A picture paints a thousand words, so they say. I'm not sure how many words a video is good for in that case, but it must ... Read More

The USATT Olympic Trials are now finished, in what has been hailed by those attending as an unqualified success, both on and off the tables. Congratulations to all those involved ... Read More

In one sense, it's easy to be consistent at table tennis - consistently bad! But if you'd rather be consistently good, it's a different story. Getting to the point where ... Read More

Another week gone by, and I'm finally start to get on top of my email! Here's another interesting sampling of reader questions and comments from the ... Read More

I've just started wearing my new pair of Yasaka Gatien Pro table tennis shoes, but I'm pretty impressed already, so I thought I'd share my thoughts now rather than wait ... Read More

The draws for the USATT Olympic Trials to take place in Philadelphia from January 11-13, 2008 are now up on the USATT website. It should prove ... Read More

The ITTF have announced the 20 direct qualifiers by ranking for the Mens and Womens Singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Originally Jorgen Persson and Jean-Michel Saive were tied ... Read More

Hit the ball to your opponent's playing elbow is a fairly common piece of advice that is passed on to newer table tennis players. While it ... Read More

One of the benefits of travelling to new locations to play table tennis is that you meet new people, see new places, and get to play under different conditions. When ... Read More

Table tennis training camps and coaching clinics can be a great way to improve your ping-pong quickly. You can get some intensive training from highly qualified ... Read More

Like many people, I took a small break over the Christmas and New Year's period. Today I've been diving back into my Inbox, catching up with emails from readers - ... Read More