A rule that is often misunderstood is the rule about whether you can touch the table or not. This is an extract from the ITTF rules.
Unless the rally is a let, a player shall score a point:
if his opponent, or anything his opponent wears or carries, moves the playing surface;
if his opponent, or anything […]
Once again these thoughts have been spurred on by Bob Dwyer - former Australian Rugby Coach.
Here are some extracts from him for you to think about.
Budgets
The only answer to this conundrum is for us to be as good as we can be
“When addressing gatherings of business people I often upset them by talking about […]
Wow thanks a lot. I went to look at the spin on the floor and then brought it back to the table and my serve moves way more and is moving more consistently. Your site and videos have helped me so much i’ve gotten so much better in the last month after discovering Ping […]
Read more....Have you ever wanted to practice some routines but your partners just want to play games?
Doing routines is an important part of training. You need to be able to get your strokes consistent and practice your placement.
So they want to play games and you want to practice some routines. Well it is possible […]
Training beginners is a daunting task. When teaching beginners you need to consider both now and the future. It is not enough to teach them things that will help them in 5 years time if they have no success now. Similarly it is no good teaching them only the way to win […]
Read more....Table Tennis is a spectacular sport with lots of hard hitting and spin, retrieving from several meters away from the table, smashing at over 180 km/h.
If you can’t prevent your opponent from attacking, all your wonderful forehand and backhand strokes are worthless
Unfortunately, that is not what makes a great table tennis player. In fact […]
New Video Lessons
PingSkills has just released 3 brand new free Table Tennis lessons
Backhand Topspin Against Block
Backhand Topspin Against Backspin
Choosing a Good Table Tennis Ball
We have another 7 Table Tennis lessons being finalised over the new few weeks which will also be added to the website. Once all 10 are ready we will package them into […]
Read more....What are the rules regarding the size of your racket?
The ITTF rule states:
2.04.01 The racket may be of any size, shape or weight but the blade shall be flat and rigid.
So we can use any size racket. So why don’t they use an enormous bat? The answer is simple, it […]
I received the DVD in the mail today. It looks good - you’ve managed to include a lot of material in those 50 minutes. The breakdown of the pendulum and reverse pendulum serves might alone be worth the price of admission. I have found it hard, so far, to figure out the […]
Read more....I am very happy with the video which helped me a lot. I painted the half of a ball and started practising on the floor as you recommend. Now I can get pretty good serves on the table with much spin that is what I like best.
My best serves are the pendulum and backhand (backspin […]
I received the DVD. Very impressed with the quality of explanation and it has already changed the way I practice. Thanks again.
Basim Majeed
Suffolk, UK
I found the following section in an insightful chapter of Bob Dwyer’s (Australian Rugby Coach) Memoirs, titled Full Time. It focuses on a conversation between himself and David Campese, one of Australia’s greatest Rugby League players of all time.
It brought home a couple of essential elements of competing and training. The section is […]
Read more....Below is the Time-out rule from the ITTF Regulations for International competition.
The interesting aspects are that the time-out does not have to last for the full one minute. If the person calling the time-out is ready before the one minute is up the time-out is complete. So the person calling the timeout has […]
For those of you not in Australia, now is the time to get yourself a copy of the highly popular “Serving Secrets Revealed”. With the Australian Dollar falling against the US Dollar, the DVD presents better value than usual for those of you buying from the US.
Get in now. Who knows what the […]
Doubles rules are often misunderstood… Remember these and you can’t go too far wrong.
The 4 extra rules of doubles
1. You must take it in turns with your partner to hit the ball
2. You always serve from your right hand box to the diagonal box
3. You serve your 2 serves at a time to the same […]
The first question that needs to be asked is, “how do you practice effectively?”
To practice effectively you need to have the ball coming to you in a manner that will allow you to practice what you want to.
Group Training
To this end, if you are in a group environment where there are a few players of […]
The DVD is simply the best compared to other serving DVD’s.
Your points, of listing the requirements for each serve is helpful.
Alois, I especially like your segment on the web site “Ask the coach” and
the availability for people to have their techniques, game etc. analysed.
I hope more and more people visit the Pingskills web site.
Keep up […]
