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As I was learning to play Table Tennis, I was often told the important advice of “serve short and make the first attack!” serve short and make the first attack It is sound advice and if you watch any matches between top players, this is the main tactic they are trying to execute on most [...]

I have just discovered a gem that has been tucked away. It is a piece written by Greg Letts of about.com fame. In it, Greg provides a really well put together article and animation about the effects of long pimples. It seems that he spent many hours pouring over the animations. So thanks Greg for [...]

Modifying your grip is the first thing you need to learn about the pendulum serve. The problem with the Shakehand grip To have a great pendulum serve, you need to be able to generate lots of spin. Not every serve you do needs to be spinny, but you must have the ability to mix up [...]

Buy Serving Secrets Revealed and improve your serve! I was observing a reasonable player practicing a few points the other night and made an interesting observation. 90% of their serves were to the bad areas. It occurred to me that a lot of people can really improve their serving by following the simple advice of [...]

Alois teaches you basic tactics! The Video Zone is an area on our website where we regularly add lessons for our premium members. We’ve just posted a new lesson on basic tactics so if you’re a premium member then watch the lesson in the video zone by clicking here. If you’re not a premium member [...]

Recently I travelled the 300km down to the little town of Bairnsdale, in the Eastern part of Victoria, Australia, to conduct a training program for the Gippsland Academy. Ten days later I travelled to the other extremity of Victoria to the towns of Hamilton and Warrnambool. The Table Tennis part of the Gippsland Academy has [...]

I see players benefit most from their training when it is done regularly and with a focus. Training like a maniac for a week and then not touching your bat for a month will only have minimum benefits for your game. Similarly, training only once every month will mean that you will find it difficult [...]

Ping Skills is proud to presentmore video lessons! PingSkills are proud to present 3 more video lessons to help you improve your Table Tennis Ready Position Drop Shot off a Lob Drop Shot off a Chop If you have any questions regarding these lessons then be sure to use the Ask the Coach section of [...]

by Brett Clarke Thanks to Brett for providing us with this insightful article of Serving. Brett is the current Australian National Coach and during his playing career was widely regarded as having one of the best serves in the game. My first article in the “Advancing the Australian Game” series covered the importance of returning [...]

Wang Liqin’s Strengthphoto courtesy ITTF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR TABLE TENNIS PART 2 By Eric Rosario In the last issue we suggested that Strength Training is a very useful addition to Table Tennis Training but not all players or their coaches realise the principles of specificity, overload, and power to weight ratio which govern strength training. [...]