Table Tennis Blog

Congratulations to Jesus… he is the winner of our latest Blog competition. Here is his winning entry. He will win a DVD of his choice.

I am the best, I am number one, I always win…
I was very good in Table Tennis even though I only started a few years ago. I fell […]

Start writing your Blog
PingSkills is pleased to announce our new Blog Competition.
You can submit Blogs by emailing them to pingskillsblog@gmail.com. Closing date for entries is Sunday 22nd August. The winner will have their blog published and will win a DVD of their choice.

We are looking for interesting content about Table Tennis. The […]

Congratulations to Tejas Walke for winning the PingSkills April Survey competition. Thanks to Tejas for filling out the survey. The DVD that he selected, ‘Returning Serve’ was the winner of the most popular Feature DVD with 44%.

Thanks to his feedback and the feedback from all of our other readers, this is […]

We are running a short survey. One of main purposes is to get an idea of what you want to see us produce as our next feature DVD.
There are 4 choices that we have come up with. Go to the survey to record your vote.

The competition has ended and the winner is one of our most loyal readers, Ji-Soo Woo from Canberra, Australia.
Congratulations to Ji-Soo for providing an insightful and entertaining blog… not to mention enlightening…
Thanks also to all the other entrants who provided some interesting entries.
You will find Ji-Soo’s Blog below.
It has prompted me to look up a […]

By Ji-Soo Woo
Ji-Soo WooBlog Competition Winner
I came upon a wise man sitting under a fig tree. Eyes closed…he was in evident deep reverie. Balanced on his exposed leathery scalp was a table tennis racquet, and the tips of his slender fingers tapered around a three star table tennis ball. He looked like […]

In August PingSkills is running a ‘Write A Blog Competition”
The idea is to submit your blog to PingSkills on any topic relating to Table Tennis. If you are the winner your Blog will be published and you will receive your choice of a PingSkills DVD or a free 1 Hour Personal Training Session with […]

Jesus Mario delos SantosCompetition Winner
Congratulations to Jesus Mario delos Santos from the Philippines for being the closest correct answer in the PingSkills pick the winner competition. JM selected Wang Hao to beat Wang Liqin and Zhang Yining to beat Guo Yue. Great predicting!
We will have to check on his connections and make sure he […]

The last non Chinese player has just been eliminated form the singles event at the World Individual Championships. The line up looks something like this in the semi finals. China vs China, China vs China and in the Womens its China vs China and China vs China.
The Chinese have once again proved that […]

If you have reasonable speed internet, go to the itTV section of the ITTF website, itTV. From there you can watch the matches live…
Great watching.

The competition is hotting up. Entries close in a few hours.
Here is a big tip… Make sure your two finalists are in different halves of the draw and can actually meet in the final!!!
Do it now!!!
Check the Draws by clicking on the links below.
Mens Draw
Womens Draw
Good luck to all.

PingSkills is running a competition to pick the winner of the upcoming World Individual Championships in Yokohama. The Championships commence on 28th April and conclude on 5th May. The 1st Round of Mens and Womens singles start on 30th April. No entries will be accepted after 30th April. This will be […]

Phillip Boyle
Henzell Triumphs in Strong Field
Strong fields and a good local crowd had Croydon buzzing over the weekend. William Henzell asserted his dominance with a convincing display against a star-studded field at the Croydon Masters Open this weekend. The depth of the field was illustrated by the fact that the 2008 Oceania gold & silver […]

Phillip Boyle
Thanks to Phillip for offering this write up. While Phil is an Australian he has lived and worked in the U.S. and played on the tournament scene in the U.S. as well. Alois
It was a bumper weekend at Geelong, with three tournaments held (Senior, Junior & Vets) over 2 days.
Senior/Junior
In the Mens Open […]

So you are playing in a tournament. It is the big day. I hope I can play well.
Inevitably we get nervous before a big event. In fact this can be good for you to perform at your best. Your body understands this is something special.
But, unfortunately, sometimes the nerves overcome us.
So […]

In the last week I found myself talking to a family who were going to enter the realm of tournaments. When I say family, the children are playing but the family have to be prepared for the long day that is a tournament. With plenty of both food and patience.
Tournaments are great because […]

William Henzell

William Henzell’s Olympics have come to an end. He was playing Korea’s Jae Young Yoon for a spot in the last 32. Henzell really pressured Yoon by running out to a 2 sets to nil lead. Yoon fought back taking the thrid set. Henzell built up a massive lead in the 4th set but […]

Photo courtesy of ITTFHenzell’s firing in Beijing

William Henzell has just beaten the Number 58 in the World, Lundquist from Sweden, to progress to the 2nd Round in the Mens Singles at the Beijing Olympics. Henzell went up 2-0 in 2 really close sets but Lundquist fought back to 2 all.

The 5th Set Proved Decisive

Henzell shot […]

Take a look at when Table Tennis is on at the Olympics.
Here is the full schedule of events.
Teams Events

Olympic Day 5 – Wed. 13th August
10:00- 13:00 Women’s Team Group 1st rd
10:00- 13:00 Men’s Team Group 1st rd
14:30- 17:30 Women’s Team Group 1st rd
14:30- 17:30 Men’s Team Group 1st rd
19:30- 22:30 Women’s Team Group […]

Format Changes
This Olympics will see a few changes in format to previous Games. The first major change is that Doubles has been replaced by a teams event. The second change is that the format for the teams event has had a facelift.
Teams Format
A toss is done to decide which team will be ABC […]

Table Tennis is the National Sport of China and hence their most popular sport for the Olympic Games. There are over 19 million registered Table Tennis players in China which is not far from the entire population of Australia. Table Tennis is one of the top 5 televised sports throughout the world during the Olympics. […]

Last night I played in the TTV Super League Grand Final for the second year in a row. This is Table Tennis Victoria’s premier pennant competition and has 4 of Australia’s Olympic representatives competing in it this year.

The Regular Season

During the regular season my team MSAC MyDBA managed to go undefeated. I had a strong […]

Jesse Bricknell has passion

The Table Tennis Victoria Super League is underway and 3 rounds have been played. The League features some of Australia’s best players as well as a swag of up and coming young guns.

There is a new website for the TTV Super League. It is still under construction so not all of the […]