Table Tennis Blog

If you’re involved with juniors then you must read a great article by Larry Hodges. He talks about ratings being a cancer on junior table tennis and I couldn’t agree more. In fact I think it can also be a negative for seniors too. Lately I’ve heard a few people mention that they don’t want [...]

In this post I’m hoping for some advice from you. I’ve been elected onto the board of Table Tennis Victoria and I’m currently looking into how Table Tennis tournaments are run and seeing if there are any areas where they can be improved. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the biggest problems you’ve [...]

I need your help. PingSkills is going to create a regular Table Tennis show on YouTube. I need your thoughts on what you would like to see on such a show? It can be anything from interviews to tutorials to who knows what. We really want to hear your opinion so please leave a comment. [...]

In a fascinating interview on Australian television, Matthew Syed, a 3 times Commonwealth Mens singles champion and highly world ranked player talks frankly and openly about his thoughts on talent, hard work and opportunity. He’s also the author of a book called ‘Bounce: How Champions Are Made’. Here is an excerpt of the transcript from [...]

Watching the last group matches of the Men’s teams event and the thing that stands out to me straight away is the variety of styles that are possible in Table Tennis. I am currently watching Samsonov, one of my favourites of the moment because of his tremendous feel for the ball. He is tall, with [...]

It is evident as always that it is the crucial points that will make or break your game, match and even tournament or perhaps career. Tonight talking to the Slovenian women’s coach he talked about the missed opportunities that his players had had in this tournament. At the moment they are sitting at 1 win [...]

Wang Liqin misses the cut The upcoming World Team Championships will be played in Russia from May 23rd to 30th at the Moscow, Olympiyskiy Sports Complex. When you think of World Championships one of the names that springs to mind immediately is Wang Liqin. However this World Championships will see him missing for the first [...]

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 [...]

I recently read a book by Malcolm Gladwell, The Outlier. I am sure some of you will be familiar with his books. I found some interesting points that are relevant to sport in general and also to Table Tennis. The 10,000 hour Rule In his book he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. This rule [...]

Wow, I love watching it when the players are 10 feet back from the table smashing the ball back and forth I read the blog “Why Table Tennis Is A Horrible Spectator Sport” the other day. It was a very interesting article and I’ve heard a number of people agree with most of what was [...]