Table Tennis Blog

In the last few weeks we have had a few requests for Online lessons. Here are some of the suggestions: • Fitness Training • Counter Smash • Warm Ups • Sidespin topspin We would love to know which of these you think would be most beneficial. Add your comments below to let us know. You [...]

The officials of Table Tennis are encouraging women to wear skirts rather than shorts in an effort to sex up the sport of Table Tennis. Steve Dainton who I lived with in 1998 is now the director of the ITTF Asia Office. He commented on the overall changes occuring in Table Tennis and said: “Although [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTFMark Smythe in action at the Sydney Olympics Discusssion Paper The discussion paper presented here was written by Mark Smythe on the 4th February 2008 and has been presented to Table Tennis Australia. As of yet Mark has not received a response from Table Tennis Australia The intention of this document is [...]

New Rules The ITTF are bringing in a new rule to stop players moving to a new country and representing that country at ITTF World Title events. The new rule states that if a person is over 21 years of age when they move to their adopted country, they can never play Table Tennis for [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTFVictory is sweet! I was playing Paul Langley in the round of 32 at the Australian National Championships and had never beaten him before. However I had been playing well all week and really thought that this was a good opportunity for me to cause an upset. The First Two Sets It [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTFDefeat is always hard to take The year was 1989 and I was playing in the final of the Australian U/17 National Table Tennis Championships. I was unseeded for the event but had played extremely well to make the final. I wasn’t overly nervous about the match and all the pressure was [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTF Recently we got a question in our ask the coach section on what type of Table Tennis blades and rubbers we used here at Ping Skills. We thought it would be a great idea to throw this question open to everyone. So pop on over to the original question and let [...]

The question I pose is, ‘how much practice is necessary to perform at your best’? If you are 8, 12, 18, 25 or 32 years old, if you have been playing for 2, 10 or 20 years, is the answer to the above the same? Surely the answers are very different. I believe table tennis [...]

21 is Best Photo by Jeff Plumb Having played games up to 21 for most of my career, I personally like that method of scoring better. I think it suited my game more by giving me time to settle into each set. 2001 Rule Change In 2001, the rules were changed to play games up [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTF Who is the Greatest Male Table Tennis player of all time? While impossible to answer this categorically, the question will always be posed. For me, it is out of Guo Yue Hua, Kong Ling Hui, Chuang Tse-Tung, Wang Liqin and of course Jan-Ove Waldner? Chuang Tse-Tungs’ 3 World Singles titles in [...]