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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 our website. We love to […]

Well it is hard to believe but another year has passed us by. I’d like to thank all of our readers for supporting PingSkills in 2009 and we hope to keep you inspired to improve your Table Tennis in 2010. We’ve got a big year planned. Here are a just a few of the things […]

In case you are sitting there thinking what should I get myself for Christmas, what about a PingSkills DVD Pack or some Table Tennis equipment? Or for the Australian readers what about a Table Tennis Table?
If you order soon it can still be there for Christmas.
Go on, treat yourself.

Table Tennis has been part of the Olympics since the Seoul Games of 1988. Since then Table Tennis has distinguished itself in the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens in 2004, with ever increasing worldwide television viewing audiences. Table Tennis ranked number 5 in all sports at the Athens […]

Early Ping Pong SetPicture courtesy ITTF
So what is the difference between Ping Pong and Table Tennis? The answer is nothing.
The name Ping Pong is used widely in countries like the U.S. while others frown upon its use. The reality is that there is no difference at all. They are both exactly the […]

Ping Skills is proud to presentmore video lessons!

PingSkills are proud to present 3 more video lessons to help you improve your Table Tennis

The Forehand Block
How To Counter A Slow Spinny Topspin
Topspin To Topspin

We love to hear your thoughts on what you would like to see next in our lessons, so please leave a comment and […]

Isn’t the Internet fantastic? Right now you can watch Alois coaching the Australian Women’s Team vs England at the Commonwealth Championships. Who would have thought 10 years ago this would be possible?
Take a look for yourself by watching the Live TV coverage.

PingSkills have now sold DVDs to 47 countries around the world. From countries as varied as Trinidad and Tobago to Taiwan and from Argentina to Austria, not to mention from the Philippines to Puerto Rico.
Our Website has received views from people in 166 countries.
Our Videos are receiving over 40,000 views per week.
Thanks to all of […]

Thanks for all your support in 2008. Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year!

PingSkills are excited about the success of our ‘Serving Secrets Revealed’ DVD.
The DVD has now been sold in 38 countries and growing. From the United States to Latvia , from the Philippines to Spain, from Australia to Italy and India to Venezuela.
Thank you to all our supporters around the world who have sent us […]

PingSkills had a treat tripping down the Victorian coast to the beautiful country town of Warrnambool. We ran a training session for the keen and talented members of the newly formed South West Academy Table Tennis program. Players for the academy have just been selected with the lucky players being given an unprecedented […]

If you are selecting a ball for an important competition here are the things to look for.

Competition Ball
Egg or Ball Bearing
To check if the ball is round you can place the ball on the table and spin it around using your thumb and forefinger. Watch the ball from above to see if there is […]

Officially on the 1st September the use of speed glue was banned by the ITTF. I’m actually quite excited by the ruling and wish they had done it long ago. I am looking forward to not worrying about gluing up each time I play. It really is a time consuming task that I won’t miss. […]

If you are interested in sponsoring our famous PingSkills Video Lessons, then please contact us.
PingSkills is seeking sponsorship for our Online Table Tennis lessons. PingSkills Online lessons are posted on YouTube and embedded on our own website.
Our Video Table Tennis Lessons
To date the 20 YouTube Table Tennis video lessons that PingSkills have produced have been […]

Here is a list of the times Table Tennis should be shown on SBS in Australia for those of you in Australia that can pick up this channel.
Thursday 14th August - 5:30pm
Table Tennis teams Day 6
Friday 15th August - 3pm
Table Tennis teams Day 7
Saturday 16th August - 6:15pm
Table Tennis teams Day 8
Saturday 16th August - […]

The Chinese are thanking their lucky stars that Jamie Oliver has chosen not to play at the Olympic Games this year in Beijing. Otherwise their chances of winning the gold medal would have been much smaller.

Take a look at Jamie in action!

Searching for Bobby Fischer
A Must Watch Movie
If you want to be inspired then do yourself a favour and get a copy of Searching for Bobby Fischer for your DVD collection, you’ll be watching it more than once. It is one of my all time favourite films and although the itis based around chess, the themes […]

It has taken us longer than expected but we have finally got our artwork all organised to the specification required by the printers for our Serving Secrets Revealed DVD.

Here are the final images. This means that the DVD will be ready for posting out to everyone really soon! Thanks for you patience.

Serving Secrets Revealed DVD […]

So you think you are good with a Ping Pong Ball? Well take a look at this hugely popular YouTube video which has been viewed over 2 million times!

Are these guys for real? How on earth did they manage to do what they have done?

Have you ever seen a player use a shoe as a bat? How about a massive bat that your opponent simply can’t hit past?

Ping Skills performs exhibitions from time to time and here are some great highlights that are highly entertaining.

Ping Skills has now joined MonkeySee giving you an extra option to view our coaching videos. At the moment we have one video loaded but there will be more to come.
To have a look at the video go to MonkeySee.
We would love to hear your feedback about the new site.

Table Tennis while played indoors can still be effected by the changes in the weather. The most marked differences are the effects on the rubber.
Temperature
The different temperature of your rubber effects the elasticity and therefore how ‘lively’ the rubber is. In hot weather the bat will be faster and you may find […]

Ping Skills has a new logo
Ping Skills now has a new logo thanks to Jack Tse, a graphic designer from the US. We now have a sporty, fun and professional logo to really enhance the entire site.
All of us here at Ping Skills would like to thank Jack for his professionalism, enthusiasm and outstanding work. […]

I love the website, but you guys really need a better logo! Is that meant to be some kind of Table Tennis ball? You should see if any of your readers are into graphic design.

Ping Skills LogoIt needs replacing

This is some feedback we have received from one of our readers and we really liked their […]

Ping Skills is proud to present more video lessons!

Ping Skills founders Alois Rosario and Jeff Plumb have been working hard once again to bring you a whole set of new video lessons:

How To Serve (for beginners)
Serve Placement
The Backhand Push
The Forehand Push
The Forehand Topspin Against Block
The Forehand Topspin Against Backspin

We hope you enjoy these lessons presented […]

Jorgan Persson edges out Jean-Michel Saive
Photo courtesy of ITTF

Twenty players based on the world rankings gain direct entry to the Olympic Games with the extra condition that only 2 from any one country can qualify. Due to this condition the last direct place is going to the player ranked 27th. This is where it gets […]

If you have tried to ask a question over the last week you will have noticed that we were having some technical problems and it was not working. Nobody was able to comment on any questions during this time as well due to the error.

The good news is that after a lengthy consultation with my […]

Thanks for all your support in 2007, the site has been receiving more and more visitors each month. We’ve got quite a number of ideas to improve the site in 2008 and we’ll start by adding some more lessons.

Have a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year!

Pingskills has created a new Facebook group. Facebook is becoming increasingly popular and therefore is a great way to promote Table Tennis. So get behind the sport and join our group. We’ve uploaded a couple of our video lessons to kick start the group. Let us know what you think.

Join the Ping Skills Table Tennis […]

For 20 years any new visitor to the Head (Alois’ nickname) household was asked “Have you seen Alois versus Italy?” and then promptly shown this great video. We pick up the match with Alois down 18-12 in the second set after winning the first. In one extremely good point, Alois employs the rarely used “Bird […]

Photo courtesy of ITTF

After a 7 year break from competition, I entered into the Table Tennis Victoria Super League. Being a lot slower and lacking my old level of fitness, I was forced to rely a lot more on my backhand. Although this wasn’t really a choice for me, I noticed that a lot of […]

Photo courtesy of ITTF
A new format

Table Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will for the first time include a teams event. The doubles events have been dropped to accomodate the new format. This has been a controversial decision with many people believing the decision was made to cut the number of medals China can […]

Serving Short with Backspin

Can you serve the ball short with backspin making it bounce twice on the table? That is step 1 of our challenge. The next step is to serve with enough backspin so the ball rolls back into the net. Check out this amazing video of Ma Lin practising his serve. If you […]

Entertainment at it’s best. Check out the Secretin Show and let us know if you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Ping Skills has joined the YouTube Revolution. We’ve put together some highlights from practice matches and have uploaded it for your viewing pleasure. The video runs for just under 2 minutes. Take a look and let us know what you think.

Ping Skills is a Table Tennis website dedicated to helping players of all standards improve their game. The site is packed full of lessons, tips and tricks to make you a better player. It is run by Australian Olympic Table Tennis Coach Alois Rosario and myself - Jeff Plumb. I was fortunate enough to represent […]