Table Tennis Blog

Basic Rules
There are 4 extra rules when you play doubles:
1. You must take it in turns to hit the ball
2. You can only serve from your right hand box to diagonally. You never serve from your left box.
3. When you serve, you serve to the same side and to the same player for both of […]

Timeout!Photo courtesy of ITTF
Use Your Timeout Effectively

One of the big changes in Table Tennis has been the ability to use a timeout. The rule is starting to be used effectively now that players and coaches are getting used to the concept.

In it’s infancy, players would save their timeout till the end of the match […]

There have been many rule changes in Table Tennis over the years. One of the latest has been the rule where if the ball is out of play and you volley it you don’t lose the point.
This is a rule that has proved effective at the top level of Table Tennis but at the […]

Photo courtesy of ITTF

As soon as someone hits the ball on the full in Table Tennis the point is over. However the person who hit the ball on the full does not always lose the point. To determine who wins the point you need to identify if the ball was hit over the table or […]

You can’t change your bat during a match - it’s the rules

At this years Australian Open William Henzell was leading Simon Gerada 3 sets to 1 and 10-3 in the 5th set. Simon Gerada was agitated about being down 7 match points and hit his racket which subsequently broke. Simon then conceded the match to […]