Craig Carter takes on Christopher Kek in the 1st match of the PingSkills Classic. Carter’s biggest strength is his awesome backhand. When he can set up the point by playing a third ball attack using his backhand, he will win most of the points. After Carter’s first backhand he has a powerful forehand which he likes to use by pivoting and playing the next ball down the line. Craig’s weakness is that he can become a little inconsistent. Kek’s strength is his forehand loop. For Kek to win this match he’ll need to serve well and then follow up with his favourite forehand third ball attack. When returning he’ll need to stop Carter from attacking (especially with his backhand) by returning the ball short. Kek’s weakness is his lack of power. Watch the match to see who will move into the quarter finals.
I have been using the PingSkills Touch bat (with Yasaka Pryde) for over five months now. Initially I was having trouble adjusting to it’s speed. I felt a lot of simple shots were unnecessarily going over the other side of the table thus losing me a lot of points and some games. I was tempted to return to my old bat. This was even after hitting a lot of balls ( i.e by keeping one part of table against the wall ) to get the feel of the bat.
However as time progressed, by constantly practising (as you suggested) and getting a feel for this bat, I finally got used to it. Now I really like this bat and am only using this one (the longest period I have ever used a single bat). I am sometimes confused whether my hand got used to the bat or whether the bat lost it’s speed. Many a time, I see that even a counterhit to the open end of the table gets the ball past the opponent. I still keep practising hitting a lot of balls though as this helps me to improve even more!
Hi, My name is Raul and I’m a Brazillian guy. I felt PingSkills was the right place for me and since my skills have improved a lot, it makes me like more the guys at PingSkills. For those yet to follow PingSkills, you can be sure they do a great job. And for those who already do, you know what I mean!
We know you love our video responses but we never knew the best way to select which questions to film a response for. Well finally we’ve come up with a great solution, and I think you’re going to like it!
Premium members can now vote on each and every question. We’ll simply total up the votes and each week we’ll pick the 5 highest questions and film an answer for them. It’s great. Simple and fair.
So if you are a premium member, then you’ll notice a new link to the right of each question title which will say “Vote for video response”. Simply click that link and your vote will be counted against that question.
So how do you tell what the current votes are? We’ve got that covered too with a new page so everyone can monitor what questions we’ll be filming answers to next.
So if you’re a premium member, get out and start voting. It’s now up to you to decide what we’ll be filming. If you’re not a Premium member then why not sign up for a free 7 day trial and see if you can benefit from a PingSkills membership?
Table Tennis is gaining a lot of momentum in Australia. Last weekend in Sydney there was a test match between Australia and Korea and SBS was there to report on it. As part of an effort to get more cultures engaging with each other, John Alexander who holds the seat of Bennelong, has lead an initiative to get a Table Tennis table in every school in the area. Watch the video below to find out more. Read the rest of this entry »
Since Simon Gerada started answering questions in our Ask the Coach section, we’ve been getting requests to see a video of Simon in action. Well lucky for us, pbsmick has put together a great highlights package of Simon’s best rallies. Enjoy the video below.
We’re glad to finally announce that the PingSkills Rook Table Tennis bat is back in stock. The PingSkills Rook is a great first “real” bat for those starting to get serious about Table Tennis.
