The PingSkills T-Shirts are here!

PingSkills T-Shirts

We held our t-shirt competition back in September and ended up choosing 2 great designs. We’re also producing a third style using just our logo.

Click here to visit our online t-shirt store. Each t-shirt has been named after it’s designer. You can choose from the Galaxy, the Angel, or the Classic. You can order the shirts in cotton or dri-fit.

Watch this video to see what they look like on Alois and myself.

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The New PingSkills Table

The new PingSkills table

During the setup of the PingSkills shed, we’ve been using Alois’ old table which was built in 1974. The table also had a very old net which generated a lot of comments. Well now we’ve got a brand new table and a brand new net. Watch this video to see what it looks like.

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The PingSkills Shed

The PingSkills Shed

The PingSkills Shed is nearly fully operational. We thought we’d give you a quick tour of it and show you where we’ll be doing a lot of our filming from now on. Let us know what you think.

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Table Tennis Trick Serves by PingSkills

Table Tennis Trick Serves by PingSkills

Alois and I were fooling around the other day with some trick serves and we’ve put together a quick video of our efforts. Enjoy!

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Jeff Plumb vs Alois Rosario – Who is the best?

Alois Rosario vs Jeff Plumb Table Tennis Match

We’ve had a lot of requests for a match between myself and Alois and along with these requests have been a lot of discussion about who is the better player. Well we finally played a match and I think it clearly shows who is superior.

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Follow our Design Contest for a New PingSkills T-Shirt

99designs

We get a lot of requests about purchasing a PingSkills T-Shirt. We’ve been planning on making these available on our website for some time now but we’ve just never got around to making it happen. Now we getting serious about it. So ….

We’ve launched a contest on 99designs to get a brand new design for our PingSkills T-Shirts. We’re hoping to get something really cool that you can wear when training or just casually. Follow the competition and receive email updates by viewing the competition and then clicking the “Watch” tab. The competition runs for 7 days, after 4 we narrow the competition down to a small group of finalists and then we’ll be seeking your feedback to help us decide on the winning design.

Checkout our T-Shirt competition on 99designs!

Did Getting Faulted Cost Ding Ning Olympic Gold?

Ding Ning

In the London 2012 Olympic Games final, Ding Ning was faulted and some say it cost her Olympic gold. After hearing about this we though it would be a good idea to cover the service rules in some detail so you never get caught out. Watch this video and leave a comment to let us know your thoughts on the Ding Ning faults.
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PingPod #33 – Should we stop the Chinese?

China Dominate in table tennis at the London 2012 Olympic Games

The Chinese have dominated the London 2012 Olympics taking all 4 gold medals plus 2 silvers. Under the current rules this is the best results possible for China. In this PingPod, Alois and I discuss the effect China’s dominance has on people’s interest in table tennis, and whether more should be done to level the playing field.

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PingPod #32 – Can Timo Boll Win The Olympics?

Can Timo Boll Win The Olympics?

Do you think Timo Boll can win in London 2012? Alois breaks down the tactics Timo Boll will need to employ against Zhang Jike if he plays him in the final of the London 2012 Olympics.

A big thank you to the ITTF for allowing us to use the footage from the World Table Tennis Championships. All Rights Reserved to the ITTF. itTV Streaming Courtesy of the ITTF. Make sure you check out the itTV streaming.
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Panda Seeks Ping Pong Glory

Panda Seeks Ping Pong Glory

After Panda made a visit in our last PingPod, we took him to a table tennis centre to see just how good he could be. Well it took some time but we were pleasantly surprised just how much Panda wanted to work and just how good he became. I think you’ll be surprised at the results.

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