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That's weird - I copy and pasted the links, but somehow they got changed. FIXED! Thanks for catching that. -Larry Hodges

This is a very good question that comes up regularly for players and coaches. And sorry about the long response – once I get going I can’t stop! 😊 Momentum in table tennis is mostly a combination of confidence and tactics, as well as fitness for older or out-of-shape players. It’s also a...

Now that you've had a chance to get over your sarcasm high, did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, a better response (to me or anyone else who shows up) might have been, "Hi Larry, glad to see you here! Why not join some of our discussions here?”

I used to post a lot on various TT forums but I got tired of dealing with sarcastic trolls. I spend 50 years studying and teaching the sport, spend huge amounts of time writing over a thousand of coaching articles and many books, and when I let people know here that my new table tennis book is...

Nope, I'm comfortably retired due to high book sales, though I still stay active coaching and writing. I simply posted it to let people know my newest book is out. (I have another one coming June 15, a humorous Seussian rhyming children’s picture book that introduces table tennis to kids. When...

Even Yet Still More Table Tennis Tips, the fifth and likely final book in my Tips series, is now on sale at Amazon for just $14.95. It’s another 150 Tips of the Week, put together in logical fashion in 148 pages. (Here’s where you can find all of my books, including the first four books in the...

Done. I thought I'd try here first since this forum is more active. -Larry

What's a good club in Toronto, CAN, where I could play some matches with players in my range (2100 in US ratings)? I will be there Nov. 5-10 (Tue-Sat), and am hoping to play some matches perhaps on Wed, Thu, or Fri nights. If there's a junior program, I could also help out as a practice partner...

The 48 hours above went by, and the issue wasn't fixed. For nearly a week now my full-time job has been "Chatting with Register.com and Godaddy.com." I spent more hours with them this morning - and Godaddy finally figured it out. Apparently, Godaddy hosted my site "on an old operating system,'...

Just an update - I spent much of the last two days chatting with agents from Godaddy and Register.com about the issue. They told me they fixed the issue yesterday (after 90 minutes of chatting with tech support), but it would need four hours to propagate. It didn't. This morning they said...

Wow - this is the first I've heard of this. When I put the address into my desktop or laptop computers (with Chrome and Edge), it goes to my site. Does anyone else have this problem? Here's the link: www.tabletenniscoaching.com -Larry Hodges

No problem, and glad you liked the book! The Spirit of Pong -Larry Hodges

After a five-week absence due to travel, I'm back to blogging every Monday. This week I wrote about the upcoming US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Inductions and Banquet in Houston on Oct. 10 (I'll be there) and a number of other TT segments. If anyone has suggestions on future blog topics, let me...

“First Galactic Table Tennis Championships,” by Larry Hodges, is likely the world’s first science fiction table tennis novelette. Published by New Myths Magazine on June 16, 2024, the 10,000-word story has aliens from around the galaxy converging on Beijing for the Championships. The story is...

My new book is out at Amazon!!! It’s 133 pages, with 109 pictures and illustrations. There have been many instructional books on singles, but rarely more than perhaps a few pages on doubles. So, if you like doubles, this is for you! (I’ve won a lot of doubles titles, but more importantly, I’ve...

That didn't take long - IT'S UP!!! Here's the page for both print and kindle. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C87C1H8C -Larry Hodges

Kindle version was finalized today, should be public probably tomorrow. I'll post when it's up. -Larry Hodges

I put together a Series page, which has all four books in the series together. This makes it more convenient to see or buy all four. I wanted to put in a discount for buying all four, but alas, it wasn't an option. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8W5SMVH?binding=paperback -Larry Hodges

My new book is out, "Yet Still More Table Tennis Tips"! It’s the fourth in my Tips series and my 20th book overall. 162 pages. Here’s the description from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C87C1H8C Here are all my books, both table tennis and science fiction...

This is a pretty funny thread. Of course, I had nothing to do with the Aspect Ratio rule, have no opinion on it and didn't know about it until after it was passed, and had nothing to do with any repeal of a glue ban. Most of what he wrote is made up. James Z is, of course, the infamous Sjan...