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Not sure I can add too much more to what has already been said, but for what it is worth here is my review of using Dynaryz ACC and AGR over the past two weeks... https://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/review-joola-dynaryz-acc-agr-rubbers/

If you are ever in the Cambridge area, please do let me know. We can have some table tennis fun together!

The additional work I'm doing on my legs is helping. I feel lighter and seem to be able to make quicker movements. I'm sure for most observers, my legs footwork still looks pretty hopeless! But if I can improve my footwork by even 10%-20%, then it makes a big difference to me. I have to get the...

100% agree with this. I spend a lot of time coaching beginners, intermediate players and some advanced. Through a long process of trial and error (10+ years), I have refined the way I teach various aspects of table tennis so the messages resonate with most players I coach. I often turn these...

Hello - thought I'd add my thoughts as you've mentioned my video. My thinking has evolved a little since I published this video. So you still need to play a positive stroke (most probably a topspin), but just as important is that you need to read what type of sidespin it is. Really, there is no...

I love these Dan vs Pro matches too. Dan is a really good player. Much better technique than me. I'm sure much better than most people on this forum. But even someone as good as Dan can't get close to these pro players. It really makes you appreciate how damn amazing they are. Great work Dan.

Interesting discussion. Here's my not-fully-developed thoughts... I think we need to accept that table tennis is never going to be a big stadium spectator sport, like football, rugby, basketball, baseball. Does this matter? Not really. There is a beautiful simplicity to football (soccer). Kick...

Last week, I went to the Quarter Final session of the Team World Cup in London. I thought I’d write some light-hearted ramblings about my experience. Stick with it. If you make it all the way to the end of the blog post, please give yourself a big pat on the back...

On reflection I wish I had of said something. I think because I was in the middle of coaching someone, and this guy seemed a bit prickly, I thought it would cause to much disruption. I imagine he would have reacted badly. This wouldn't have been fair on the person I was coaching. But if he comes...

A new guy came to the club last night. He was playing doubles on the table next to me. I was doing a coaching session, but got distracted by this new player. He was giving a lecture (not in a nice way), to an older female player about how to serve legally. Every time she did it wrong he would...

This is an interesting topic. I remember attending a training camp and this topic came up. Some of the pro players at the camp were adamant that drug taking was widespread amongst professionals. This was 10 years ago, so really can't remember the details of the discussion, but I remember feeling...

Hello If your son is adamant on getting a Butterfly bat, you could go for one of these from TeesSport: http://www.teessport.com/table-tennis-bats-c3/butterfly-allround-flextra-table-tennis-bat-p9361...

Hi Alpay - I'm joining this discussion late. I have to say I feel a bit sorry for you. You have big dreams, but the general vibe of this discussion has been to dismiss your dreams and tell you it's not possible to reach WR200. Whilst your dream is very, very difficult to reach (and is probably...

Hello! I'm not in London, but used to live there, so know a few of the clubs. For starters you could try: Morpeth Table Tennis Club: http://www.morpethttc.co.uk/index.html Fusion Table Tennis Club: http://www.fusionttc.co.uk/ Highbury Table Tennis Club: http://www.highburyttclub.co.uk/...

Second half of our season has begun. We are second in top division of our local league. I'm currently on 62% win percentage, which I am happy with. Earlier in the season, I got thumped by a long pimples attacker. Played him again this week and manged to scrape a 3-2 win. Not sure how I won, but...

You're welcome. Very happy to help.

Hello! I'm not as expert on equipment as others on this forum, but I wonder if you should just stick with your previous set-up? The benefit of the Stiga Allround Classic / Kotukatu 868 rubbers combination for your game (at the moment) is that it will help you with the issue of dealing with...

Really good advice. Once you start topspinning these lower division defenders, their game will start to crumble. As they are lower division, they probably don't really have the skills to defend against many topspin attacks. So one or two topspins well placed topspins and you'll win the point.

This is very common. They key thing is what you say here: In training most people do drills and practice of topspin against block. This is definitely good and will help you as you progress to a higher standard. But you also need to spend a lot of time practicing topspin vs backspin. So the...

I definitely understand the appeal. I’m still having a lot of fun developing my two-wing topspin game, but when I get to a stage where I don’t think I can improve my ‘A’ game anymore, I may be tempted to change styles and learn to master long pimples. For me, there is an appeal of going back...