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In the USA the only realistic way to make money is through coaching and/or running a club. Many players who could be in the top 10 just stop playing tournaments to coach full time because that is where the money is at. I know of a few local coaches making $400+ a day coaching. Why would they...

Some updates on players in the MLTT league who will miss matches because of the Pan-Am games: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/six-mltt-teams-have-athletes-repping-at-2023-pan-am-games

There are actually a lot of players in your situation. Once people are done playing, you could just ask one if you could hit for 5-10 minutes. Usually the player will say yes. Another thing to do is to get someone's phone number and then arrange to play with them the next session at a fixed...

Some predictions on the upcoming season of Major League Table Tennis: https://www.majorponghead.com/

I am around 6'1 and when I went to China to train they rarely encountered anyone my size. My coach insisted I play as low as possible with my knees bent at almost 90 degrees. This was painful. My legs at the time were ridiculously strong as I could rack most leg machines and lift as much as...

Table tennis is unlike other sports in that you absolutely must start playing seriously at a young age. You also need to play 6-8 hours a day to reach your full potential. China has the best system for this and has lots of practice players to develop upcoming players. Take 10,000 kids and...

Table tennis has 4 problems: 1) If you do not start playing seriously from a young age, reaching a decent (2600) playing level is impossible. Even at 2600 a serious professional will make you look like an idiot when you play them. 2) The sport is too expensive. $25/hr for table time...

Festus Ayinde from Nigeria did this in the 80s. I assume other players did it as well back then but it just wasn't as popular. Maybe it was harder with the 38mm ball.

Most pro players coming from overseas to the USA know this is a death sentence for their game. They can coach and make money. Practicing seriously is out of the question. And to the surprise of many, practicing 3 hours a day is not practicing seriously for a professional player. People can...

If you aren't on a team and getting paid for your results, then how you play is up to you. You say you have fun chopping and it is what you like to do, then do it. If you want to maximize your ability to beat other people, then you might want to change styles. But you said you have fun...

Am I reading this correctly? The guy is 19 and retiring from the 2nd national team to go to the Beijing University of PE? Why? Unless he is injured and cannot compete anymore, he could play tournaments and earn a decent living in China. I know people in China who "attended" sports...

Do not buy a powerpong. Mine broke after only 2 weeks of use and they wanted a lot of money to have it fixed. It is completely ridiculous. Also the customer service is very lacking. Butterfly is an established entity and I would assume things would go a lot more smoothly with them. I regret...

Be careful buying the Powerpong. I paid a lot for extra faster shipping (3 days) and mine arrived 12 days later. When I complained they explained it wasn't their fault but wasn't offered a refund for my shipping. After about 20 days of use, it broke. I have to pay over $200 to have it fixed...

Does anyone else think Xu Xin is injured in his left leg? It looked to me like he was afraid to put all his weight on it and push off.

I think the rating system in the US is very problematic. You can get readjusted or not readjusted arbitrarily. If you have no rating and play one match and lose, you are assigned a rating of the player you lost to minus 10 points. So if someone off the street played Kanak Jha and lost 11-0...

Tahl's opponent (Xi Sheng) is rated close to 2800 and the only reason he is rated that low is that he didn't play enough in the USA when he was visiting here. He was undefeated during his stay. He played for the Hubei team in the Chinese national championships which placed 3rd: He even won...

That blade handle looks awesome!

Amen! I am currently watching a player, who was formerly ranked top 5 in the world, coach their young child. They mainly feed multi-ball and say very, very little. Kids don't have a lot of control over their bodies and just naturally find the best ways to do things for their body type. The...

Can someone explain the Yoo Nam Kyu resignation to me? It sounds like he wanted to determine the Olympic team through many (infinite?) competitions and someone recorded him? What? And he got into trouble?????

I watched the video and think that it can be useful for a lot of players. There are 10,000,000 ways to hit the ball and what is optimal for you might not be the optimal motion predicted by physics or math. Even if your motion is optimized using physics, how much better is it and can you...