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Hi TableTennisDaily Forum members Tom Lodziak here. I’m doing some research into which rubbers are most popular amongst the amateur table tennis community.I’ve created a very short survey, which will take less that two minutes to complete. In the survey I ask which rubber you currently use on...

Here's a video I made on precisely this issue a couple of years ago. It may help...

Simple exercise. Push a table (any table, any size) against a wall. Gently keep a rally going playing against the wall with your backhand. Start slow, keep your wrist relaxed and play the shot quite close to the body. Gradually build up the speed, whilst maintaining high consistency. This will...

Not much happening with the Cambridge league. Main issue is with lack of venues like elsewhere in the UK. But we are able to reopen our club next week- hooray! If there is no local league this season, I might try to organise a club singles league, so we can have some competitive play.

Thanks for your positive feedback. Always makes me happy! There seems to be more and more players and coaches posting online table tennis lessons. This is great, as we all approach table tennis from a different perspective - so you get lots of different ideas and techniques to try out. You...

It's tough. I have stopped all 1-1 and group coaching. I basically decided to take two months off and hope things start to go back to normal in June. I did have a player suggest watching him play with a robot via a live stream and suggesting feedback. But this is difficult to do well without...

The AGR rubber doesn't feel that hard. I tried Rhyzer Pro 50, which was too hard for me. I couldn't play with this at all. But AGR feels a bit more like Rhyzer 48, but faster and more spin generation.

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...