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Surely this is not a case of doing one thing instead of the other? Is it not better to use your superior technique and apply it to an opponent's weakness? Then you have a much better chance of winning. I have many times seen players with far superior technique but poor tactics lose to players...

Nice one! I wrote a blog post last month where I shared my thoughts on Timo Boll's major strengths (http://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/play-like-timo-boll/). Could you ask him what he thinks his three biggest strengths are and why?

Hi all I like to make notes about my opponents (see my article here: http://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/make-notes-about-opponents/) I find it a really useful way to anaylse my performance and develop tactics against specific opponents. But I feel like I'm in the minority. Does anyone else...

Awesome. Thanks pgpg. I'll pass this info on.

Hi all Does anyone know of a good table tennis coach in Boston, MA? Trying to find out information for a user on my website. Thanks, Tom

I enjoy watching tennis. Easy to follow with the bigger courts and balls. I also quite like the extra drama you get with the scoring system. You need minimum of four points to win a game, which means you get frequent min-dramas. Will a player hold his serve or be broken? And watching Federer...

Great discussion. I coach a lot of adults here in the UK. And there is lots of good points above, which I won't repeat, but generally agree with. One thing I will add is this... With the adults I coach, I put a big emphasis on the player taking ownership of his/her own development. I have...

If I find myself in this situation, I just tell myself to get the ball on the table. This may mean a more passive return - a push return for a backspin serve or a block return for a topspin serve. I want to make my opponent play another shot and beat me, rather than just gifting him a cheap...

Sounds to me like your service isn't actually the issue. You describe lots of service variations, so it's not as though you need more variations. But you could probably benefit from using the variations more effectively. I doubt your opponent could return all of your serves equally well, so as...

@Tinykin - that made me laugh out loud in my office. Brilliant!

Here's my new blog post on the topic of playing stronger opponents. I felt the need to write this after my team suffered a 10-0 loss last week. Ouch! In truth, none of the matches were close, apart from the doubles, when we were already losing the tie 9-0. This thrashing was a good reminder...

Thanks Trismegistus. I appreciate your help.

Thanks all. This is why the TTD website is great. So much TT knowledge. I have found another stat that Ma Long is 17-0 against Ovtcharov. This was from the Ma Long wikipedia page. Is this trustworthy do you think? Any does anyone know what Ovtcharov's head to head is against Xu Xin?

Oh wise ones! I am writing a new article for my website. For the article, I’d like to use a head to head statistic for Ovtcharov vs Fan Zhendong. BUT I CAN’T ANYTHING. Grrr. Does anyone know what the head to head score is or know where I could find out? Any help would be really appreciated...

Here's a list of table tennis shops in the UK, which I know about. As others have mentioned, all of these you will need to order online, unless you want to take a trip to Tees Sport. http://www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/table-tennis-shops/table-tennis-shops-in-uk/ If you know of any others...

Some really nice tips from Larry. The key one for me is "Keep the ball in play with well-placed shots". If I'm the weaker player, I just try to keep in the rally with good placement - making the other players feel uncomfortable if I can and then my partner has the opportunity to finish the...

There is an easier way, what I like to call the "Timo Boll" method. This stroke is more vertical, with a smaller swing. Admittedly, it is nowhere near as powerful as Chinese style loops in the video you posted. But it's a heck of a lot easier to do and at an amateur level, will be more than...

You're doing great for someone who has never had any coaching. Well done.

Hi Gourav Thanks for posting. Two obvious areas of improvement for me: 1. Your backhand Your game is quite unbalanced - very strong forehand and weaker backhand. If I was coaching the other player in the video, I would tell him to keep playing to your backhand. He does actually do this more...

A lot of good advice here already. As UpSideDownCarl has mentioned your shadow stroke looks good, but then you change your stroke when actually contacting the ball. The biggest thing for me is your bat angle. In your shadow play, your bat angle is more horizontal. When you start doing the...