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At this stage, I wouldn't stress too much about it. I have coached beginner/improver players who use the Palio Master bat. It's a decent bat for their standard of play. But here's the thing. If you keep playing table tennis, you will end up changing rubbers and blades several times in the first...

Ha! This is how I used to play my backhand when I was 8 years old! I always knew it was a great shot.

A good tactic to try (to begin with) is to push, topspin, push, topspin. The logic is this... You push. The long pimples player pushes back. The ball comes back as float. You topspin. The long pimples player chops back. The ball comes back with heavy backspin. At this point, you could topspin...

I agree with Jaffer. There is no right or wrong, it depends on the style of the player. Personally, I find higher throw much easier to play with. But that is because I have played with high throw for such a long time. All of my strokes are adapted to high throw, so it really is no problem to...

For multi-ball I don't think it makes a huge amount of difference. You can get some decent training balls which are much cheaper than 3 star balls, but you won't tell that much difference in quality when doing multi-ball. Personally, I go for cheaper training balls when I do multi-ball for...

Hi Fabien I recognise what you describe. In fact I wrote about it on my website here. From my experience, I think other players are receptive to doing some purposeful practice. Instead of just playing forward to forehand, I ask the other player if I can spend a few minutes practising...

To celebrate this year’s National Table Tennis Day in UK (on 13 July), I thought I’d share a bit of table tennis love. We table tennis players, coaches and fans all know that table tennis is the best sport in the world. But there are some unbelievers out there who need converting. So I’ve...

How good is your table tennis knowledge? I have 20 questions about table tennis during 2016. Each question has four possible answers for you to choose from. If you don’t know the answer, just have a guess. You have 1 in 4 chance of getting it right! At the end of the quiz you can see how you...

Ovtcharov is so fast. He makes Samsonov look very average. I wonder if Ovtachov will be the player to break the Chinese dominance.

Ovtcharov is so fast. He makes Samsonov look very average. I wonder if Ovtachov will be the player to break the Chinese dominance.

I'm going for Wang Hao. Got a feeling he'll really want to prove himself after defeat to Zhang Jike in Paros.

Thank you. I shall look in to that. Anyone else have any recommendations?

I think in the Men's event Wang Hao will win.

I'm looking to purchase a mid-range table tennis robot for both home use and occasional club use. I have a budget of £900. I am considering these two robots: TT Matic 303 Practice Partner 60 Has anyone used either of these robots? Could you give any feedback? Are there other robots I should...

It will be a shame if looping becomes less effective and just driving/smashing the ball becomes the dominant form of attack. This would make table tennis less entertaining to watch and play. I just want to have a practice with the new ball myself. Anyone know when they will be available for the...

I think in the Men's event Xu Xin will win. I think in the Women's event Ding Ning will win.