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It depends on each child. Is he generally sporty or competitive. If yes, keep it fun and competitive at first. Competitive also means pushing himself. Can he hit the ball 5, 10 times in a row and so on? Can he make an off-table backspin return? If you are worried about technique, take them to a...

Just be happy that your obsession is Table tennis. Think of those poor sods who really love cars, for example. Those guys can get into serious debt just to have the latest (whatever) on their car.

I'll serve first from now on if given the chance..... The statistic that is most relevant to me is that whichever player gets a 3point lead at any time in a game is more likely to win that game. In practice or self-umpired games, I tend to give away the serve as it helps me to keep track of...

Isn't that blade the old Stiga Allround now branded as Yasaka? I was once told that this blade is made in the same factory as the old stigas before Banda bought them. Stiga used to brand some as Yasaka and others as Alser etc. Any Stiga experts can confirm?

Recommending Sriver/MarkV plus allround blade (usually Stiga) is not careless pundit thinking. There are many sound and proven reasons why this combination is probably best for beginners and the advanced allround game-play. The top boys don't use it as the Spring sponge rubbers have taken over...

In the old days the coaches all said that we must hit the ball at the #1 position. These days, opinions seem to vary and CNT players seem to specialise in the #2 but some even choose to hit at the #3. So which are you, and where on the bat do you advise players to strike the ball?

I'd much prefer that we go back to the 38mm ball and restrict the bats in order to slow the game. But it's early days with the plastic balls. The manufacturers are trying to claw back their R&D and manufacturing equipment investment costs. The experimentation will continue for another couple of...

Absolutely not true... Let's not get into this race/colour thing. Caribbean and American athletes do well in sprinting because they have great coaches and they work hard at it. Sprinting has always been the glamour event at the Olympics, so naturally it tends to attract more athletes willing...

Pushers and chisellers No need for Club players to bother as it's almost nonexistent for a game to get to expedite with 'normal' players. It usually occurs when 2 pushers, sometimes called chisellers, get on the table and start pushing immediately. The funny thing is that once expedite is...

Maybe it's my low level technique but..... When comparing the two rubbers..... Airoc M > easy to perform passive block. Loops have decent spin and speed. Good control on pushes/chops. Poor at flicks. Tenergy 05 > blocking (during match play) needs high skill to be consistent. Brilliant for...

Hardly been used Most sellers of secondhand Tenergy describe said rubber as, "hardly been used"

The groups did not finish quickly as per the calculations re time per match. It could be that the strokes and rallies were just that bit longer as compared to using the celluloid ball. Plus the constant ball changes due to breakages and malformations didn't help. I guess organisers will have to...

By the way, I umpired my last match at 10:30pm. That's a record late night for me. The band 1 final was still being played. It probably finished about 11:00pm.

Way to go, son! Hometown boy did well :-) BTW, look at the bottom right hand corner of the picture and note the person featured on the poster> My only comment is, what a devastatingly handsome umpire :-)

It's not true. Players and fans are not silly. Amateur players in any sport buy what the pros promote for all kinds of reasons. There are tons of marketing books and internet material out there that explains why buyers buy stuff promoted by whomever. edit: I was really referring to the post...

Do they keep the suits? Those lads really look good ready for a night on the town.

Nice new jacket... I need some help with my backhand. Can you ask ZJK to pop over and give me a lesson?

Please search for that video and post the link. That sounds absolutely hilarious.

Very interesting editing. It helps to illustrate the message without being overly flashy.

Aaaaaaaarrrghhh!! :-)