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This has happened before in some pretty prominent leagues. With respect to some of the smaller games where people can bet on-line, my advice is don't. A lot of these matches are fixed with the participants told beforehand who is allowed to win and lose.

Practice as much as humanly possible. Pros spend 1 hour a day serving. 1 hour a day on physical training. Then they usually have 2 separate 3 hour practice sessions. Practice. Practice. Practice. Also use your head. If you keep missing certain shots, figure out why and practice those...

If you start playing late there is zero chance of becoming a professional. I know of precisely one person who started playing full time at age 13 who became top 50 in the world. One. Most players start extremely young. One of my friends has wins over some of the top players in China but was...

What if while dismantling the racket, the ittf ruins it? This new procedure is insane. But its the ittf so it is par for the course.

I think better players should get tables with more room because they tend to move a lot more than beginners. At my club, I would politely ask the beginners to move to a different table and explain the reason why. Most of the time they comply but if they don't, I am not going to force them to...

I play both and there are lots of examples of famous guitar players who started playing later in life. I know of precisely one person who first started playing at 13 (ie he was 13 the first time he picked up a racket) and achieved a world class level. ONE. Everytime I hear a story "well so and...

Once you are done with the EJ phase, you can move on to the GJ or TJ phase. GJ's change their grip nonstop. They worry if they should keep the same grip for FH and BH or switch grips and which grips to use in different situations. This can be a nightmare to go through. Then you can also go...

You need to learn both and use both in matches. Even Aruna who can loop faster than 99% of the pros will slow loop from time to time to throw off his opponent. I know some professional players who vary the spin of their loops while the motion of the stroke and speed of the ball look similar...

Both are important but if your technique is garbage then playing matches will only take you so far. Playing matches can be useful in finding weaknesses so you can practice them during your other training sessions. Another thing you need to consider are your goals. If you want to beat someone...

In the northeast of the USA, the coaches won't do anything unless they get paid. If you asked pretty much any coach to feed you multiball for free, you would be laughed out of the club. Some people coach 8 hours a day and it is their only job. They are too exhausted to do things for free...

Any professional player will loop a long push into oblivion. You want to get better long term right? Then any long push that comes your way MUST BE LOOPED. If you miss now, eventually you will figure it out and become a much better player in the long run. If you miss, odds are you misread the...

I would avoid that like the plague. Unless you are a professional player, the potential long term side effects are not worth it.

Massimo Costantini is really smart, especially when putting together match strategies. In my opinion he is one of the top coaches in the world.

Where are you staying in NYC? Manhattan? Queens? Some of the clubs in NYC are rather spread out. If you are willing to travel to Princeton NJ, there are many MLTT professional players there who coach. When are you coming as well because there is a camp occuring run by 3-4 players of the...

I guess this depends on the players level and their physical preferences. Hardly anyone plays choppers with their backhand, so I would say in general the forehand loop off underspin is much easier than with the backhand. The backhand seems to have less flexibility and requires more precise...

In America a pretty decent player (2700+) wrote to a company for sponsorship and was told they only sponsored people who were top juniors or ranked 100th or better in the world. At the time, outside of the juniors, that meant they would only potentially sponsor 3 people in the USA. You...

Way to go guys! Congrats on the WR!

For me, the handle can feel different during a training session because of the excess water thus effecting the way I hold my racket which causes all kinds of problems. I am not sure if my hands are swelling or the blade is so wet the handle is changing shape slightly. The racket would just sit...

The problem is so bad with some people, even watching table tennis on TV will cause their palms to sweat like a torrential downpour. If someone's hands are wet with no racket in their hand, how can they hold the racket even looser? If I held my racket looser, I would kill at least 3 people at...

If you have the problem bad, most gels are useless. There are gels doctors can prescribe that have tons of aluminum in them and probably aren't good for you considering connections between aluminum and neurological issues. Playing with the glove is like night and day. No slippage. I can...