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Today I tried these gloves in practice and they make a tremendous difference. There is absolutely no slippage. Serves are much easier to do as is every single aspect of the game. Get the racketball gloves for $19.99: https://www.bionicgloves.com/

If your brother has only been playing for 18 months or so, I don't think they need to find any magical coach in China or Korea to work with them. They need volume now. That is to say see if you can find a place they can play 6-8 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. Maybe they can get 1 hour of...

Right now when you aren't feeling well, just view practice as physical training. If losing annoys you, as it does most people, just do drills and have fun controlling the ball. Rather than focus on power, see if you can control the arc of the ball. Vary the spin, vary the height, vary the...

You need both a large group of players and a good coach to guide you to reach your full potential. Showing up for group training without a coach or only playing 1 on 1 with a coach will end in disaster. If your technique is lacking then it is probably better to spend time with a coach to fix...

100% unquestionably an edge. Unreal that Gauzy claimed side and even more unreal that the ref gave in.

I find playing long pips pretty easy unless the player completely outclasses me. However I would still ban them from play. Table tennis is already viewed as a sideshow by the general public and seeing long pips in action is just going to turn off most spectators. It makes table tennis look...

New article about Princeton qualifying for the playoffs: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/the-revolution-is-here-princeton-advances-to-the-playoffs-with-stellar-performance-in-front-of-rabid-home-court-fans

Since you are in the USA, I would say take the money you would spend on hotel and airfare and get a coach in the USA. Unless you are willing to spend a ton of money to train with a province team, you are just wasting your time. Training in China is very hit or miss. I traveled to China to...

New article from MPH on the upcoming MLTT matches: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/lawrenceville-were-coming-for-you

Bingo! We have a winner.

New developments in MLTT: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/breaking-news-floridas-matilda-ekholm-signed-by-florida-marlins-as-lefty-middle-relief-pitching-prospect

Some exciting information on who is playing during this weekend's matches: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/thats-no-moonthats-a-fully-armed-and-operational-death-star-western-division-roster-reveal

New update on the MLTT blog: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/a-farewell-to-texas-and-to-10-years-of-our-expected-lifespan

Review of this weekend's matches: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/daytona-beach-was-a-total-blast-carolina-and-florida-show-off-chicago-shows-up-princeton-shown-out

In the USA the only realistic way to make money is through coaching and/or running a club. Many players who could be in the top 10 just stop playing tournaments to coach full time because that is where the money is at. I know of a few local coaches making $400+ a day coaching. Why would they...

Some updates on players in the MLTT league who will miss matches because of the Pan-Am games: https://www.majorponghead.com/blog/six-mltt-teams-have-athletes-repping-at-2023-pan-am-games

There are actually a lot of players in your situation. Once people are done playing, you could just ask one if you could hit for 5-10 minutes. Usually the player will say yes. Another thing to do is to get someone's phone number and then arrange to play with them the next session at a fixed...

Some predictions on the upcoming season of Major League Table Tennis: https://www.majorponghead.com/

I am around 6'1 and when I went to China to train they rarely encountered anyone my size. My coach insisted I play as low as possible with my knees bent at almost 90 degrees. This was painful. My legs at the time were ridiculously strong as I could rack most leg machines and lift as much as...

Table tennis is unlike other sports in that you absolutely must start playing seriously at a young age. You also need to play 6-8 hours a day to reach your full potential. China has the best system for this and has lots of practice players to develop upcoming players. Take 10,000 kids and...