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Check out this latest video measuring the speed of the table tennis ball! Olympic bronze silver medalist Dimitrij Ovtcharov hits the ball at a staggering 122kph! Can you hit faster? :)

This week the ITTF have announced that from July 2013 on wards there will be the introduction of the new 'poly' balls to be used in all ITTF competitions. The ball will replace the present celluloid ball. A recent study by the ITTF which was approved by BoD2012 have been testing the new...

just got a new ball from the manufacturer i will try it tonight

Hey everyone! This is a quick magic trick I did with a table tennis ball. I was with Tony West backstage at the World Championships of Ping Pong 2013. Check it out! -LEON http://www.LEONmagician.com/

I know our fellow forum member, T!Christian, has entered this competition prior to us entering and so, I want to give him props because he gave me inspiration to try making a video to enter the comp as well, JUST to see if I could win or not, though very much a very unlikely chance! Because of...

In the video below you can see Zhang Jike and Xu Xin selecting a table tennis ball before their next match in the World Championships. This usually happens away from a spectators view point so this video is interesting. Does anyone know why Zhang Jike does this? I wonder if other top players put...

This is my first post here. I started a free online petition a few months ago on different forums. Please help by signing the petition, it is FREE to sign. Please help spread the word to everyone you can! My quest to stop the ITTF from mandating the ball change was also printed in the...

Butterfly are doing a fantastic promotional event to win some amazing prizes so check this out! ***The Competition has expanded, now across Europe and Russia*** Butterfly have now expanded this incredible competition across Europe-wide (including Russia) and doubled the number of prizes which...

I just stumbled across a ball being auctioned from the London 2012 Olympics on their memorabilia website! :) Check it out here Photo by: memorabilia.london2012.com Theres 9 days to go. An official ball used in the Women's Team Table Tennis semifinals match 1 between Singapore and Japan at the...

Hi all, Can someone tell me why a ball will float around in warm weather? We don't get much of it here in England, so when we do get it, the ball floating all over the place can really throw my game out! Also, if the ball floats around in warm weather, what happens in cold conditions?

I saw this and thought discussion on the subject would be interesting. http://tabletennis.about.com/od/rants-opinions-philosophy/a/Protesting-Against-Plastic-Ping-Pong-Balls.htm It is worth reading the article. But I will post one part of it that is pertinent here: "Take a Stand and Sign...

How hard can you hit a table tennis ball? We want to have a go on one of these :) Which player do you think would be able to hit the ball the hardest on one of these? We think Ma Lin :)

Hey, guys! Can someone explain to me why ITTF decided to change the ball?? Wasn´t the previous ball ok? And what is gonna change with this?? Thankss

TableTennisDaily member Mitz was at the Spanish Open World Tour 2012 between 18th to 22th April and had the opportunity to record Jun Mizutani testing the new plastic ball. In Mitz words "I think it's a cool stuff, because it was a curious situation, Mizutani was warming up when Samsonov launchs...

Some one has a Pic's of the Old Plastic Ball,I think it was during the 40'-50's It was a Halix balls, but I am not sure? the New plastic ball does not spin,it's not round, does not bounce well it bounces high,it's cracks after it play's 6 times, same as the old one's , that why it was...

The new table tennis ball is expected to be put in place by 2014 in International competition. TTEDGE and TableTennisDaily member William Henzell did a review on the new table tennis ball. William Henzell was given a few packs of the new 'plastic' ball by Wang Liqin at the recent World Team...

I am a new member. My coach always tells me to watch her paddle when I have TT training with her. On the internet TT forum, others suggested to watch the incoming ball. I think when you watch the incoming ball it might be too late to move into the right position to hit the ball than to watch...

This summer England's Darius Knight (World Rank: 239) travelled to China for the China Open 2011 Pro Tour. On route to the Pro Tour Darius practised from the 10th-28th August in the Chinese National Junior 2nd Team. Below is part 1 of the video that Darius sent me. Knight is training for the...

A reply from the ITTF President from a Table Tennis fan. Question On 4/12/2011, at 2:13 PM, Lorenzo Goossens wrote: Dear Mr. Sharara, Recently you've received an e-mail from Tassie52 of the OOAK forum concerning a couple of issues about the old celluloid and the new poly ball (i.e. the new...

The latest news from the Table Tennis World. Taken from a reliable source from the mytt forum, suppliers have been emailed with this notive recording the new ball. 1. The new POLY balls: The decision taken is that the new POLY balls will be officially used at ITTF events as of 1 July 2013...