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How to play the right backhand flick like Fan Zhendong! Okay, so we saw yesterday a detailed video of how to play a backhand like World Champion Ma Long and a forehand topspin like Olympic Champion Zhang Jike. Today we have a new video which demonstrates how to perform the revolutionary...

How to play the right forehand topspin like Zhang Jike! We all know Zhang Jike for his incredible mental strength and determination which has gained the China man an Olympic gold and many World titles, arguably one of the best players of all time and most feared player on the China team...

Great read that may change your mind on what equipment you should be using. https://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/introduction-to-table-tennis-blade-design/

In fiction, it is popular to have a species of shorter creatures, be they aliens or goblins. This lead me to wonder how you could play pingpong with them, without it being grossly unfair. Here is an idea I had for how playing against smaller players might work. Does this sound like a plausible...

Hei Guys! How are you all doing? I will be at the WTTC in Suzhou starting in a few days and after that i will be staying a couple days in Shanghai (untill 15. May) Besides some normal sightseeing (i dont know yet what exactly) and ofc enyoing the food, drinks and people there I thought it'd be...

Just crept over 2 months of play today with the bat that I chose after looking in a thread here. (Shout out to UpSideDownCarl for the help.) My forehand loop is better, and my backhand is VASTLY improved. My blocking is ok, and my serves are enough to give the people I play with trouble... My...

Hey guys. As some of you may know I'm a table tennis coach and so I feel it is important to learn to play all different styles in order to better teach my students. As a result I am fairly competent in a range of styles. I'm around 2000 level USATT playing penhold (with inverted and short pips)...

Hi, i am going to play for my club soon and i need some advice on how to play against short pimple and long pimple thanks.

Hi, I am having some issues with a new racket I bought and my play style. I am wondering if someone could offer some help. Basically my play style and experience can be described as follows: I have played competitively (school, college and university) for close to 9 years. I have never had...

So I understand we all have days when we are not at our best but for me I want to learn how to push myself more. At the weekend I played NJL and at the start I wasn't awful but I wasn't great. Last match of the day we play a team from Norfolk who were by far the best overall team there. There...

Guide to how one should play against the lefty. I didn't write this but I follow the blog and perhaps this could help other people as well :) https://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/playing-against-lefties/ I have copied the summary below: [NOTE: There is much more info on the...

Anyone fancy having an online game of this? Ignore the December date. Here is our attempt

Hi, I`m from Poland and my english is not very good. I`m sorry for my mistakes. I want to play tt in Brescia, Italy at the winter holidays. I look for small gym and a player with who i can play. My level is not too good but I can play. Is there someone of this area with who i could train?

I was just wondering exactly how thickness of rubbers effect there play style. Thanks

Hey guys Is there an easy way to follow the ITTF schedule with the various tournaments. It's fantastic that the ITTF streams the events free but its really difficult to find a schedule for play or even a list of upcoming matches for the day. ALso any place to get alerts via email etc for...

http://thoughtsontabletennis.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/playing-against-long-pimples/

Hi Everyone, I recently came across a post where someone mentioned that kiso hinoki blades like Tibhar H39 and hinoki blades from Darker are not suitable for all players. Well, this is true for all kind of blades, isn't it?. But in general, I am interested in knowing from all, that what kind of...

Hello guys, i am a young player from slovakia ..... but i started playing late :( anyways i know i woulnd't be able to replace those missing youth years but i enjoy the game a lot nevertheless, and i want to be the best as i can. Through summer i am playing 4-5 times a week 2 to 3 hours...

I thought it would be interesting to hear about what play styles people has. I like to have a very strong forehand like Dimitrij Ovtcharov and serve like Jun Mizutani.

Can you help me out find the best blade to attack far from the table and to give the ball a lot of spin