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  1. CHINA confirm players for the 2017 World Championship!

    The grueling China Trials for the upcoming World Championships came to a close last week. China have officially confirmed their players for this years World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. China's squad below who will represent China at the singles event at the 2017 World...
  2. Players income in 2017

    The 2017 ITTF World Tour started in mid-January and some tournaments already took place. We have written an article titled: "2017 ITTF World Tour: How much will Ma Long & Company make". It's an analysis about the estimated amounts of money that some of the top players could earn this season...
  3. Can you recognize these CNT players when they were kids?

    Can you recognize these players when they were kids?
  4. Videos That Show the Distance Players Stand From the Table?

    It's hard to judge distances on those 3/4 overhead views most matches are filmed from... does anyone have a good selection of videos from the side view that show how far back the pro players stand? Both male and female?
  5. Pro players that don't boost

    I' ve recently read the following Airoc's post in the " Samsonov equipment" thread: "... he - according to a pro player source - does not boost" It came as a real surprise to me and I thought that this kind of information deserves a thread on its own ( just because I like gossiping about stuff...
  6. Funniest Table Tennis Players in History

    Who is the funniest table tennis player in your opinion? Jean-Michel Saive, Jacques Secrétin, Vincent Purkart, Chen Weixing, Bruno Parietti, Takkyuu Geinin, Adam Bobrow and many others ?
  7. Looking for Chinese players / Chinese TT clubs in London

    I am playing at my local clubs but keen to meet up other Chinese players in London or join a club with lots of Chinese players in London. Can anyone help? I would say my skill level is around Div 6 of local league. Not a advance player but motivate to learn and improve.
  8. Can European players compete with the Chinese?

    It's been 17 years since China was defeated by a European country and 14 years since a European took a world title. Stephane Ouaiche Photo via: 2017JO./ DDM, N.Dumoulin I've looked at Europe's best young talents this includes: 1. Simon Gauzy (France) 2. Tristan Flore (France) 3. Stephane...
  9. Top 10: Best points of chilean players 2016

    In this post you will see the best points of chilean players in the year 2016. All the point were played in official competitions: Latin America Olympic Qualification, National and University tournaments.
  10. Controversial: Why amateur table tennis players so fat?

    I have tried many sports in recent times. Whenever I am playing with mates from other Sport fields, never have I seen the scale of overweight and obese people. I am trying to figure out the reasons for it, even chess professionals maintain a high level of fitness to sustain their performance...
  11. China testing new players at Austria Open

    There are some new players in world tour from china, do they think about retirement of golden 3?
  12. Leaked players equipment from European Championships 2016

    I cannot say how I got this information but I thought some of you may find it interesting. I have got the players equipment from the recent ETTC with some stats to. No. Name Country RED BLACK BLADE 1 Habesohn, Daniel AUT Tenergy 05 Tenergy 05 2 Fegerl, Stefan AUT Tenergy 05...
  13. The muscles of table tennis players

    Saw this post on another forum and thought it would be fun to have it on ttd. A collection of muscular players. Jun Mizutani Simon Gauzy Kenji Matsudaira Ma Long Zhang Jike Quadri Aruna Andy Pereria Fan Zhendong Chuang Chih Yuan Dimitrij Ovtcharov Oshima...
  14. Recruiting for Table Tennis Players!

    Hello fellow members! I am currently recruiting participants for an online experiment as part of my dissertation that involves measuring reaction times in table tennis players. If you have competed at Local / National / International level, then please leave a comment below specifying which...
  15. Powerball exercises for table tennis players

    A while ago I bought a Powerball for what I thought were early RSI symptoms, but didn't really use it. Shortly after I didn't have to spend that much time behind the PC anymore, so the symptoms didn't get any worse anyway. Recently I noticed it lying on the shelf collecting dust, and I got a...
  16. Feeding left handed players

    Hi As a right handed player I am not sure how to feed a left handed player . All the videos I see all show right to right. Feeding short to a left hander forehand seems impossible
  17. 44 Players in 2016 Rio Olympics Are Chinese Born

    A new article has been released on the nytimes.com website about how of the 172 table tennis players playing at the Rio Olympic Games, at least 44 were born in China. You can read the full article here. A table below by nytimes.com displays this: What's everyone's opinion on this? IS this a...
  18. Players Complain about the Poor Quality of the Ball Used in Rio!

    I posted this in the Rio Olympics thread in response to a query about this article. But then I thought, perhaps this merits its own thread. What do you guys think about this issue getting this kind of exposure in a news source like the New York Times? The New York Times article has various...
  19. Branson Missouri, Any players within an hour of here?

    I've been searching quite a bit for a club to play near Branson Missouri, but I'm yet to find any. Are there any players within an hour of here that are able to play or do any of you by chance know of a club to play at? I'll be there for a week.
  20. Any players around California/Vegas/San Fran for a knock?

    Hi guys, Abit of a long shot but I`m going to be heading around California for a month on Tuesday and am planning on documenting the trip on my GoPro. Surfing, skydiving etc and I want to try and get some TT footage in there as well! :) I wondered if there are any clubs/players (Or anywhere to...
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