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Hello fellas! After following this Olympics very close, this question came to my mind... Does the athletes' Olympic results count points for the ITTF World Ranking? Thank you all in advance!

Hi everyone. We hope your all enjoying the Rio Olympics! One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is ITTF Marketing Director Steve Dainton. Steve Dainton has had the role as the ITTF Markting director for the last 8 years helping grow and promote table tennis world wide. Steve...

Fantastic news everyone. We have just confirmed that one of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast will be non other than, recently retired, Danish Olympian Michael Maze. Maze is renowned in the sport for his incredible control, feeling and unique style of play. As well as a few...

Hi everyone, One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is world number 26 Panagiotis Gionis! Last season Gionis played for Borussia Dusseldorf in the German Bundesliga alongside Timo Boll. Gionis is a defensive player who has represented Greece at 3 Olympic Games and has played...

Hey guys, we are pleased to announce that one of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily podcast is ITTF president Thomas Weikert. Thomas Weikert became president in September 2014 taking over from Adham Sharara. Thomas is arguably the important man in the world of table tennis today. He has the...

Question: What makes Ma Long's strokes so Unique, Powerful, Precise from all others? Hi Guys, I am pondering over this question for some time. I couldn't answer it on my own on why his FH strokes are so powerful. Hisability to recover also seems very fast from those full body strokes, How is it...

Hi everyone, It's been a while but we're back! One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is world number 17 Tiago Apolonia! Tiago Apolonia currently plays for Saarbrucken in the German Bundesliga. Tiago won the European Championships in 2015 with Portugal and recently qualified for...

Hey guys Today i was playing around with grips. Thend suddenly one particular change made so much sense and such a good feeling to play i was amazed. My old grip looked like this: Gripping the blade very close to the rubber. With this grip i had problems on the forehand, as it did not feel...

Hi everyone, I just stumbled across this forum, I'm from really far away but don't have any other forum where I can make some questions and make inquieres. I'm now asking about reflexes. Like everyone know, reflexes are super important in table tennis, and as of now (trained for 6 hours in my...

I recently used sand paper to sand the end of my blade to avoid me getting blisters.... however... it makes my Maze handle very shiny and slippy...... is there anyway to make it "sticky" again...or not slidy anyway? I've noticed this has happened to all the Maze blades i have.. Thanks

I have been an attacking "smooth rubber" player for some time now and have recently moved to short pimples on the backhand. I have a few questions: 1) What are specific tactics (or set-plays) which players with short pips try to implement? 2) What short pip rubbers do the top players use? Any...

I've been trying to cultivate a more blocking centered style, and have a few questions on the types of rubbers to use. The blockers I enjoy watching are Oh Sang Eun, Kenta M, He Zhi Wen, and Zhang Yining to give you an idea of how I'd like to play. Although I also enjoy a number of the lower...

One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is Cristiano Ronaldo! World football star Cristano Ronaldo use to play full time table tennis when he was 12 years old for Sporting Lisbon. Ronaldo’s favourite sport after football is table tennis, and he plays often with team mates in his...

I know you can't talk in a rally. ESPECIALLY during your opponents stroke because it could distract them. But what if you mishit the ball, causing a weak return, are you then allowed to say something like "oh crap" if it's really just a reaction to your own shot?

A few things about me I am 42 years old now, I was playing table tennis on a team from when I was 11 to about 15 years old. Last year I started playing again after a 26 year break and from November I started training with a coach couple hours a week. I play table tennis as hobby just because I...

Hi everyone, One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is Timo Boll! Timo Boll is one of the greatest European players of all time and is the only non Chinese player to win matches against the top Chinese players of the current generation. Timo has posted victories on Zhang Jike...

Hey folks, i've never boosted in my life but now I'm pissed and willing to do it. Roughly 2-3 weeks ago I bought a new rubber (Donic Bluefire M2 JP) and now it is already like Im playing with something totaly different. The spinniness ( or whatever you would call it) is like gone and the rubber...

Hello everybody, i recently started to watch a lot of Fang Bo's matches and giving a closer look to this match against Brian Pace,i just started wondering what is making the receive of his service so hard. I know that there is a huge level gap between these two players but what i can see from...

Hi everyone, One of our upcoming guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is Swedish Legend Jan Ove Waldner! Jan Ove Waldner is regarded by many as the greatest table tennis player of all time. Waldner is an Olympic Gold Medalist, World Champion, European Champion and much more! Jan Ove has done...

Hi everyone, One of our next guests on the TableTennisDaily Podcast is Swedish Legend Jorgen Persson! Jorgen Persson won the World Championships in 1991 and has played in every single Olympic event since table tennis was introduced in 1988, an incredible 7 Olympic events. Jorgen is known for...