return

I play table tennis for over half of my life now and I always had huge return problems. I think it is a mental thing since I am often very nervous during the first points and I do make some very good returns when I "feel it right" if you know what I mean. I already try to have the same rituals...

Hey. If I don't have a person on hand to block my shot, I've tried to use the method of letting the ball hit a wall once it comes off the table and checking how much it rolls forward to measure topspin, but I've deemed it a bit unreliable. If the wall is irregular, or very rough or very smooth...

How to return long pure side spin Tomahawk served to my BH as a Lefty Hi im a Left handed player and I'm having difficulties returning the pure long sidespin Tomahawk serve (from a righty) to my BH. My BH loop is not perfect and I usually step around to take the service but is there a safer way...

Hi all I've been looking at return boards and al seem to be around £100 plus! To me for what it is, that's ridiculous! So I'm going to make my own I've ordered some 25mm MDF and some 2mm rubber sheeting, both from ebay. Not sure what to use to support it. Angle adjustments? Anyone else made...

Look at this amazing service return by gao ning at the SEA Games. Backhand flip that bounces twice on the table. Ball did not hit the net at all! :cool:

After watching all the backhand over-the-table banana flick returns at the worlds, it sure looks like they have been further developed. Many returns for outright winners. Not being anywhere near that level or even able to understand what goes on there, it looks like the incoming spin of the...

ITTF have reversed the decision to bring in plastic balls world wide from June 2015 and celluloid balls will be used once again in competition! What are your thoughts?

Hi, I would like to present you a special highlight at WSA Table Tennis School in this year! We invite you to participate in a service and return course at WSA on 1st and 2nd of March 2014. Werner Schlager himself will be there to explain you the importance of service and return from the...

I seem not able to return opponent's service well and this makes them easily attack me on the 3rd ball, and this make it worse as i'm a near table attacking player. Is there anyway i can i improve on my returns?? (Most of my return end up very very high, with very little go into the net).

Check out this video, the quality is a bit poor, but it's definitely worth a look. The last point was match point too!

I've been watching a lot of videos and one thing I've been noticing is that they have been returning services mostly with backhand loops even on the forehand side. Why is this? An example of this can be seen from the first few exchanges between Zhang Jike and Ma Long in the Slovenian Open of 2012

Hi, I just wanted to share this great video I found from youtube.The first return of service you see in this video is nothing spectacular, but wait for the second one. Have you done or seen anything similar yourselves?

"I never gave up on my dreams" quotes Michael Maze as he returns from injury winning the INTERSPORT Super Cup in Ekaterinburg on the 7th November 2011. Maze beat last year’s champion, and World’s no. 10 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV in the final. Photo by: ettu.org Michael Maze Interview You had a...

Michael Maze is set to play in the Volkswagen Cup in the last week of this month on his first tournament from the comeback of his injury. This is what he had to say guys!! Photo by: EPA Hi everyone, I am trying my best to recover and I am practicing every day. For every day that goes by I...