Rhythm and timing might sound like something out of a dance class but, in fact, they are hugely underrated table tennis skills. The ball bouncing on the table and hitting the players’ bats creates a beat and a pattern. If you can…
It is the dream of table tennis players the world over to own their own full-time club – a facility they can call home, do whatever they like with, and build into a superclub. I know I’d love to have…
One of the benefits of having a table tennis blog is receiving test samples of the latest equipment to review. Thornton’s Table Tennis were kind enough to send me a couple of sheets of the latest Stiga rubber to try…
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are less than a year away (they come around quick don’t they!) and one man who is determined to do everything he can to get there is Samson Dubina from Ohio in the United States.…
Sam Priestley has been a good friend of mine for over ten years. We first met at a church youth group when we were both 15 years old. Sam has never been particularly sporty. He did a lot of rowing…
Sam Walker first played table tennis at the age of two. Since then, he’s put in a huge amount of work. He first represented England at the age of 11 and finished the cadets (U15) ranked #2 in the country.…
Istvan Moldovan was my coach on the B75 Summer Table Tennis Training camp that I attended in Denmark last summer with Sam. He is a very experienced coach, a qualified performance psychologist and has played table tennis at the highest…
This morning I received an email from an Expert Table Tennis Academy member asking; “Is there a time limit for serves? Recently, I played with a friend and he complained that I took a long time to start to serve.…
I was training at ISH last night in Central London with Sam. I hadn’t been there for a while and it turns out they have replaced all of the nets during that time. They used to have some old competition standard…
