“Hang on a second! Did he just say what I thought he said?” “A coach, questioning the effectiveness of drills, surely there’s been a mistake!” Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad. It’s worth pointing out as well that I’ve spent…
This post is all about the physical side of our sport – table tennis fitness, to be specific – and to make this article the best it can be I’ve enlisted the help of an expert, Steve Brunskill. Steve is…
Drill #3 in Level 2 of my How to Play Table Tennis series continues to use alternate backhand and forehand strokes but now incorporates a slightly more advanced movement pattern, with forehand being played both from the middle of the…
Today’s drill really builds on ‘2 Backhands, 2 Forehands‘ drill covered in Level 2.1. We’ll be cutting down the number of strokes played on each wing from two to one and that’ll means you’ll need to be much better at…
Hello and welcome to the first lesson of Level 2 from my How to Play Table Tennis series. You should now be able to play 100 forehand drives, 100 backhand drives, 100 forehand pushes and 100 backhand pushes with correct…
TenZone Ultra is the latest rubber to be released by Adidas and they were kind enough to send me a sheet to test and review. This is the first time that I have done a full review for a piece…
As table tennis players we all want to improve your game and see that improvement transfer to increased tournament results and rankings. In this post I’ll be looking at six table tennis players that I’ve singled out based on their…
The backhand push is probably the easiest stroke to learn. A push is more of a defensive shot than the drive and the aim is to play down the back and underneath the ball to create some backspin, making it…
Liu Guoliang is the head coach of the Chinese Men’s National Table Tennis Team, probably making him the most important and influential table tennis coach in the world. He is ultimately responsible for the performances of all of the top…
