Ben Larcombe

If you’ve ever played intermediate-level competitive table tennis you’ll know all about flat hitters. Players that poke and slap the ball instead of looping it. Their technique is questionable at best. They do all sorts of weird and wacky things.…

I just got back from a 90-minute coaching session with Harrie. Today, I was helping him get more spin on his backhand sidespin serve and I thought it would make an excellent mini blog post. Lots of intermediate-level table tennis…

Have you ever heard a fellow table tennis player described as having great ‘feeling’? It’s clearly a good thing, but what does it actually mean? And how do we improve our table tennis ‘feeling’? According to my good friend EmRatThich, ‘feeling’…

I never intended this to happen, but my table tennis coaching mantras have turned into a series. This is part three of ‘The Secret to Effortless Loops’. If you haven’t read part one or part two yet, I recommended checking…

It’s taken over two years to get to this point but finally, the Eastfield Offensive Professional Table Tennis Bat is on sale worldwide! Here’s my full review of the bat, including its strengths/weaknesses and which types of player it’s suited…

Last week I shared “Pause & Snap“, one of my many table tennis mantras, as the secret to effortless forehand and backhand loops. This week, I’m disclosing another table tennis mantra that I believe will help you add quality to…

I’ve been working with Harrie Austin-Jones for almost 18 months now. He knows all the basics of table tennis. He looks like a proper player when you watch him knocking up. His overall technique is good. That means we’ve got…