Ben Larcombe

I’m going to be writing a short blog post every Thursday covering a topic of my choice. Today, I’m looking at a common forehand loop mistake – something I refer to as “the tail wagging the dog” – and what…

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts I’m calling “A Parent’s Guide to Table Tennis”. I believe this is a really important topic as parents have a big, and often undervalued, role to play in the development…

From time to time I like to highlight the progress of a member of The Expert Table Tennis Academy. Today’s post is all about Harrie Austin-Jones, a 26-year-old guy from Maidstone, England who has been playing table tennis for almost…

The Stiga Carbonado 245 came out together with the Carbonado 290. The 290 has a long trajectory and low arc for the ball flight while the 245 has a long trajectory with a higher arc for the ball flight. Stiga…

The Stiga Carbonado 290 was designed for players who wanted a faster Stiga blade. The previous Carbonado 190 was only considered as OFF and not a true OFF+ blade. The Carbonado 90 was even slower like an OFF- blade with…

The Stiga Pro Carbon is one of many table tennis rackets made by Swedish company Stiga – one of the world’s leading table tennis brands. They have a popular range of five premade rackets that are also ITTF approved, which…

This review has been a long time coming. The Palio Expert 2 is my favorite table tennis racket and the one I recommend to all beginners and improvers in my famous blog post, The Best Table Tennis Bat for Beginners.…

The Palio Legend 2 table tennis racket is the most expensive of the Palio x ETT series of rackets. However, it’s also the fastest and spinniest, with performance characteristics able to match those of professional rackets costing over £100! The…