How to Keep Your Serves Short
This is Episode 002 of the Ask a Table Tennis Coach podcast. Today’s question comes from Peter and is all about how to keep your serves short. Peter asks… “Can I ask what are the key points in producing short…
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Welcome to Ben Larcombe’s table tennis blog. The Expert Table Tennis Blog features regular articles on table tennis coaching and table tennis equipment to help you improve your performance.
How to Improve Your Forehand Drive
This is Episode 001 of the Ask a Table Tennis Coach podcast. Today’s question comes from Chris and is all about how to improve your forehand drive. Chris asks… “I’m OK on my backhand side, but I’m struggling a lot…
Stiga Evolution Review
The Stiga Evolution 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 means…
The Ultimate Guide to Table Tennis Psychology
In my opinion, too little has been written on table tennis psychology. Despite coaches and players often mentioning the importance of the “mental side of the game”, mental skills training remains largely unused in our clubs and coaching sessions. This post…
11 Mental Toughness Tips for Table Tennis Players – by Werner Schlager
It’s the final day of Werner Schlager Week here at ExpertTableTennis.com! So far we’ve covered; service and service return, stroke development, technique and tactics, and physical training. Today’s quotes look at the area of mental toughness for table tennis. I don’t often get a chance…
12 Physical Training Tips for Table Tennis Players – by Werner Schlager
It’s the penultimate day of Werner Schlager Week here at ExpertTableTennis.com! So far we’ve covered; service and service return, stroke development, and technique and tactics. Today’s quotes look at the area of physical training for table tennis. In the book, Werner splits up his chapter…
Killerspin JET800 Review
The Killerspin JET800 ping pong paddle features 2.0mm Nitrx-4Z rubbers and a super fast 7-ply carbon blade. It is the best paddle in the Killerspin JET series. Here is my full review of the racket. Killerspin is a fairly new American…
10 Technical & Tactical Tips for Table Tennis Players – by Werner Schlager
I started day one of Werner Schlager Week on Monday with nine table tennis tips from Werner focusing on the area of service and service return. Yesterday was a long one, covering tips for all the major table tennis strokes. Today, we…
27 Stroke Development Tips for Table Tennis Players – by Werner Schlager
I started day one of Werner Schlager Week yesterday with nine table tennis tips from Werner focusing on the area of service and service return. Today, our attention switches to stroke development. We’re going to go through all of the major…