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.
This is the first 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…
The DHS A4002 is the most popular premade table tennis racket produced by DHS and part of their premade series. DHS is the most well-known and established table tennis brand in China. They usually produce very high-quality equipment. Here is…
The DHS A6002 is the top-of-the-range DHS premade table tennis racket. DHS is the most well-known and established table tennis brand in China. They usually produce very high-quality equipment. Here is our full review of the racket. You can buy…
You may have heard other table tennis players talk about being “in the zone” during a match where they played particularly well. Perhaps you’ve even experienced it yourself. But what does it mean and how can we get into this…
Hello! My name is Andy Couchman. I’m an overweight, semi-retired ex-pilot… and now a table tennis nut! This blog post is an introduction to my background pre-table tennis and also a review of my first ten months in the sport.
Well, this is a serious sounding post – isn’t it? What on earth does “relative age effect” mean? Today, I’m taking a break from writing about coaching or equipment to highlight a rather interesting phenomenon in elite sport and demonstrate…
I first attended the B75 Table Tennis Camp (held in Aalborg, Denmark) back in the summer of 2011. I believe that was only the first or second time it had been run. It wasn’t particularly “international” back then – everyone…
Come allenatore di Ping Pong professionale, mi viene spesso chiesto: “Qual è il miglior racchetta da ping pong per principianti?” – Ed è una domanda importante. Se sei un principiante, non hai bisogno di avere la migliore racchetta del mondo,…
Unfortunately, good table tennis coaches are hard to find. Private coaching, in particular, can be very expensive so you want to make sure that you are working with someone who knows what they are doing. In this post I will…
