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.
Rhythm and timing might sound like something out of a dance class but, in fact, they are hugely underrated table tennis skills. The ball bouncing on the table and hitting the players’ bats creates a beat and a pattern. If you can…
One of the benefits of having a table tennis blog is receiving test samples of the latest equipment to review. Thornton’s Table Tennis were kind enough to send me a couple of sheets of the latest Stiga rubber to try…
This morning I received an email from an Expert Table Tennis Academy member asking; “Is there a time limit for serves? Recently, I played with a friend and he complained that I took a long time to start to serve.…
I was training at ISH last night in Central London with Sam. I hadn’t been there for a while and it turns out they have replaced all of the nets during that time. They used to have some old competition standard…
From time to time I like to share with you one of the many emails I received from table tennis players describing and explaining their progress in the sport. I find it really inspiring to hear about the experiences of…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post on how to play a forehand loop, arguably the most important stroke in table tennis. Today I’m going to be looking at the technique of the backhand loop, perhaps the second most…
If you’ve had experience coaching sport you may have heard of the FUNdamentals of movement or the ABCs of physical literacy. These describe the key skills that underpin the majority of sports; agility, balance and coordination. The theory is that if…
Last week I looked at the basics of how to play a forehand loop. After finishing the post I remembered something that Lei Yang (an ex-Chinese national team player and current technical coach of the German national team) had shown…
It’s official. As of 1st July 2015 (this time next week), plastic table tennis balls will be used in all competitive table tennis in England. And the same thing is happening all over the world. Celluloid table tennis balls are…
