Selecting the right table tennis blade for looping

August 15, 2008

What is looping?
Before I go on to tell about the equipment that helps looping, I would like to describe what is looping. The looping stroke is a stroke where a player generates a loop or curve before the ball hits the other side of the table. The curve or loop is achieved with top spin, [...]

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XIOM Maximus Table Tennis Blade Review

August 14, 2008

The XIOM Maximus is an all-round blade. The XIOM Maximus is being used by many players in the all round category, so this falls under the Professional Classic series. To compare to a different brand, it is similar to Butterfly Peter Korbel but faster. In its own range, it is similar to XIOM Aigis defensive [...]

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Stress for table tennis players at the 2008 Olympics

August 14, 2008

I have been watching some table tennis team events on NBCOlympics.com. My initial impression is that most of all the top players are under severe pressure.
Ryu Seung Min lost to Thiago monteiro of Brazil. Timo Boll had to win only by 3-2 against Pradeeban Peter-Paul. Wang Liqin narrowly escaped from William Henzell of Australia.
The pressure [...]

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The US Women table tennis team is not that bad

August 14, 2008

I had watched some women’s table tennis today. The US team consists of Gao Jun, Wang Chen and Crystal Huang. They all played well against the Romanian team. The Romanian players have more experience travelling to many tournaments which the US team does not get much.
Kudos to the US Team and the coach Doru.

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The Eye-Ball coordination in table tennis

August 13, 2008

How important is to watch the table tennis ball carefully in a game? Do you have to watch the ball until it hits the paddle? You may get different answers for these questions.
The table tennis is all about spin. There are different spins that a player has to face in a table tennis game – [...]

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TSP Curl P3 Long Pips Rubber Review

August 12, 2008

The TSP Curl P3 is a long pips rubber from the world renowned company TSP. It is little shorter than the TSP Curl P1R, but can be considered as long pips. As the TSP Curl P1R is a popular rubber among the world class players, the TSP Curl P3 is being used by close to [...]

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Reducing the weight of the table tennis blade

August 12, 2008

If you are a table tennis player, you might have complained about the weight of table tennis blades – the weight of your own blade or the blade you are trying.
Here are some tips to reduce the weight of the blade:
1. The table tennis blades are manufactured with wood. The weight of the blade can [...]

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TSP Reflex 50 Award Defensive Blade Review

August 9, 2008

This is a lucky table tennis blade for me. I had beaten a veteran champion who has USATT rating with 200 more points than me. It was a good fight where the match led to five games and I’ve finally won in the fifth game. My opponent was a very good top spin looper. On [...]

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XIOM Novus Swedish Amadeus Kiso Hinoki Review

August 8, 2008

I love pure wooden table tennis (ping pong) blades. Next to the balsa wooden table tennis blades that I have tried before, the hinoki blade is my second favorite. I have been tempted for a while to try XIOM Novus Swedish Amadeus. I’m not an attacking player, so I’m unlucky to try some offensive blades. [...]

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TSP Curl P1R (OX, 0.0 ~ 0.5 mm, 0.6 ~ 1.3 mm and 1.4 ~ 1.7 mm) Long Pips Review

August 2, 2008

TSP Curl P1R long pips table tennis rubber has been used by many World’s top defensive players. Some of them are Joo Se Hyuk (World Ranking: 11) of Korea, Chen Weixing (World Ranking 8 in 2006) of Austria, Ni ia Lian of Luxenburg, Park Mi-Young of Korea etc…
The TSP Curl P1R is also critiqued by some defensive [...]

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