December 11, 2013
11 HRS AGO - USATT Candidate Statements and Board of Directors
If you are a USATT member over the age of 18, by Expand
11 HRS AGO - USATT Candidate Statements and Board of Directors
If you are a USATT member over the age of 18, by now you've received the candidate statements and supplementary campaign statements from the two candidates running for the USATT Board, Jim McQueen and Ross Brown. I've read over them, and let's just say I'm dismayed. I blogged about this a few weeks ago after receiving the initial candidate statements, and now we have the supplementary ones. (As I blogged there, I voted for McQueen because I disagree with Brown on most major issues. At the 2009 Strategic Meeting, Ross and I argued about just about everything, and he "won" the day - nothing I pushed for was adopted, while he was on the "winning" side of nearly every decision. I blogged about this several times, such as here, though I didn't mention names. A few of the links in the blog to USATT news items are no longer valid, alas.) I'm not sure why they have these supplementary statements, Collapse
Tip of the Day - Shoe Grippiness "El Dente"
1 DAY AGO - If your shoes aren’t grippy enough, you slide when you play, and so can’t move Expand
1 DAY AGO - If your shoes aren’t grippy enough, you slide when you play, and so can’t move properly. Collapse
December 9, 2013
2 DAYS AGO - Tip of the Week
Learn Tactics by Coaching Others.
Recap of Past Week
It's been a wild week. Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Tip of the Week
Learn Tactics by Coaching Others.
Recap of Past Week
It's been a wild week. Let's recap the last five days:
Wednesday: I reinjured my arm (or at least aggravated previous injury) and had to cancel four hours of coaching that night and the following night.
Thursday: $458 in car repairs. (Car was vibrating and needed new tires.)
Friday: Saw doctor, got a cortisone shot, no more playing for rest of month (i.e. no private coaching). Also spent an hour going over videos of Zhang Jike, Ma Long, and Ma Lin and their footwork, and one of our top juniors, and then sent him a selection to view and compare. Later we discussed it, going over what he needs to do to improve.
Saturday: Ran a group junior session for 90 minutes, but then sent out emails to cancel the rest of my private coaching for the weekend and the rest of the month.
Sunday: All my group sessions today (3.5 hours) were cancelled due to snow and sleet. So I sat in a lounge chair all day and Collapse
question about padle yasaka ma lin carbo
2 DAYS AGO - Interested in paddle Yasaka Ma Lin carbon. Which other bats can be compared. Any advises could be Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Interested in paddle Yasaka Ma Lin carbon. Which other bats can be compared. Any advises could be helpfull! Collapse
Tip of the Day - Get the Back Foot Around when Stepping Around
4 DAYS AGO - When stepping around the backhand corner to play a forehand (usually a loop or smash), many Expand
4 DAYS AGO - When stepping around the backhand corner to play a forehand (usually a loop or smash), many players don’t get their back foot around enough. Collapse
Great News Dear Friends! The New "Fantasy Scoreboard" Is Now Available for Sale...
5 DAYS AGO - Great News Dear Friends! The New "Fantasy Scoreboard" Is Now Available for Sale From Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Great News Dear Friends! The New "Fantasy Scoreboard" Is Now Available for Sale From Killerspin Featuring 41 Cards Of My Best Table Tennis Artworks, Now you Can Keep Score For Any Game And Enjoy My TT Artworks As Well,Some TT Artworks in The Scoreboard Has Never Been Published Or Seen Before , Price is $34.99 Contact Killerspin Or Stop By Killerspin House If You Want One! Tell Them Mike Sent You1 :-) Collapse
7 Easy Steps To Mastering Any Table Tennis Skill (Part 1)
6 DAYS AGO - Photo Source: bwct.org.uk
In last week’s article about how your brain sabotages you, I touched on…
My Latest New Table Tennis Artwork "Be Bruce" Has Been Unveiled Last Night At Th...
6 DAYS AGO - My Latest New Table Tennis Artwork "Be Bruce" Has Been Unveiled Last Night At The Expand
6 DAYS AGO - My Latest New Table Tennis Artwork "Be Bruce" Has Been Unveiled Last Night At The #KillerspinHouse Grand Opening In Chicago As A Huge 8 Foot X11 Foot Wall Mural At The New Bruce Lee Lounge, That Wasn't The Only Thing Unveiled, Make Sure To Visit There To See More! Collapse
World Ranking
7 DAYS AGO - The latest World Rankings Lists for December 2013 have just been released.
Men - Top 10
1 - MA, Expand
7 DAYS AGO - The latest World Rankings Lists for December 2013 have just been released.
Men - Top 10
1 - MA, Long - China
2 - XU, Xin - China
3 - ZHANG, Jike - China
4 - WANG, Hao - China
5 - FAN, Zhendong - China
6 - OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij - Germany
7 - YAN, An - China
8 - BOLL, Timo - Germany
9 - CHUANG, Chih-Yuan - Chinese Taipei
10 - SAMSONOV, Vladimir - Belarus
Women - Top 10
1 - LIU, Shiwen - China
2 - DING, Ning - China
3 - LI, Xiaoxia - China
4 - FENG, Tianwei - Singapore
5 - WU, Yang - China
6 - CHEN, Meng - China
7 - ZHU, Yuling - China
8 - GUO, Yan - China
9 - FUKUHARA, Ai - Japan
10 - ISHIKAWA, Kasumi - Japan Collapse
My Latest Table Tennis Artwork "Morgana Will Be Free".....Her Game Was Chained.....
03/12/2013 - My Latest Table Tennis Artwork "Morgana Will Be Free".....Her Game Was Chained..Frozen Expand
03/12/2013 - My Latest Table Tennis Artwork "Morgana Will Be Free".....Her Game Was Chained..Frozen In Time,She Wanted To Be More,She Wanted To Be Better, She Have Been Taught To Always Keep Her Eyes On The Ball, Her Spirit, Her Hopes And Her Dreams Lives Within The Ball Now..The Light Gets Brighter Everyday..Soon The Chain Will Be Broken,Nothing Can Resist Such A Light.. Morgana Will Be Free. Collapse
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The Chills and The Thrills from Rabat
16 HRS AGO - It is what it is. The Eleven Point Blog these days lives on inspiration alone. Therefore the Expand
16 HRS AGO - It is what it is. The Eleven Point Blog these days lives on inspiration alone. Therefore the irregularities when it comes to posting news and words of wisdom from the wonderful world of International Table Tennis. +++++ But here we … Continue reading → Collapse
I Have Stories To Tell you...Coming Soon.
1 DAY AGO - I Have Stories To Tell you...Coming Soon.
Tip of the Day - Getting Run Off the Table
2 DAYS AGO - Whoops, you're down a game and this one's going badly, too. How do you stop the bleeding in time Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Whoops, you're down a game and this one's going badly, too. How do you stop the bleeding in time -- assuming this is an opponent you might expect to beat? Collapse
Rating Quality Updates
2 DAYS AGO - The mission of the Table Tennis Database is to provide a platform for giving ratings and reviews Expand
2 DAYS AGO - The mission of the Table Tennis Database is to provide a platform for giving ratings and reviews that are:
Accurate
Useful for people’s research
There are several reasons why reviews and ratings aren’t always accurate (whether accidentally or deliberately), and we’re taking steps to uphold this mission and maintain quality as much as possible. Some of the changes [...] Collapse
Tip of the Day - Backhand Serve Deception
4 DAYS AGO - The key to deception on the backhand serve is the elbow.
December 6, 2013
5 DAYS AGO - Seeing Doctor
I'm one of those people who hates seeing doctors. But alas, my arm not only Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Seeing Doctor
I'm one of those people who hates seeing doctors. But alas, my arm not only didn't heal during the week I had off playing at the Teams, it somehow got worse. So I finally made an appointment with an orthopedist/sports medicine doctor, for 1PM today. I'll report on this on Monday. I'm pretty sure I have tendinitis.
I'm also considering possible scenarios if I can't do any serious playing for a while, which mostly affects private coaching. I already do a number of group coaching sessions, but I have a number of private students as well. One scenario is I group them in two-hour segments, and bring in one of our practice partners for the middle hour - the second half of the first one-hour session, the first half hour of the second one-hour session. Then I focus on multiball and serve & receive in my thirty minutes, and just coach (while practice partner does the playing) in the other thirty minutes. In an ideal world, I'd have the practice Collapse
Tip of the Day - Should You Stick With Your Best Shot If It Is Missing?
6 DAYS AGO - The situation: Your best shot is missing, and you are losing because of this. Should you keep Expand
6 DAYS AGO - The situation: Your best shot is missing, and you are losing because of this. Should you keep using it, or abandon it? Collapse
Tip of the Day - Returning Serves Short
7 DAYS AGO - At the highest levels, the most common return of a short serve is a short push, even against a Expand
7 DAYS AGO - At the highest levels, the most common return of a short serve is a short push, even against a sidespin serve. At the lower levels, most players just push them deep, giving opponents the chance to loop. Collapse
December 4, 2013
7 DAYS AGO - Sports Psychology and Sport Psychology Books
After watching and coaching at the Teams, I'm Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Sports Psychology and Sport Psychology Books
After watching and coaching at the Teams, I'm upping the sports psychology training. In fact, I just got out to review my copies of "Get Your Game Face On" by Dora Kurimay, "The Inner Game of Tennis" by Timothy Gallwey, and "Finding Your Zone" by Michael Lardon. I also discovered that my copy of "Winning Ugly" by Brad Gilbert is missing, and realized I lent it to someone a long time ago and never got it back - so I just ordered a new copy. (A new version came out in May this year anyway.) I also discovered a new book, "Coaches Guide to Sport Psychology" by Rainer Martens which I just ordered. (Dora Kurimay and Michael Lardon are both sports psychologists and top table tennis players. Dora ran a sports psychology session at MDTTC I think in early 2012. "The Inner Game of Tennis" and "Winning Ugly" both use tennis as examples, but the principles apply to all sports, Collapse
December 3, 2013
03/12/2013 - I'm running behind this morning - was up late last night, and had a bunch of things to take Expand
03/12/2013 - I'm running behind this morning - was up late last night, and had a bunch of things to take care of this morning. Blog and Tip of the Week will be up by noon or you can pelt me with ping-pong balls at the Nationals in two weeks. Collapse
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Tip of the Day - Think Strategy, Then Let the Shots Happen
1 DAY AGO - Between points, think about what you want to do, especially at the start of the rally what serve Expand
1 DAY AGO - Between points, think about what you want to do, especially at the start of the rally what serve to use, what type of receives. Collapse
December 10, 2013
1 DAY AGO - Physical Therapy
I'm supposed to start physical therapy on my arm at 11:30 this morning. Expand
1 DAY AGO - Physical Therapy
I'm supposed to start physical therapy on my arm at 11:30 this morning. However, it's snowing outside (again), and schools and most businesses closed for the second day in a row. I'm guessing it'll be postponed. Since I'm off for the USA Nationals this Sunday, and then will be coaching at our Christmas Camp, I might not be able to schedule anything else until January. We'll see. Meanwhile, the cortisone shot finally stopped hurting. Can't tell how my arm is without playing, and don't want to risk that. So I'll just keep resting it with the idea that I'll be healthy and ready to go by January. (I also have a dental appointment at 2PM, but I'm guessing that'll be cancelled too.)
Table Tennis Tips
Since I'll be stuck at home most of this week without any coaching (thanks to arm problems), I may start work getting my next table tennis book ready for print, tentatively titled "Table Tennis Tips." It'll be a Collapse
Tip of the Day - Inside-Out Forehand Serve
2 DAYS AGO - Many players use the forehand "pendulum" serve. It’s the most popular serve in table Expand
2 DAYS AGO - Many players use the forehand "pendulum" serve. It’s the most popular serve in table tennis. Collapse
Restrictions of a Drill Mindset
3 DAYS AGO - This piece is about something you probably wouldn't consider to be very major but can actually Expand
3 DAYS AGO - This piece is about something you probably wouldn't consider to be very major but can actually improve your game a lot. It is ironically about not sticking to set drills. While training essentially revolves around drills, the 'drill mindset' is to stick to them 100% So what does this mean?
Well it winds back into my article about developing an attacking mentality. You could set a drill where you receive serve with a long push into a strategic area of the table and… Collapse
Me And Bruce Lee Table Tennis Artwork Wall Mural in Bruce Lee Lounge At #Killerp...
5 DAYS AGO - Me And Bruce Lee Table Tennis Artwork Wall Mural in Bruce Lee Lounge At #Killerpinhouse
Tip of the Day - General Rules of Ball Placement When Attacking
6 DAYS AGO - Key places to land the ball to win your next match!
December 5, 2013
6 DAYS AGO - Post Teams Coaching
Now that the North American Teams are over my coaching changes focus. The last Expand
6 DAYS AGO - Post Teams Coaching
Now that the North American Teams are over my coaching changes focus. The last few weeks before the Teams I was preparing players for the tournament. Now comes the long period where we focus on developing their games for the longer haul. In particular, I have several players who I'll be working on topspinning their backhands more. I also want to greatly improve serve and receive. And as noted yesterday, we're going to work more on sports psychology. But in general there's going to be a lot more work on fundamentals while setting and aiming to achieve long-term goals.
Arm Problems
HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! But it makes no sense. None. Nada.
I think it was a couple of months ago that I had serious arm problems and had to take two weeks off. I've had minor problems since then, but nothing serious. Then, last week, just before the North American Teams, the arm started hurting again. Part of it might have been the extra coaching hours getting players ready Collapse
Table Tennis "3D Anamorphic Hyper-Realistic Perspective" Experiment I Am Conduct...
7 DAYS AGO - Table Tennis "3D Anamorphic Hyper-Realistic Perspective" Experiment I Am Conducting For Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Table Tennis "3D Anamorphic Hyper-Realistic Perspective" Experiment I Am Conducting For A Project I Am Working With The Goal To not Just Have A Cool Table Tennis Artworks But Even In The Way They Will Be Presented..."WORK IN PROGRESS"..Table Tennis "3D Anamorphic Hyper-Realistic" Experiment Collapse
Can Anyone Become an Expert at Table Tennis?
7 DAYS AGO - Over the last few years there has been a lot written about the roles of talent and practice in the Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Over the last few years there has been a lot written about the roles of talent and practice in the process of skill acquisition and the development expertise. The majority of this (Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, Bounce by Matthew Syed, The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle etc.) has made the following suggestion… “We used to […]The post Can Anyone Become an Expert at Table Tennis? appeared first on Expert Table Tennis. Collapse
Tip of the Day - Returning Serves Short
03/12/2013 - At the highest levels, the most common return of a short serve is a short push, even against a Expand
03/12/2013 - At the highest levels, the most common return of a short serve is a short push, even against a sidespin serve. At the lower levels, most players just push them deep, giving opponents the chance to loop. Collapse
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