February 13, 2019
3 DAYS AGO - This week's blog will FINALLY go up by 12:30PM today or I have to stretch a ping-pong net Expand
3 DAYS AGO - This week's blog will FINALLY go up by 12:30PM today or I have to stretch a ping-pong net across the entire USA-Mexico border and make Mexico pay for it. Collapse
February 4, 2019
04/02/2019 - Today's blog will be up by 1PM or I have to stay on the USATT board of directors for another Expand
04/02/2019 - Today's blog will be up by 1PM or I have to stay on the USATT board of directors for another four years and do another 10,000 hours of volunteer work. :) I got started late on the blog this morning. Nope, not because of the Super Bowl, I was coaching well into that, and then went to our weekly coaches dinner. I got back and caught the last seven minutes of it. Then had to stay up late on Youtube to watch all the commercials. And then was up half the night reading. Collapse
January 21, 2019
21/01/2019 - Tip of the Week
The Grinding Mentality - How to Play It and Against It.
Sunday Coaching
I ran two Expand
21/01/2019 - Tip of the Week
The Grinding Mentality - How to Play It and Against It.
Sunday Coaching
I ran two group sessions on Sunday. The first was Week #2 of this season's Beginning Junior Class. (Lidney Castro and Aron Zhang are assistant coaches, with Todd Klinger a practice partner.) We did forehand review for 20 minutes, and then the focus was on the backhand. As usual, we finished with games, with half the class playing "King of the Table" (no girls there so we can use the "King" title), and the other half (the younger kids) building the usual pyramids and walls out of paper cups on the table and then knocking them down as I fed multiball.
The advanced junior program at MDTTC is the Talent Development Program, which is run by the HW Global Foundation, using mostly MDTTC coaches. Normally John Hsu runs groups 3-4, but he was out of town this weekend so I ran them. It was mostly a multiball session, where we went through a series of nine different drills. Most of Collapse
Table Tennis Manufacturers - Tables authorised by the ITTF
16/01/2019 - Which table tennis manufacturers tables are authorised?
January 14, 2019
14/01/2019 - I'm going to postpone this week's blog until tomorrow. We have a USATT Teleconference Expand
14/01/2019 - I'm going to postpone this week's blog until tomorrow. We have a USATT Teleconference tonight at 7PM and I'd like to include that in the blog. It's scheduled for two hours, but I have a feeling it might go beyond that. Main topics on the agenda include: Review and Approval of the Minutes of the October Teleconference; High Performance Update; Para High Performance Update; CEO Search Update; High Performance Retention Effort; Board of Directors Obligations and Responsibilities; Nominating and Governance Committee Selections - Board Member Selections, Committee Member Selections, Invitation to Prospective Committee Members; Nominating and Governance Committee - Addition of Fifth Member; New Bylaw Presentation; High Perfomrnace Bylaw Amendments; Strategic Priorities Update and Follow-Up; Foundation and Fundraising Update; 2018 Financial Report and 2019 Budget Projections (and Comparative Financial History Questions); US Nationals Preparations Status Report; and Location Collapse
Table Tennis Events 2019 - World Ranking Events Calendar
06/01/2019 - Keep up to date with all the top table tennis events. Here's a list of events in 2019 which count Expand
06/01/2019 - Keep up to date with all the top table tennis events. Here's a list of events in 2019 which count for World Ranking points. Collapse
Best Multi Game Table Reviews 2019
12/12/2018 - Every game room requires a game table to be complete; after all, it has the name “game” in it. Any Expand
12/12/2018 - Every game room requires a game table to be complete; after all, it has the name “game” in it. Any man cave, kid’s room, or home bar could use a foosball table, a pool table, a table tennis table, or if you have the cash – all the three. The hardest part is creating room […]
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December 3, 2018
03/12/2018 - This week's blog will be up by 1PM or I have to turn over to Muellaer all records of my Expand
03/12/2018 - This week's blog will be up by 1PM or I have to turn over to Muellaer all records of my nefarious dealings with Russia, Saudi Arabia, and USATT. The Tip of the Week is up, Style Disadvantage or Tactical Problem? Collapse
November 26, 2018
26/11/2018 - Tip of the Week
Use Your Weaknesses or They Will Always Be Weaknesses.
North American Teams
Or as Expand
26/11/2018 - Tip of the Week
Use Your Weaknesses or They Will Always Be Weaknesses.
North American Teams
Or as I would put it, here we go again! It was my 43rd year in a row at the Teams, starting in 1976 as a player, but primarily as a coach the last decade or so. Here are complete results - you can use the dropdown menu to see the results of any division and the preliminaries. Here is video from the livestreaming. Alas, as usual I saw little of it as I was out coaching. Here are Pongmobile Photos from the North American Teams.
This year we had ten HW Global Foundation junior teams, who are from the Talent Development Program that trains at MDTTC. Coaching them were the HWGF and MDTTC coaching team of myself, Wang Qingliang, Jeffrey Zeng Xun, John Hsu, Wen Hsu, Klaus Wood, Greg Mascialino, Cheng Yinghua, and Jack Huang. (I think Martin Jezo and Lidney Castro also coached some when not playing.) Here is a group photo on Sunday afternoon - alas, at least five players missed the photo - some Collapse
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February 11, 2019
5 DAYS AGO - Alas, I've come down pretty sick with Conjunctivitis, i.e. pink eye. It's an almost Expand
5 DAYS AGO - Alas, I've come down pretty sick with Conjunctivitis, i.e. pink eye. It's an almost cartoonish name and I didn't know anything about it until yesterday. I came down with what I thought was a cold early last week. On Saturday morning my left eye was literally crusted shut, and all red and puffy. It was also spreading to my right eye. I was coughing up green stuff and going through boxes of Kleenex. My voice was down to a croak. Making things worse, I had to run the MDTTC February Open this weekend. On Sunday early afternoon I finally left and saw a doctor - at that point I looked like Frankenstein's monster. Assistant Director Klaus Wood took over, with help from Greg Mascialiano and half a dozen of our local juniors, who are great at data input.
I went to Medical Access, which is open seven days/week. After examining my eyes, ears, and throat, the doctor's exact words were, "Wow! It's spread everywhere." (Both eyes, both ears, sinuses, throat, Collapse
Europe Top 16 Cup
03/02/2019 - Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) and Petrissa Solja (Germany) have won the Men's and Women's Singles Expand
03/02/2019 - Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany) and Petrissa Solja (Germany) have won the Men's and Women's Singles titles at the China Construction Bank 2019 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup on Sunday 3rd February in Montreux, Switzerland.
Ovtcharov beat Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus) 4-3 and Solja beat Bernadette Szocs (Romania) 4-3.
Timo Boll (Germany) beat Daniel Habesohn (Austria) to take third place in the men's singles, whilst Sofia Polcanova (Austria) beat Natalia Partyka (Poland) to take third place in the women's singles. Collapse
Best Basketball Arcade Game Reviews 2019
19/01/2019 - Ahhh, the thrill of the arcade games. From the excitement of Air Hockey to the friendly rivalry of Expand
19/01/2019 - Ahhh, the thrill of the arcade games. From the excitement of Air Hockey to the friendly rivalry of the First Person Shooters, playing the arcade games is a rite of passage for most people. Personally, my all-time favorite arcade game is the Basketball Arcade Game. Having the clock winding down and reaching for that one […]
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40mm Table Tennis Balls
16/01/2019 - Top tips to help you choose your ideal 40mm table tennis balls. Part 2 - What criteria do ITTF Expand
16/01/2019 - Top tips to help you choose your ideal 40mm table tennis balls. Part 2 - What criteria do ITTF approved 40mm balls have to meet. Collapse
2019 World Table Tennis Championships
08/01/2019 - The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships take place in Budapest, Hungary from 21-28 April 2019. Expand
08/01/2019 - The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships take place in Budapest, Hungary from 21-28 April 2019. Get all the details here. Collapse
ITTF World Tour 2019
06/01/2019 - The ITTF World Tour 2019. Where the best players in the world compete for the biggest money prizes.
3 Tips for Developing ‘Feeling’ in Table Tennis
11/12/2018 - Have you ever heard a fellow table tennis player described as having great ‘feeling’? Expand
11/12/2018 - Have you ever heard a fellow table tennis player described as having great ‘feeling’? It’s clearly a good thing, but what does it actually mean? And how do we improve our table tennis ‘feeling’? According to my good friend EmRatThich, ‘feeling’ is the first principle of the Chinese table tennis philosophy! So, here are three tips […]
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10 Christmas Gift Ideas for a Table Tennis Player (2018)
01/12/2018 - It’s less than a month until Christmas, which means it’s time to start thinking about Expand
01/12/2018 - It’s less than a month until Christmas, which means it’s time to start thinking about buying presents (and writing your own Christmas lists too). So what are the best Christmas gifts for a table tennis player? In this article, I’ll go through some of my favourite table tennis gift ideas and show you a few of the […]
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How to play baseball darts?
22/11/2018 - Wondering how to play baseball darts and the different rules? Darts is a traditional game that you Expand
22/11/2018 - Wondering how to play baseball darts and the different rules? Darts is a traditional game that you would normally find people playing in pubs, clubs and bars. Today though, it is no longer a pub sport and is today popular the world over. Darts is simply enjoyable and fun. It does not matter what age […]
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What is the Standard Size of a Ping Pong Table?
7 DAYS AGO - Ping pong, or more commonly known as table tennis is a sport enjoyed by everyone. It is a great Expand
7 DAYS AGO - Ping pong, or more commonly known as table tennis is a sport enjoyed by everyone. It is a great stress buster for college students and adults equally. While we do not pay attention to the size of the ping pong table we are playing on, did you know it’s more important than you think? We […]
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January 28, 2019
28/01/2019 - Tip of the Week
Progressive Drills to Improve Your Rallying Skills.
Invitation to Members Expand
28/01/2019 - Tip of the Week
Progressive Drills to Improve Your Rallying Skills.
Invitation to Members Interested in Committee Service
Here's the USATT news item. There are 17 USATT Committees. (Some are currently vacant and so are not listed.) The USATT news item gives a description of what each committee does. Here are the Super 17:
Classic Table Tennis Committee
Clubs Committee
Coaching Committee
Ethics and Grievance Committee
High Performance Committee
Juniors Committee
Leagues Committee
Membership Development Committee
Nominating and Governance Committee
Para High Performance Committee
Resource Development Committee
Rules Committee
Selection Committee
Technology Committee
Tournaments Committee
Umpires' and Referees' Committee
Veterans Committee
So why would you want to serve on a USATT Committee? Other than that it's much more fun than jamming a red-hot poker down your throat while dancing on a ping-pong table in the vacuum of outer space? Well, it's either serve on a Collapse
Table Tennis Net
16/01/2019 - Top tips to help you choose your ideal table tennis net. Discover what you need to know before you Expand
16/01/2019 - Top tips to help you choose your ideal table tennis net. Discover what you need to know before you buy a net and post set. Collapse
Buyer’s Guide for Best Wiffle Ball Bats Reviews 2019
15/01/2019 - Looking for the top 10 best wiffle ball bat but don’t know how to go about it? Wiffle Ball is a Expand
15/01/2019 - Looking for the top 10 best wiffle ball bat but don’t know how to go about it? Wiffle Ball is a famous sport that people love playing during the summer. It is a variation of baseball but is more versatile in its gameplay. It can be played both indoors and outdoors. You can play wiffle ball […]
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January 7, 2019
07/01/2019 - Alas, due to a bad headache - probably from reading late into the night after a long day of Expand
07/01/2019 - Alas, due to a bad headache - probably from reading late into the night after a long day of coaching - I'm going to postpone this week's blog until tomorrow. (My eyes feel like they are on fire.) However, I've already put up the Tip of the Week: Top Ten Things to Remember in Doubles. Tomorrow I'll write about my thoughts on the 2020 Olympic Games Athlete Selection Procedures; the Coach of the Year Awards; the USATT Board Teleconference last Thursday (primarily on the CEO search and Strategic Priorities); my priorities in looking for our next CEO; on this weekend's coaching (and a breakthrough backhand serve!); and lots of links to other stuff. And here's 68 seconds of classroom desk and chair pong! Collapse
December 31, 2018
31/12/2018 - Tip of the Week
The Next Point is the Biggest Point of Your Life.
U.S. Open
Wait, was a U.S. Open Expand
31/12/2018 - Tip of the Week
The Next Point is the Biggest Point of Your Life.
U.S. Open
Wait, was a U.S. Open going on while I was coaching at the U.S. Open? Because I'm busy coaching, I rarely actually see the "big" matches at major tournaments, this this year's U.S. Open was no different. However, I did see the Men's and Women's Singles Finals, and they were incredible! Before I go further, here are a few links:
Complete Results
Men's Final - Eugene Wang vs Ryohei Kanoya (9:40)
Women's Final - Liu Juan vs Lily Zhang (6:32)
Many thought the Men's Final would be an execution, with the way Wang was playing - could anybody beat him? (He's previously won the U.S. Open in 2012 and 2013.) But Kanoya of Japan went up 3-1 in games. And then, a seemingly innocuous occurrence apparently changed everything. On the second point of give five the umpire, apparently correctly, faulted Wang for not tossing the ball up at least six inches. Wang has a habit of Collapse
December 10, 2018
10/12/2018 - This week's blog will be up by 1PM or I become Trump's new Chief of Staff.
The Ultimate Guide on How to Make a Ping Pong Table
30/11/2018 - If you love to play table tennis or ping pong, then you need to have a sturdy ping pong table in Expand
30/11/2018 - If you love to play table tennis or ping pong, then you need to have a sturdy ping pong table in your life. The question though is, how to make a ping pong table? Sure, you can go to the nearest sports shop and hunt the perfect table down, or you can also choose to […]
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