Fun, Exciting Matches All for a Good Cause at Pong for Harvey

Posted on November 29, 2017

(BY RICHARD FINN) Fun, Exciting Matches, Good Cause Hurricane Harvey Nearly three months after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Houston with flooding rains and destructive winds causing an estimated $200 billion in damages, the area’s table tennis community came together for Pong for Harvey on November 18-19th at the Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA). More […]

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Boll: We are closing gap with China’ s table tennis

Posted on November 29, 2017

(By Oliver Trust) Despite latest defeats and problems with the new ball used in international competition, China’s table tennis stars are still the world’s leading fraction, said German Timo Boll. “We managed to close the gap a little bit, but they still rule table tennis,” the German number two and former first of world rankings […]

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Valiant Efforts, Medal Finish Passes Within Points of USA

Posted on November 29, 2017

(BY MATT HETHERINGTON) Valiant Efforts, Medal Finish Passes Within Points The US Junior Boys Table Tennis team have come within points of guaranteeing themselves a medal at the 2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Riva Del Garda, Italy. After an amazing performance yesterday against Russia where Sharon Alguetti wrestled back from a 2-0 deficit […]

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Tip of the week: The Non-Playing Arm

Posted on November 28, 2017

(By Larry Hodges / Photo courtesy of ITTF) Tip of the week: The Non-Playing Arm Many players do not use their non-playing arm properly. Often the problem is that you can sort of get away with not using the non-playing arm in many drills – either static ones, where you aren’t moving (i.e. working on basics with […]

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Review Boys’ Team: Tense battles, United States upsets seeding, wins thriller

Posted on November 28, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Tense battles, United States upsets seeding, wins thriller Places in the quarter-finals at stake, tense contests concluded proceedings in the Boys’ Team event at the 2017 ITTF World Junior Championships in Riva del Garda, Italy on the evening of Monday 27th November. Represented by Tobias Hippler, Gerritt Engemann and […]

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World’s Biggest Table Tennis Tour Opens Bids for 2019

Posted on November 27, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) World’s Biggest Table Tennis Tour Opens Bids for 2019 Set to be the biggest and best table tennis World Tour in history; more prize money, better sports presentation and more television distribution than ever before, bids are now open for the most lucrative table tennis tour: the 2019 ITTF World Tour. It […]

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Toronto experience invaluable, Alicia Cote sets Canada on victory path

Posted on November 26, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Experience invaluable, Alicia Cote sets Canada victory path An experienced player in the selection; most certainly in a major competition it can be a definite boost, a player to whom the big theatre is no stranger. At the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games, the youngest player on duty was […]

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Triangle Table Tennis December 2017 News and Happenings

Posted on November 26, 2017

(Courtesy of Triangle Table Tennis) Triangle Table Tennis December 2017 News and Happenings We know, we know, we’re a little early, but who can blame us?  We have so much to tell you! This newsletter is the last email you’ll receive from us this month, so you’ll find it all in this one source — a quick overview […]

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Vote now for the Table Tennis Star Point of 2017

Posted on November 22, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) Vote now 2017 Table Tennis Star Point At the ITTF Star Awards, table tennis’ night of nights, it’s the fans that star as they vote for this year’s best players and points. There have been some huge rallies this year, but now’s the time to choose which point caught the world’s collective […]

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Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun

Posted on November 22, 2017

(BY RICHARD FINN) Olympic Dreams Take Hard Work – Gao Jun Jun Gao knows a little something about being an Olympian. After all, she played in the world’s biggest sports spectacle four times during her illustrious Hall of Fame career – in 1992 for her native China and then in 2000, 2004 and 2008 as […]

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