(By Larry Hodges) Finding Simple Tactics That Work I was going to write about this topic when I realized I didn’t have to – I already had. Chapter One of my book, “Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers,” starts with this: “Tactics isn’t about finding complex strategies to defeat an opponent. Tactics is about sifting through […]

(By Larry Hodges) Your Goal Should Be to Win Playing the Style You Are Developing What does this mean? It doesn’t mean you should blow big matches because you stubbornly refuse to play a smart tactic that’s not how you normally play. What it means is that if you are trying to improve your game, […]

(By Larry Hodges) Speed-Power: Easy with Good Technique,Good Technique is Difficult The above should be on a banner at every playing hall in the world. Players almost always try to drill at speeds or with power they can’t control, thinking that by drilling that way, they’ll learn to play at that pace. Superficially, it makes […]

(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 […]

(By Larry Hodges) Tip of the week: Three Simple Side-to-Side Drills Most table tennis movement is side-to-side, and so you need to practice this a lot. Here are three drills you should be doing – but only do the second when you are proficient with the first, and only do the third when you are […]