Dear Jon. Every personal letter I’ve ever gotten began this way. I probably haven’t received any real letters in years. Email doesn’t count. The Dear John and Dear Jane letter allowed for the termination of a relationship with just a few lines, an envelope, and one postage stamp. Simply drop that letter in a mailbox …
To really understand medium pips, you probably need to really understand long and short pips. Some short pips play almost like smooth rubber. The classic short pips rubbers were made for aggressive hits and blocks. Unless you are chopping with short pips, you’ll need to be attacking often, and from pretty close range. Take the …
If you miss a day of table tennis do you become irritable or moody? Have you gradually increased the amount of time you play each week? Do you have conflicts with others over the amount of time that you dedicate to table tennis? Has table tennis become the most important thing in your life? If …
Experienced players are often excellent diagnosticians. You may not need to have played very long to recognize weaknesses in other players. Watching other players gives some insights, but playing a match against them reveals far more about their abilities. Every player comes with their own idiosyncrasies. Some of these traits provide special strengths for them, …
There are plenty of things to contemplate when choosing a table tennis blade. Weight, thickness, number of plies, speed rating, flexibility, and price, all need to be considered. One can opt for an all wood, or some type of composite blade. Beyond that, I normally wouldn’t give too much thought to what a blade is …
