Table tennis is my outlet to the world. I’ve never been to Nigeria, but I know several Nigerian table tennis players. I haven’t been to China, but I hit with Chinese players every week. I haven’t made it to India either, which is a shame, because I really love Indian food. I know table tennis …
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It’s probably possible to be a successful table tennis player without completely understanding spin. You may not need to understand spin in the same way a physics professor does. You do need to know the basics, and know how to recognize and understand how spin affects your game. Over the last few years I’ve grown …
We’ve all experienced it. You show up for a tournament or league night with high expectations. Then at some point, in the middle of a match, you begin to question all of your choices in life. If it’s just a string of lost points, I can usually tell myself that I distinctly remember playing this …
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Imagine waking up on a Monday morning, glancing at your calendar, and noting that you have eight hours of table tennis ahead of you. At 11:00 am a retired teacher, who now works as an artist will be returning to train after being sidelined by an injury. At 1:00 a young physical therapist arrives. He …
