Tip of the Week
Returning Long Serves with the Backhand.
Chinese players in slow motion
Here's a video (3:30) that showcases top Chinese players in slow motion, which especially showcases their serves - though initially it mostly just shows their strokes. Serves are especially hard to learn by watching at normal speeds since the contact motion by a top server is so fast - it is designed not to be read very easily.
Charity Table Tennis
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Charity Ping-Pong for Poverty and the 28,818 ping-pong balls
Yes, 28,818 ping-pong balls in a Toyota Prius, and it's all Ping-Pong for Poverty. -
More Charity Table Tennis
This one at Comet Ping-Pong in Washington DC on Oct. 9, with "All entry proceeds will be donated to Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts." -
Still More Charity Table Tennis
Here's another charity table tennis event, this one in Chicago Nov. 3, where "100% of net proceeds from our inaugural event will directly benefit high-impact nonprofit organizations local to Chicago."
Practicing, weight training, stretching, and a new blade