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Coaching Websites

All of these sites have great coaching articles - take a tour!

• About.com Table Tennis Coaching Articles  - Lots of table tennis articles, forum
• Butterfly USA Coaching Page
• Chung Lau - Translated Chinese table tennis articles from 2004 and before.
• Denis' Table Tennis World - General table tennis site, lots of articles, forum, blog
• Grace Lin Table Tennis Center Coaching Forum - Photo sequences of top junior players demonstrating various strokes
• Greg's Table Tennis Articles
• How to Be a Table Tennis Champion - Eleven articles by elite coaches
• Junior Progression: 100 Steps to Excellence by Richard McAfee
• JOOLA USA Coaching Page
• Megaspin
• MyTableTennis.net coaching articles & discussions
• Newgy Coaching Page
• PATT Institute - Principles Approach to Table Tennis by Donn Olsen
• Paddle Palace Coaching Page
  • Samson Dubina articles
  • Stellan Bengtsson articles
• Ping Skills - Australian coaching site
• Pongworld Articles
• Pro Table Tennis
• Samson Dubina Coaching Articles
• Table Tennis DB
• Table Tennis Guide
• TTSpin

Coaching Resources

• Full-time Professional Table Tennis Clubs in the USA
• ITTF Coaches Accreditation
• ITTF Coaching Resources
• ITTF Coaching Development
• USA Table Tennis Coaching Page

Sports Psychology

• Dora Kurimay's Table Tennis Sports Psychology page - Strongly recommended!
• Articles by Stanley Popovich
  • Managing Your Anxieties in Table Tennis
  • Do Not Stress Over Your Competition
• United States Olympic Committee Sports Psychology
• Confidence – Then Consistency! by Larry Hodges
• Books on Sports Psychology (recommended by Larry Hodges)
  • With Winning in Mind by Lanny Bassham
  • The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
  • Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert
  • Finding Your Zone by Michael Lardon, M.D.

Equipment Reviews

• Table Tennis Database
• OOAK Forum - lots of equipment reviews, info on long pips

Online Coaching Books

• Table Tennis: Steps to Success by Larry Hodges
• Professional Table Tennis Coaches Handbook by Larry Hodges
• Instructor's Guide to Table Tennis by Larry Hodges - This is a shortened version of the original, which was about twice as long
• Tops Table Tennis: Table Tennis in Schools Program by Table Tennis Australia
• Royal Navy Table Tennis Book
• Breaking Down Barriers with Table Tennis Balls by ITTF - a Starter Kit for School Teachers, Youth Workers, Community Groups and Beginner Coaches

Coaching Articles by Larry Hodges

General

• 171 Tips of the Week  (as "Dr. Ping Pong" for USA Table Tennis, 1999-2003)
• Table Tennis Gems
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Spin - But Were Afraid to Ask!
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Size in Table Tennis
• Juniors and Ratings
• Do You Want to Know an Opponent's Rating Before a Match?
• Suggested equipment for beginning and intermediate players

Improving

• How to Move Up a Level
• Improving at Table Tennis
• Develop the Basics: Strokes & Footwork
• Killer Practice Sessions
• Learning to Win
• Six-Step Training Progression
• Play Both Weaker and Stronger Players
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Table Tennis Players
• Changing Bad Technique
• Shadow Practice Your Shots
• Shadow Practice for Strokes and Footwork
• Develop an Overpowering Strength
• Practice Matches
• Develop Your Game Around Your Playing Style

Serving

• Serves to Help You Win
• Ten-Point Plan to Serving Success
• Deception on Serves: Using Semi-Circular Motion
• Maximize Your Service Play
• Serving Short
• Serving Long
• The Fifteen Fast and Deep Serves
• The High Toss Serve
• The No-Spin Serve
• Contact the Ball as Low as You Can When Serving
• Holding Back on Serves
• Hardbat Serving Tips
• Strengths and Weaknesses of the Four Major Serves
• Importance of Serve Variety
• A Journey of Nine Feet Begins at Contact
• Exaggerate the Opposite Motion on Serves
• Fifteen Important Deep Serves
• Serving Short with Spin
• Practicing Serves the Productive Way
• Short serves to the middle

Receiving

• Reading Service Spin
• How To Return Different Serves
• When Receiving, Emphasize Placement & Consistency
• Returning Short Serves
• Looping Spin Serves
• Stopping the Third-Ball Loop Versus Push Attack
• Never Give a Server What He's Looking For
• What To Do With Problem Serves
• Why You MUST Attack the Deep Serve
• What is the goal of the receiver?

Rallying

• Ten-Point Plan to Rallying Success
• Super Spinny Slow Loops
• Hooking Sidespin Loops
• Counterlooping
• Dummy Loops
• Backhand Counter
• A Way to Make Your Backhand Hitting More Aggressive
• Lobbing
• Smashing Lobs
• Topspin Defense
• Backhand Sidespin Push
• Winning with Backspin for the Non-Chopper
• Proper Use of the Back Shoulder
• Relaxing the Arm
• Jerky Strokes and Jerkyitis: World's Most Rampant Table Tennis Disease
• The Short Serve & Short Receive, and Looping

Tactics

• Playing Choppers
• How To Play The Bomber: The Player Who Tries to Blast Every Shot
• Playing Against Combination Rackets
• Play the Middle
• Tactics for the Slow of Foot: How to Play a Faster Opponent
• How to Play Wildly-Attacking Junior Players
• Coaching Between Games
• Closing Out a Match
• Fifth-ball Attack
• Strategic Versus Tactical Thinking
• The Book on Your Game
• Playing Lefties
• The Mental State of a Looper Against a Push
• Where to Put Your Putaways
• Coaching Against Yourself
• Do You Hit to the Three Spots?
• Wait a split second longer when looping a push, then change directions
• Five-ball Attack
• Push with Purpose and Placement!
• Seven Placements and the Wide Angles
• A Levels Approach to Tactics
• Playing the Fisher
• Complex Versus Simple Tactics
• Play Into the Weird Stuff
• Pushing: Five out of Six Doesn't Cut It
• The Value of Down the Line
• The Myth of Thinking Too Much

Footwork

• Stepping Around the Backhand Corner
• Are You Backhand Oriented?
• A Forehand Stance While Blocking
• Are You a Tree or a Squirrel?
• Balance Leads to Feet-first Footwork

Playing in Tournaments

• Ten-Point Plan to Tournament Success
• Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Your First Table Tennis Tournament . . . But Didn’t Know Where to Ask!

Sports Psychology

• Confidence – Then Consistency!

Table Tennis Coaching Books

This is a rather comprehensive chronological list. If you are looking for a coaching book, you want something relatively recent. You can find most recent ones online at major table tennis distributors and major book dealers.

• The Complete Larry Hodges Collection - listing includes non-coaching books (203 books)
• Breaking 2000, 2012, by Alex Polyakov (ebook)
• Table Tennis: Tips from a World Champion, 2011, by Werner Schlager and Bernd-Ulrich Gross
• Boys Look at the Stars, by Enzo Pettinelli, 2011 (ebook)
• Brenda Mun's Table Tennis Fundamentals, by Brenda Mun, 2010 (signed)
• PATT: A Principles Approach to Table Tennis, by Donn Olsen with Kyongsook Kim, 2009 (signed)
• Table Tennis: Steps to Success, by Richard McAfee, 2009 (signed)
• Doubles, by Anne Borrowdale, 2009 (novel)
• Advanced Coaching Manual by ITTF, 2009
• Tops Table Tennis, by Glenn Tepper, Alois Rosario, and Wilhelmina Pruyn, 2009 (ebook)
• Table Tennis Tactics: 7 Secrets to Playing Like a Champion, author unlisted, 2009 (ebook)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. IX: 1977-79, by Tim Boggan , 2009 (signed)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. VIII: 1975-77, by Tim Boggan, 2008 (signed)
• Called to Serve: Memoirs of a Table Tennis Champion, by Pat Hildebrand, 2007 (signed)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. VII: 1973-75, by Tim Boggan, 2007 (signed)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. VI: 1970-73, by Tim Boggan, 2006 (signed)
• USA Table Tennis Membership Directory 2006
• Table Tennis Mastery, by John Kershaw, 2005 (ebook)
• My Secret Life as a Ping-Pong Wizard, by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver, 2005 (children's book)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. V: 1971-1972, by Tim Boggan, 2005 (signed)
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. IV: 1963-1970, by Tim Boggan, 2005 (signed)
• Table Tennis Fascination II, produced by ITTF, 2005
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. III: 1953-1962, by Tim Boggan, 2004 (signed)
• Table Tennis: Level 1 Coaching Manual, by Glenn Tepper & ITTF, 2003
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. II: 1940-1952, by Tim Boggan, 2003 (signed)
• J-O Waldner: When the Feeling Decides, by Jens Fellke, 2003 (signed by Waldner)
• Professional Strength Training for Table Tennis, by Philip Clark, 2003
• Table Tennis Fascination, by Takkyu Okoku, 2002 (signed)
• Could a Tyrannosaurus Play Table Tennis? by Andrew Plant, 2002 (children's book)
• Teaching and Coaching Table Tennis, by Deepak Jain, 2001
• Sizzling Chops & Devilish Spins, by Jerome Charyn, 2001
• Table Tennis in Schools Program, by Glenn Tepper, Alois Rosario & Wilhelmina Pruyn, 2001
• ITTF 1926-2001: Table Tennis Legends, by Zdenko Uzorinac, 2001
• History of U.S. Table Tennis: Vol. 1: 1928-1939, by Tim Boggan, 2001 (signed)
• Ping Pong: A Play About American College Life, by H.C. Kim, 2001
• Killer Ping-Pong, by David Lawrence, 2001
• Table Tennis 2000: Technique with Vladimir Samsonov, by Radivoj Hudetz, 2000 (signed by Samsonov)
• Table Tennis From A to Z, by Dimosthenis E. Messinis, 2000
• Table Tennis: Know the Game, by Gail McCulloch, 2000
• Zeke's Olympic Ball Games, by Jason Page, 2000 (chapter on table tennis, cover shot of Deng Yaping)
• 50 Years of Service: The National Umpires and Referees Committee, 1950-2000, produced by Colin Clemett, 2000
• The Mighty Walzer, by Howard Jacobson, 1999
• Table Tennis, by Ashok Kumar, 1999
• Learn Table Tennis in a Weekend, by Andrzej Grubba, 1998
• Table Tennis, by Bernie Blackall, 1998
• Train to Win, by Michel Gadal, 1997
• Coloured Pins on a Map: Around The World With Table Tennis, by H. Roy Evans, 1997
• Table Tennis: Best of the Best, by Inh Van Le, 1997 (signed)
• Winning Table Tennis, by Dan Seemiller & Mark Holowchak, 1996 (signed by Seemiller)
• Ping-Pong: Journal of the Henry Miller Library, edited by Linda Sonrisa, Toby Rowland-Jones and Magnus Toren, 1996
• Table Tennis: Official Olympic Results, 1996
• The Future of Table Tennis in the U.S., by Gilbert Simons, 1996
• Not a Game for Boys, by Simon Block, 1995
• Ping Pong, by Gail McCulloch, 1995
• Table Tennis Education Program, by Steve Bruecker, 1995
• Table Tennis: Know the Game, by Gail McCulloch and the English TTA, 1995
• Tricks of the Trade for Kids, edited by Jerry Dunn (chapter on table tennis by Larry Hodges), 1994
• Table Tennis: Steps to Success, by Larry Hodges, 1993
• Play the Game: Table Tennis, by Donald Parker & David Hewitt, 1993
• Table Tennis: The Early Years, by Gerald N. Gurney, 1993
• Songs of International Friendship, by Hikosuke Tamasu, 1993 (signed)
• Ping & Pong, by David McPhail and Dennis Lee, 1993 (child's picture book)
• The Riddle Streak, by Susan Beth Pfeffer, 1993 (children's book)
• Table Tennis the Sport, by Scott Preiss, 1992 (signed)
• Newgy Robot/Player's Instructional Manual, by Larry Thoman, 1992
• How to Coach Table Tennis, by David Hewitt, 1990
• Table Tennis: How a New Sport Was Born, by Laszlo Bellak, 1990
• Ping-Pong is Not Table Tennis! by Fred Tepper, 1990
• How to Play Theological Ping-Pong, by Basil Mitchell, 1990
• Instructor's Guide to Table Tennis, by Larry Hodges, 1989
• Take Up Table Tennis, by Don Parker, 1989
• How to Play Table Tennis, by Mike Shaw, 1989
• Play the Game: Table Tennis, by Donald Parker & David Hewitt, 1989
• Sports Action Table Tennis, Edited by Richard Taylor, 1989
• Simple Science Experiments with Ping-Pong Balls, by Eiji Orii & Masako Irii, 1989
• A Robot Ping-Pong Player: Experiment in Real-Time Intelligent Control, by Russell Andersson, 1988
• Joe's Got a Head Like a Ping-Pong Ball, by Marcia & Jon Pankake,1988 (Music book)
• Robot Adept, by Piers Anthony, 1988 (29 pages about a fantasy table tennis match)
• Table Tennis: The Skills of the Game, by Gordon Steggall, 1986
• Olympic Encyclopedia: Table Tennis, edited by Raymond Gafner, 1986
• Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom, 1986
• Fathers Playing Catch with Sons, by Donald Hall, 1986. (Chapter on table tennis)
• The Pocket Guide to Table Tennis Tactics, by David Fairholm, 1985
• Cub Scout Sports: Table Tennis, by USTTA, 1985
• TSP/Robbins Sport Guide to Competitive Table Tennis, by Dan Robbins, 1985
• Table Tennis: More Than Meets the Eye, by Jim Doney, 1985
• 50 Years Across the Table, by Ken Wilkinson, 1984
• Billiards, Bowling, Table Tennis, Pinball and Video Games, edited by Robert R. Craven, 1983
• Top-Class Table Tennis, by Jill Hammersley and Donald Parker, 1983
• Rupert and Pong Ping, by Octopus Books Limited, 1983
• Racquet Sports: An Illustrated Guide, by Elinor Nickerson, 1982
• Techniques of Chinese Table Tennis Players, compiled by China Sports Editorial Board, 1981
• The Chinese Book of Table Tennis, by Ding Shu De, Zhu Qing Zuo, Wang Lian Fang & Yuan Hai Lu, 1981
• How To Play Table Tennis, by Peter Simpson, 1981
• Acrobats and Ping Pong, by Isobel Willcox, 1981
• Spens '81, by Budimir Vojinovic, 1981 (series of table tennis cartoons)
• Winning at Table Tennis with Desmond Douglas, by Desmond Douglas, 1980
• Successful Table Tennis, by Peter Simpson, 1980
• Murray's Guide to Table Tennis, by Noel Shorter, 1979
• The Science of Table Tennis, by Brian Burn, 1979
• Halex Book of Modern Table Tennis, by Denis Neale, 1978
• The Other Racket Sports, by Dick Squires, 1978
• Enjoying Racket Sports, by the Diagram Group, 1978
• Table Tennis Now, by Barry Hayward and Phil Burwell, 1978
• Ball Games, by Nigel Viney and Neil Grant, 1978 (chapter on table tennis)
• Advanced Table Tennis Techniques, by Chester Barnes, 1977
• Table Tennis, by Harold Myers, 1977
• Winning Table Tennis, by Tim Boggan, 1976 (signed)
• National School Table Tennis Guide, by Fred Danner, 1976
• Table Tennis is Fun, by Maureen O'Bryan & Eric Ford, 1976
• Table Sports, by Joe Marcus, 1976
• Teach Yourself Table Tennis, by Jack Carrington, 1976
• Table Tennis, by David Phillip, 1975
• Table Tennis, by Leslie Woolard, 1975
• Tackle Table Tennis, by John Hilton, 1975 & 1985
• Play Table Tennis, by Martin Sklorz, 1975
• Sports Illustrated Table Tennis, by Dick Miles, 1974
• The Money Player, by Marty Reisman, 1974 (signed)
• Revolutionary China: People, Politics and Ping-Pong, by Ruth Sidel, 1974
• Victor Barna, by Philip Reid, 1974
• The Will to Win: Dragutin Surbek, by Stjepan Kljuic-Branin, 1973 (English version)
• Table Tennis: Know the Game, by English Table Tennis Association, 1973
• Topspin, by David Clark (child's fiction story on table tennis), 1973
• Play Better Table Tennis, by Peter Simpson, 1973
• Captivity: How I Survived 44 Months as a Prisoner of the Red Chinese, by Mary Ann Harbert, 1973
• Better Table Tennis for Boys and Girls, by George Sullivan, 1972
• Advanced Table Tennis, by Jack Carr, 1972
• The Book of Table Tennis, by Glenn Cowan, 1972
• Modern Table Tennis Tactics, by Chester Barnes, 1972
• Ping Pong by John Waterhouse, 1972 (A play about table tennis, ebook)
• Ping Pong to China, by Dr. John Jackson, 1971
• Your Book of Table Tennis, by Victor Barna, 1971
• Table Tennis for the 'Seventies, by Johnny Leach, 1971
• Table Tennis Made Easy, by Johnny Leach, 1971
• EP Sport Table Tennis, by Martin Sklorz, 1971
• The Youngest Son, Autobiography of Ivor Montagu, 1970 (signed)
• The Way to the Top Table Tennis, by Denis Neale, 1970
• Progressive Table Tennis, by Jack Carrington, 1970
• More Than a Match, by Chester Barnes, 1969
• Better Table Tennis, by Johnny Leach, 1969
• Advanced Table Tennis, by Jack Carr, 1969
• The Game of Table Tennis, by Dick Miles, 1968
• The Ogimura Seminar of Table Tennis, by Dell Sweeris, 1968
• Table Tennis, by Ruffard Harrison & Margaret Varner, 1967
• Teach Yourself Books: Table Tennis, by Geoffrey Harrower, 1966
• Table Tennis, by Diane Rowe, 1965
• Table Tennis, Ping Pong, by Si Wasserman, 1963
• Table Tennis Today, by Victor Barna, 1962
• Table Tennis Complete, by Johnny Leach, 1960
• Instructions in Table Tennis, by Harry Venner, 1960
• Table Tennis, by Eric Hyde, 1960
• It's All in the Game, by James Shea, 1960
• Table Tennis - A New Approach, by Ken Stanley, 1959
• Tackle Table Tennis This Way, by Ann Haydon, 1958
• How to Win at Table Tennis, by Victor Barna, 1957
• Boys' Book of All Sports, edited by W.J. Hicks, 1957 (several chapters on table tennis)
• Ping Pong, by Parker Brothers, 1956
• Table Tennis My Way, by Johnny Leach, 1955
• Ping Pong: A Play, by Arthur Adamov, 1955
• The Twins on Table Tennis, by Diane and Rosalind Rowe, 1955
• How To Become a Champion At Table Tennis, by Miklos Svabados, 1954
• Table Tennis Sports Activity Book, by William P. Gottlieb, 1954
• Table Tennis Illustrated, by Douglas Cartland, 1953
• Young Readers Indoor Sports Stories, by Charles Coombs (fiction story on table tennis), 1952
• Table Tennis For All, by Johnny Leach, 1951
• Know the Game of Table Tennis, produced by English Table Tennis Association, 1951
• Twenty-One Up, by Richard Bergmann, 1950
• Boys' Book of All Sports, edited by W.J. Hicks, 1950 (several chapters on table tennis)
• Your Book of Table Tennis, by William P. Gottlieb, 1949?
• Table Tennis, by Coleman Clark, 1948
• Rule Book Badminton Table Tennis Squash, produced by A.G. Spalding, 1947
• Top-Notch Table Tennis, by Emily Fuller, 1942
• Table Tennis, by Jay Purves, 1942
• Table Tennis, A Guide for Beginners and Enthusiasts, by Eric Hyde, 1940
• The Ping-Pong Game, by William Saroyan, 1939
• Table Tennis Comes of Age, by Sol Schiff, 1939
• Modern Table Tennis, by Jack Carrington, 1939 (revised version in 1960)
• How to Play Table Tennis, by Coleman Clark, 1938
• Table Tennis, by Coleman Clark, 1938
• Table Tennis, by Ivor Montagu, 1937
• Games and Recreation Series: Table Tennis, by Ivor Montagu, 1936
• Success at Table Tennis, by Istvan Kelen, 1936
• The New Hoyle Standard Games, by Paul Seymour, 1936 (section on ping pong)
• Table Tennis, by M.A. Symons, 1935
• Lawn Tennis & Table Tennis, by Vantage, 1935
• Popular Sports, by Frank Collins, 1935 (chapter on ping pong)
• Table Tennis, by Arthur Waite, 1933(?)
• Table Tennis Tactics, by William R. Stewart, 1933
• Modern Ping-Pong and How to Play It, by Coleman Clark, 1933
• Ping-Pong, Game, Tactics, and Laws, by Cornelius Schaad, 1930
• Ping Pong, by Cornelius Schaad, 1930
• A Manual of Ping-Pong, the Game, Its Tactics and Laws, by Cornelius G. Schaad, 1928
• Table Tennis, by the American Sports Publishing Company, 1902
• Ping-Pong, The Game & How to Play It, by Arnold Parker, 1902
• A Handbook to Ping Pong: Table Tennis And How To Play It With Rules Illustrated, by J.G. Ritchie and Walter Harrison, 1902