How to Serve in Ping Pong: The Rules and the Basic Serves
What makes a ping pong serve legal under the ITTF laws, how lets and doubles serves work, and the basic spins coaches teach, in plain English.
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How to Hold a Ping Pong Bat: Shakehand, Penhold and the Ready Position
How to hold a table tennis bat: the shakehand and penhold grips, a relaxed ready position, and where to stand, drawn from Table Tennis England coaching.
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Ping-Pong Diplomacy and a Short History of the Game
From Victorian parlour game to the 1971 trip to China: a sourced history of ping pong, the Nagoya bus story, the Olympics, and what is still disputed.
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Learning Table Tennis and Ping Pong
While the game itself is simple, ping pong requires regular practice to develop and refine basic skills. You should start by finding someone to play[…]
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How to Improve Your Ping Pong Game
Ping pong is a lot of fun, but it’s also an excellent workout and requires high levels of skill. To get the most out of[…]
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The Game of Ping Pong
A much-beloved game around the world, ping pong requires skill and concentration to master. Whether you play competitively or recreationally, it’s an excellent way to[…]
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