Put down those phones and tablets and pick up some paddles! Table tennis is the perfect President’s Day Weekend family-fun activity! President’s Day Weekend gives many family and friends that much needed extra together time. If cold, wet weather is … Continue reading →

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Adriana Diaz won some key points in her successful U.S. Open Women’s Singles final by using chop blocks to great advantage.  You can do so, too. Against a loop or counter drive to your backhand, try stroking down and to … Continue reading →

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Pieke Franssen never imagined a table tennis coaching career sparked by one of his seven-year-old neighbors, yet that is exactly what happened. Franssen grew up on a small street in Holland that held only nine houses, and in one of … Continue reading →

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One of the most challenging serves to return well is also the simplest — a light underspin fairly short on the table. This serve is difficult to flip hard if you can’t be sure of the spin. For this reason … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Weekend is a great holiday to fit in some extra family time. The kids have off school, the weather is finally nice and businesses are closed. It’s time to put away the screens we’re constantly attached to and … Continue reading →

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World class defenders have always had good attacks.  A little joke we used to make was that lesser opponents had to play well to force them to chop at all.  But today’s modern defenders have taken their aggressive play to … Continue reading →

Defense isn’t just chopping or lobbying — it applies any time that you are just keeping the ball in play without attacking yourself. In that way defense is almost a state of mind, as much as particular strokes.  Defense can … Continue reading →

Having attracted over 300 players in the past two years, the organizers of the 2017 Aurora Cup understand that we have to keep improving the tournament experience to maintain our reputation for well-run tournaments. One of the improvements for 2017 … Continue reading →

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Team ICC defeated the competition at the 2016 JOOLA North American Teams Tournament. The tournament took place November 25-27 at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland and included over 700 competitors. Team ICC members include Wang Jinxin, the 2015 … Continue reading →