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Visualize Your Serves and Make Them Do Tricks

March 22, 2016

Visualize Your Serves and Make Them Do Tricks by Larry Hodges Tip of the Week Before you serve you should always visualize what the ball is going to do. It amazes me how many players just serve without really doing this. Top players have practiced their serves so much that this is instinctive – they […]

Ask The Experts: Larry Hodges, No. 91

March 4, 2016

Ask The Experts: Larry Hodges, No. 91 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Blade: Stiga Allround Classic Forehand: Flextra Backhand: Flextra Question: Hi, I often found articles in the website that discuss about table tennis playing style which in modern era is dominated by looping style. I want to know the reason(s) why a playing style like hitter (two […]

Looping Against Backspin Drills

February 12, 2016

Looping Against Backspin Drills by Larry Hodges Tip of the Week It’s easy practicing topspin rallies since you can do them over and over in the same rally. The same is not true for practicing against backspin, unless you happen to have a chopper to practice with – and that’s not quite the same either, […]

The Power of a Low, Short, No-Spin Serve

October 19, 2015

The Power of a Low, Short, No-Spin Serve Tip of the Week by Larry Hodges At the beginning level, players serve without spin. However, these serves are usually pop-ups that any intermediate (or advanced beginner) can easily attack. As players move up the ranks they learn to serve with spin. But eventually players come full […]

Tip of The Week: The Feel of a Shot and a Checklist

June 30, 2015

The Feel of a Shot and a Checklist By Larry Hodges When learning new techniques, many players make the mistake of trying to remember the specifics of each shot. While this is important to know later as a checklist to go over when the shot is off, this is not the way to learn a […]

The Spirit of Pong by Larry Hodges

May 26, 2015

The Spirit of Pong by Larry Hodges May 26, 2015 – “The Spirit of Pong” is a new fantasy table tennis novel by Larry Hodges, about an American who goes to China to learn the secrets of table tennis, where he trains and learns from the spirits of past greats. It is available at Amazon […]