Courtesy of Dan Seemiller

Highland, IN - Nearly 200 table tennis players from coast to coast descended on the Highland Indiana Lincoln Center Field House for the South Shore Sports Butterfly Table Tennis Championships November 15-16. For the first time, the annual tournament partnered with the Wasserman Foundation to host the Junior Championships, a competition for $5000 in scholarship money. Justin Yao and his brother Alex from St. Louis were the biggest junior winners, taking first in each of the boys events between... Read More

Coaching Files with Jack Huang: Third Ball Attack

Today's table tennis coaching video features Jack Huang showing the Third Ball Attack drill. The goal of this drill is to practice controling the point by opening with an aggressive topship shot.

Courtesy of Potomac Country Table Tennis Club

Even without the presence of few anticipated elite players (rating above 2500) who couldn’t participate in the tournament due to other engagement, the Potomac Fall Open still attracted 84 players with more than 300 matches---both the open and U2300 events were made up with 28 players (7 RR groups), and the U2150 with 32 players (8 RR groups). Read More

2008 U.S. Table Tennis Open: Women's Singles Semifinals

In today’s tournament highlight clip the match stands even at 2 games each in the Semifinals of the Women’ Singles. The momentum is favoring the younger, more quicker Ying Lu. Click here to see if youth prevails over experience to face Gao Jun in the finals.

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By Masaaki Tajima, Certified National Level Coach

I see players who can play above their level when playing against higher rated players but below their level when up against a lower rated player or, in practice, as an example, they can play at 2000 level but in matches, down to 1700. I am sure you been there or seen it often. It’s hard to overcome this behavior because it’s not as simple as telling them stop thinking about ratings or winning and losing, relax, stop being so tight and just play... Read More

2008 U.S. Table Tennis Open: Women's Singles Semifinals

The video for today resumes the Women’s Semifinals match between Ying Lu (USA) and Xia Lian Ni (LUX), tied at one game each.