Swedish Coach for India Table Tennis Team

Anders Johansson, a well know Swedish coach is set to take over the reigns of the Indian Table Tennis team. The last foreign coach, Massimo Constantini did not continue after the last Commonwealth and Asian games. Constantini now trains Rajul Seth's wards at the Milpitas center in the US.

Johansson is currently the coach of Ochsenhausen, in the league where India's top player, Sharath Kamal plays.

SAI has agreed to pay $5000 as monthly remuneration, with the remaining costs being borne by the TTFI.

Karnataka State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Great players of the last millenium in Karnataka Table Tennis 

The State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be held at Cosmos Club, Dharwar from 3rd to 6th June, 2011. The main events will be Men's Singles, Junior's Singles, Sub Junior singles, Cadet's and Team events.


The tournament is expected to attract keen interest among the local talent around Hubli-Dharwar.

Please contact KSTTA at 09844102757 for more details.

Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

The first Open Gujarat Major Ranking Tournament will be held at Surat from 16 – 19 June, 2011.

The competition is expected to attract keen interest, especially since the state's promising Harmeet Desai is making waves even on the international scene.

For more details, please contact Haresh Sangtani, Hon.Secretary, on 09824229165.

Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

The first Tamil Nadu State Ranking Table Tennis tournament will be conducted by the Centre Court Table Tennis Club at the Hall of Table Tennis, Nehru Stadium from June 10 to 12. Entries are to be sent by June 3.

Contact J. Selvakumar, Joint Secretary, Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association (TNTTA)

Flat No.5, II Floor, Indus Jubilee Manor, 38, Tank Bund Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-34. Ph: 09444144482/(044) 28256169.

Maharashtra Table Tennis season 2011

The 2011 Maharashtra Table Tennis season begins with the State Ranking tournament at Deccan Gymkhana, Pune from 14th June to 19th June.

The Pune Inter-club championship just concluded and will be followed by the Pune District Ranking tournament, again at Deccan Gymkhana from 4th June.

The second State Ranking will be at Dombivali Gymkhana, Dombivali.

Table Tennis - Did you know?

A Table Tennis Bat

Table Tennis Trivia

• Table Tennis is played in over 200 countries
• Table Tennis is the second highest sport in terms of participation.
• About 300 million (30 Crore) people play Table Tennis in China. It is the largest recreational sport in that country.
• Since 1959, Chinese men have dominated the World Championships and have won the title 60% of the time.
• In April 1972, the US table tennis team were invited to visit China. This was a landmark event in the history of the world and helped improve US and China relations. The event was dubbed "Ping Pong Diplomacy".
• The best performance by an Indian at a world championship was K Nagaraj, who reached the quarter finals at the 1956 edition. Nagaraj unfortunately lost 20-22 in the deciding game. Nagaraj is considered the all-time greatest player of India.
• Uttam Chandarana beat a world champion in Mumbai in 1952
• Gool Nasikwala won the triple crown in the inaugural Asian table tennis championship in Singapore in 1952. No one can dare dream about in India today.

Obama - Who wants to take me on? at Table Tennis

While in the UK, the Obamas received a 41-gun salute as they stood next to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. They then met Prince William and Princess Catherine.

From there, a courtesy call to Downing street to meet the Prime minister Mr. Cameron and wife, Samantha.

Obama and Cameron took on Jason Do and Jamiyu Mojaji at Table Tennis at the Globe Academy in Southwark. The 16 year olds duly beat the national leaders, 11-0 showing no mercy.

Adidas Table Tennis Rubber Review

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We have rubbers that are available at good Discounts.

The sports giant, Adidas has entered into the Table Tennis field in a big way!
They sponsor major tournaments now. You probably have noticed their slick tables on the World tournament circuit.
Their rubbers are bound to give Tenergy a run for their money since they are high performance rubbers at nearly half the price!

Adidas P3 Table Tennis Rubber

Adidas P3 is a rubber that allows a player to hit ultra-sharp topspins. The P3 has enlarged pores in the sponge and the pimples are arranged in such a way that the top spins land with high quality.

The positive aspect is that although the rubber is built for speed, it can be used to play smartly even in defensive positions such as blocking and lobbing!

Adidas R6 Table Tennis Rubber

Those who miss the gluing habit, need not despair. Adidas R6 makes up for it!
The heavy sound that the rubber makes on contact with the ball is the first thing that you notice.

The elastic and soft sponge generates friction and speed during high speed play. It is best for the energetic, fast players who want to play offensively.

Adidas P5 Table Tennis Rubber

The Adidas P5 rubber gives you fruits of the hard labour during training and practice.

Extremely suitable for the loop game and also the loop-to-loop rallies, the forward traction makes sure that the balls always land at the desired areas. The compact top sheet is designed to enable this to happen.

The Adidas P5 rubber is especially suited for players who train intensely and with focus on technique and touch.

2012 London Olympic Games - Defending Champion not allowed to Compete?

Ma Lin, the defending Olympic Champion (Beijing 2008) will not be eligible to even compete if the new rules are enforced. He does not figure in the list of players that have automatically qualified.

A drastic new rule has been drawn to enable countries other than China to win at least a Bronze. Hence, only the top two players from any country can participate. The provisional qualifiers list is available here:
http://portal.ittf.com/stories/pictures/qualifiers.pdf

This list is subject to the National Olympic body's approval, which means that the Chinese Olympic Body must approve. This also means that there will be a huge hue and cry within China regarding the exclusion of Ma Lin, who is as popular a figure in China as Sachin Tendulkar is in India.

Zhang Jike, the newly crowned World Table Tennis Champion is in the provisional list of auto-qualifiers and so is Wang Hao, who will get a golden chance to add to his glorious collection of titles.

Zhang Jike is the new World Table Tennis Champion

 

Zhang Jike beat Wang Hao 4-2 to win the World Table Tennis Championship 2011 title at Rotterdam. Wang Hao did not go down without a fight. He saved 6 match points. 

In a high-quality match that provided thrilling moments to the enthusiastic crowd, Zhang seized his chances at crucial moments to seal the deal. Zhang appeared to be more focused during the entire match. 

The final score read 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 14-12.

Wang was a bit uncharacteristic early on in the match and let the first game slip from his hands when he had a chance to clinch it.  

Wang Hao had dominated the proceedings during the tournament, except for the match against Ryu Seung Min and hence he was the clear favourite. But Zhang had other ideas. He made the most of the opportunity by winning the title on his very first opportunity.

It is well known that Zhang is in and out of favour with China's chief coach, Liu Guoliang. This must be an especially sweet victory.