Table Tennis Backhand Stroke

Dmitry Ovtcharov demonstrating the backhand loop stroke

Here are some good resources for developing good basic backhand strokes and also some on advanced Backhand techniques.

The commonly employed strokes on the backhand side are the following:

Backhand Push
Backhand Counter
Backhand Topspin
Backhand Loop
Backhand Chop 

By far the most common among amateur to semi-professional level is the backhand counter hit.

Evolution of Man into a Table Tennis Player

Evolution of Man!

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Gun shaped Ping Pong Racket

Is it a weapon? Is it a gun? No, it's a Table Tennis blade!

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Neda Shahsavari at the London Olympics - first Iranian lady TT olympian

Changing times. The first woman from Iran to play Table Tennis at the Olympics, Neda Shahsavari.

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1st Maharashtra State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

The 1st Ranking Table Tennis Tournament of Maharashtra will be held at Dombivali Gymkhana, MIDC Dombivali (East) from 23rd to 28th July 2012.

Not Ping Pong ball

This is not a Ping Pong ball. It's a Puffer fish, the second most poisonous vertebrate!

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Aman Balgu dominates All India Inter Railways Table Tennis

Aman Balgu beat Soumyajit Sarkar 4-0 to win the All India Inter Railway Championships at Dharwad. In the Women's final, Anindita Chakraborty beat Shreya Ghosh 4-3.

Aman also played a stellar role in his team - Central Railway's win over South Eastern Railway. Omkar Torgalkar, and Martand Biniwale were his team mates.

Earlier in the Singles, Soumyajit Sarkar caused the upset of the tournament, beating Anirban Nandi in a thriller, 4-3.

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USA tournaments July

Large number of tournaments coming up this weekend in the US on July 14 weekend.

Mid-Florida Tour - Lakeland July Classic Open	Lakeland	FL	7/13/2012 - 7/14/2012	2	Raymond Spann, 352-750-4286
LYTTC July Open	Dunellen	NJ	7/14/2012 - 7/15/2012	2	Lily Yip, 732-200-5820
Maryland Circuit	Eldersburg	MD	7/14/2012		Yvonne Kronlage, 410-489-7291
July MCCC RR Open	Cary	NC	7/14/2012		Mike Babuin, 919-601-1914
Georgia Games Table Tennis	Norcross	GA	7/14/2012 - 7/15/2012		Wendell Dillon, 770-923-5110
Dana Point Open	Dana Point	CA	7/15/2012	1	Attila Malek, 714-280-6821

Layers of Table Tennis rubbers

Table Tennis rubber comparison?

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Eugene Wang Wins US Open Table Tennis 2012

Eugene Wang of Canada beat Slovakian International, Thomas Keinath to win the US open crown. Liu Juan won the Women's title.

	Men's Singles	Wang, Zhen (Eugene)	Canada	Keinath, Thomas	Slovakia	7,9,-7,1,13
	Women's Singles	Liu, Juan	NY	Wang, Huijing	TX	10,-11,7,4,10