Table Tennis Bug

Monday, July 30, 2012

Kerala Ranking tournament at Ambalamedu August 3-5

Kerala Star Maria Rony

A Table Tennis tournament will be held at FACT, Ambalamedu, Kerala from August 3-5, 2012.

We request readers to write to us and provide more information.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

India Table Tennis at Olympics: Soumyajit loses

Update:

Soumyajit lost after a decent fight against the much higher ranked opponent 4-1

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Soumyajit to play Kim Hyok Bong of PRK in the second round

Photo courtesy: Sportsnewsnow.co.uk

India's only male representative in Table Tennis, Soumyajit Ghosh faces Kim Hyok Bong of PRK in the Men's singles round two in the London Olympics today (3:30 PM Indian Standard Time)

In the first round, Soumyajit beat Brazilian Gustavo Tsuboi 4-2.

Soumyajit Ghosh, Ankita Das live Olympic Games Table Tennis on DD Sports/ESPN

Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das, London Olympic Games Table Tennis LIVE from London on DD Sports/ESPN at 8:30 Indian Standard Time!

Editor

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Damien Eloi with a strange racket

Damien Eloi. Look at his blade carefully. See anything interesting?

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Friday, July 20, 2012

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.