Strong legs required for Table Tennis, not only hands!

The key to being a successful Table Tennis player is having a strong pair of legs and not only hands. Portuguese player, João Monteiro shows why!

Table Tennis (Tischtennis) documentary: The Chinese of Europe

A Ping Pong documentary (Die Chinesen Europas) featuring Timo Boll and the German team that won the silver medal at the Leibherr World Championship at Dortmund was premiered at Savoy in Dusseldorf.

The other main roles are played by Dmitrij Ovtcharov, Christian Suss, Bastian Steger and head coach Jorg Rosskopf.

The director of the documentary Milan Skrobanek has also produced other documentaries on Football and Handball. He spent months with the German National team understanding every aspect of their preparation and actual competition.

Justin Beiber thinks JP Morgan is alive

Photo courtesy weheartit.com

Justin Beiber was wondering why he had to make way for a JP Morgan private party. He was playing Ping Pong at Susan Sarandon's SPiN last week. He was heard saying "Why does he get the room and not us?"

Maharashtra Inter district and State Championships at Aurangabad

Mumbai Suburban and Thane won the Men's and Women's Team Championships titles at the Maharashtra Inter district and State Championships at Aurangabad.

Men:

MSD bt Thane

Sanil Shetty bt Jineet Lilani (3-1)
Aman Balgu bt Zubin Taraporewala (3-1)
Noel Pinto bt Mayuresh Kelkar (3-0)

Women:

Thane beat MSD

Pooja S bt Charvi Kawale (3-2)
Madhurika Patkar bt Runa Roy (3-1)
Prajakta Tipale lost to Akshi Sancheti (3-0)
Madhurika Patkar bt Charvi Kawale (3-0)

Cielo Galman wins Vero Beach Table Tennis Championship again

Cielo Galman in action at her club

Cielo Galman dominated the tournament beating accomplished players such as John Suen, Sandeep Sura, and Karl Freitag.

The beautiful coastal town hosted this event for the second year in a row.

Alameda Table Tennis Club

A player at Alameda Table Tennis Club

Alameda Table Tennis club is located at Lincoln Avenue, Alameda, CA.

Contact editor@TableTennisBug.com if you need more details on Table Tennis activity.

Concord Table Tennis Club

A participant at the Golden State Table Tennis tournament

The Concord Table Tennis club in Pleasant Hill, California (CA) has interesting Round Robin Table Tennis Tournaments and training sessions.

Contact editor@TableTennisBug.com for more details.

Federer vs Ma Lin

Roger Federer faces Ma Lin at Table Tennis, but each uses his own equipment!

Photo courtesy TableTennis Talk on Facebook. 

Ai Fukuhara is back to training and competition

Photo courtesy Sports.sohu.com
Ai Fukuhara being helped by other players. Scars visible at the elbow

Super star Table Tennis player Ai Fukuhara is back to playing Table Tennis after her surgery that kept her away from the Table for an extended period. She lost to China's new top woman player Cheng Meng 4-0. Fukuhara was full of praise for Cheng Meng and admitted that the young player has taken giant strides since she last played her.

Earlier, she was seen working out hard at training sessions, despite warning from her coaches not to overwork her elbow.

Fukuhara is a very popular player, both among her huge fans in Japan as well as among other professional players. It is a known fact that Ai Fukuhara is very fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Fukuhara plays with the following equipment - Armstrong Attack 8m rubber on her backhand and Spinart on Forehand. She uses a custom blade (FL) made specially for her.

Bruce Lee playing Ping Pong

A video showing Bruce Lee playing Table Tennis with his nunchucks: