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News
| 12/2021 | Updated essay, "Bounce With The Ball", with video examples |
| 6/2019 | TT as Community by National Geographic |
| 10/2018 | Tom's 4th Ball Surprise, a mystery of corkscrew spin. |
| 3/2016 | RR6.txt for 6-way round robin tournaments. |
| 3/2014 | Timo Boll vs. Robot, March 11 |
| 12/2013 | See Ma Long practice his forehand with slo-mo. Carefully observe here many facets of canonical technique in TT. For example, by watching this you can confirm or reject Tom Veatch's "bounce-with-the-ball" principle: Do you see exactly TWO two-footed bounces per ball contact, each timed such that the feet contact the ground just as the ball touches the table? Ma Long's post-hit foot-bounce seems to be actually timed EARLIER than the ball contact on the table! So don't bounce late! What else do you see? (Thanks to Julien Couvreur for this link!) |
| 11/2013 | Some highlights from the World's. |
| 10/2013 | Pingpong philosophy book review, watch out! I think I must be Mina Di Sospiro. |
| 9/2013 | SPTTC has quarterly Open tournaments, check them out here |
| 3/2013 | 2013 SPTTC March Open |
| 1/2013 | 2013 SPTTC January Open |
| 10/2012 | 2012 SPTTC October Open |
| 8/2012 | 2012 SPTTC Summer Open |
| 9/2011 | 2011 Bellevue Fall Open |
| 8/2011 | Bounce With The Ball a solution to the footwork choreography problem in table tennis. |
| 7/2011 | TechFlash Ping Pong a.k.a. Ping Pong for Business Networking. It's hot! |
| 6/2011 | How to run a Fabulous Middle School Ping Pong Demonstration |
| Notes for an interview with KIRO radio | |
| 5/2011 | Obama and Cameron play TT |
| 2/2011 | American Hinoki, a series of experiments in TT woods. Note the V-grip blade! |
| 1/2011 | Van Asselt Community Center in Seattle is running its first tournament. Please turn out and support them! |
| Forehand in a chair. No, your elbow doesn't swing behind you in the windup then across your chest in the follow-through, no. Here you can see clearly emphasized the relative magnitude of elbow motion versus body rotation, with the use it's done in the rotating office chair. So keep your elbow in one position relative to your rib-cage. Rotate your body, don't slide your elbow back and forth in the swing. | |
| 12/2010 |
To easily run a tournament, use these forms: To record a single match: match.card To seed and record a Single Elimination event: SE4, SE8, SE16, and SE32. To record a Round Robin group: RR4, RR5. Note: An SE event can also use match.card for each match. Note: An RR event can also use an SE bracket after group winners come out. |
| 11/2010 | More TT Tournament software
from Lily Yip and Barry Dattel.
Any comments, reviews? How's David Marcus doing with Zermelo? I'd
like to hear a few more-recent opinions, though I am almost sold by the testimonials at the Zermelo page. On the other hand, here's my own latest diatribe against tournament
software |
| 10/2010 |
The 3rd Seattle City Table Tennis Championship Tournament: Sponsors include Killerspin, Paddle Palace, Seattle Pacific TT Center, and the Green Lake Advisory Council. |
| 9/2010 |
Green Lake TTC ups the
ante! The Green Lake gym has New Bright
Lights, along with up to 14 New or Almost-New Tables, High
Ceilings, Lowered Rates ($5/night, $3 for kids). Chairman Kim Goldov reports
"Green Lake now has the best Table Tennis playing conditions in the
State of Washington." |
| Samson Dubina writes
about
about 9 common styles and how to play against them. | |
| NEXY Korean paddle designer talks about paddle design. | |
| 8/2010 | 2010 Bellevue Fall Open |
| 7/2010 | Our new local club, the Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club in Bellevue has had its Grand Opening and is in operation. Congratulations! |
| 5/2010 | The Mind Game of Table Tennis, by me. |
| 4/2010 | 2010 Bellevue Spring Open Entry Form |
| Penny Arcade Ping Pong:
Hilarious. Comic: Paint the Line Video: PA vs. Bungie | |
| 3/2010 | Brodmann Ping Pong Paddle |
| Cheap Equipment: ZeroPong.com Green Magic Bat ~$15 | HiQuaSports.com 144 balls, $20 | ColesTT.com Talk to him for unposted stock | | |
| 2/2010 | Training Video A student of mine (before & after: nice improvement) & me: nice backhand Tom, if I do say so myself! (at 2:45 in). |
| 1/2010 | Kids (9-11) Program at Green Lake TTC Saturdays 5:15-6:30 at least until March 13! |
| Beijing 2008 Slo-Mo TT | |
| Meadowbrook Community Center drop in table tennis opens Monday 1/4/2010 6:30-8:45pm. | |
| 12/2009 | New York Times video on TT in California and an article there too |
| Christmas Table Inventory at GLTTC | |
| 11/2009 | Pac Rim Tournament in Portland, 11/7-8 |
| 10/2009 | Joe Romanosky's Links: Ma Lin's serve, Federal Way TTC on YouTube! |
| 10/2009 | Green Lake's Ping Pong Ladder |
| 9/2009 | Rashun Singleton's Table Tennis Story |
| 8/2009 | First humanoid ping pong playing robot |
| 7/2009 | Fox13's Geek TT Tournament Story (Valeri Kim won) |
| 7/2009 | Barack Obama buys a Stiga TT table. |
| 6/2009 | A TT training video channel on YouTube (coachtt123). |
| 4/2009 | Tennis Mind Game Another book about tennis psychology, could be useful. |
| 3/2009 | The Inner Game of Tennis the classic book about the psychology of sport, as applicable to table tennis as it is to tennis. http://www.theinnergame.com |
| 2/2009 | "What is the beauty of tennis?" asked by Charlie Rose of Andre Agassi. |
| 1/2009 | Highlight Video found at UWTTC website |
| 12/2008 | Super Seattle results at the US Nationals:
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| 12/2008 | Table Tennis is the world's best Brain Sport from psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen |
| 11/2008 | Federal Way goes to Tuesdays (PowerPoint about the FWTTC) |
| 10/2008 | TTmatic robot (anti-)recommendation |
| 9/2008 | Haruna Fukuoka's V Grip Serve |
| 8/2008 | Coach Judy and Quan Gu |
| 7/2008 | NBC Olympics Top 8 points from the men's finals matches |
| 5/2008 | Wang Chen's story |
| 4/2008 | New York Times article on Table Tennis as an Executive Pursuit |
| 3/2008 | Photographic record of the Seattle City Championships at the Green Lake TTC |
| 2/2008 | Seattle City Championships to be held at Green Lake, March 29 |
| 1/2008 | Gennadiy Shpreyregin takes over as GLTTC Coach |
| 12/2007 | Boy Waldner video. Watch his elbow as he practices. |
| 11/2007 | Puget Sound Table Tennis Exchange is up for discussions about all our clubs. Thanks, Yazel! |
| 10/2007 |
Green Lake table tennis classes have started! Please support our Junior, Senior, and Women's programs by inviting your friends and family!
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| 9/2007 | A new website is up for the Cao Yan Hua Table Tennis School(s) (and clubs) in Shanghai, which I visited in 2002. See www.caotts.com and click on "English". |
| 8/2007 | Fan Yi Yong interview with the Tacoma Tribune |
| 3/2007 | Waldner career highlights video. Notice his calm and his acceleration. |
| 2/2007 | Coach Judy and Tommy Chung |
| 1/2007 | I've been teaching ping-pong at Green Lake almost every Sunday at 4pm for two years now. I have my limitations, but I can help many players at least a little. I invite you to drop in and join us for some guided practice! (Free for first-timers.) |
| 12/2006 | GLTTC scheduled holiday closures posted. |
| My technique teaching document on table tennis strokes, Orthodox Technique, now has a new section on backhand stroke mechanics | |
| 11/2006 | GLTTC is starting a round robin system for Saturdays. |
| 9/2006 | Polish highlights video |
| 3/2006 | Spring Quarter GLTTC Skills Development Course, April 2 to June 11, 2006, Sundays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
| 2/2006 | GLTTC has a new website: http://www.glttc.org! |
| 1/2006 | GLTTC has a new president: Me! |
| 12/2005 | GLTTC has two new National Champions: Mark Wood (U-1700) and Alex Lebedev (U-1200) |
| 11/2005 | DeathToPeanuts video on XTT |
| 9/2005 | Fall 2005 Washington Open Entry Form (MS Doc file, scan before opening!) here. September 9-11. |
| 8/2005 | Allen Lin goes to Cao Yanhua TT School in Shanghai, cached copy here. |
| 5/2005 | Yi Yong Fan's 7-days-a-week club opens! Visit www.yiyongfan.com for details |
| Seattle Open(as MS Word doc file) June 11 and 12. | |
| Washington Open(entry form (as PDF) May 27, 28, and 29. | |
| 4/2005 | Bellevue Spring Open(as MS Word doc file [possible virus-carrier] or as rtf file [safe]) on April 30 & May 1. |
| Update on the GLTTC Skills Development Program, Sundays 4-6pm | |
| 3/2005 | Announcing a Continuing Program for Table Tennis Skills Development at Green Lake TTC, Sundays 4-6pm |
| Feedback from the previous class at Green Lake TTC, Sundays 4-6pm | |
| 2/2005 | Team Scored Round Robin an enhancement for club round robin tournaments |
| Team Scorer generates team scores from individual results | |
| Convert USATT to Canada ratings | |
| 2005 Richmond (BC Canada) Open(pdf) | |
|
The Perfect Serve updated for the new service rules | |
| 4th day schedule | |
| 1/2005 | 3rd day schedule |
| 2nd day schedule | |
| 1st day schedule | |
| Course Outline for GLTTC Class | |
| 12/2004 | Announcing a Beginner Class at the Green Lake TTC 1/16-3/20/05 |
| 11/2004 | Orthodox Technique for Intermediate Level Players |
| 9/2004 | Consumer Reports recommends Ping Pong |
| 8/2004 | Olympic TT coverage TV schedule for NBC channels in the USA |
| 7/2004 | Players vs Improvers: the long-term effects of devotion to table tennis skill improvement |
| 6/2004 | RatingCentral.com Free tournament software by David Marcus. Great! |
| 5/2004 | Match cards for Head to Head(one match) or 4-way Round Robin Group (up to six matches). 60 lines per page. |
| 4/2004 | Sakda and Petri TT Exhibition at Gold's Gym TTC, Renton Saturday May 1, 3pm |
| 3/2004 | RPB(reverse penhold backhand) notes and links |
| 2/2004 | Free Handicap Rating System (under development; participants welcomed) |
| 1/2004 | How to Become a Champion (advice for Fencers; great for Table Tennis) |
| 12/2003 | German TT News |
| 11/2003 | The Secrets of Speed Glue |
| 10/2003 | Jörgen Persson answers 100 questions about table tennis. |
| 8/2003 | Ping Pong Changes a Life |
| 7/2003 | Wei Wang, Ping Pong Coach NPR Audio program (needs Real Player). |
| Andy Roddick playing V grip? | |
| A second school in China teaching the V grip | |
| About.com correspondence 030703 | |
| Entry forms for Montlake TT Tournament (July 26, 2003) | |
| 6/2003 | Play my robot |
| Pictures of Tom's V-grip Paddles | |
| 5/2003 | Alex Sumeri Goes to China with Yi Yong Fan (15M Word doc) |
| 4/2003 | Timo Boll |
| 2003 Seattle Open Entry Form (MS Word format) | |
| 3/2003 | Rose City Open Entry Form (April 26-27, 2003 Rose, 2 Star Table Tennis Tournament in Portland, OR) |
| Chung Lau ( FishTT | CN-TT | Sina Pingpang ) | |
| 2/2003 | 2003 King Wong Tournament Entry Form |
| 1/2003 | V Grip Wrist Control |
| 12/2002 | The V grip Matures: A 24-month Status Report |
| 11/2002 | Seattle Area TT Coaches |
| ThinkQuest TT | |
| 10/2002 | Olympic Teams (not what it sounds like) |
| 9/2002 | Perfect Pingpong Ball Pickup Net, <$10 |
| 8/2002 | In2Spin by Kingston Gee |
| 7/2002 | Welcome to The Club (PLEASE print a copy for your club, keep it with the nets, & ask visitors to read it) |
| 6/2002 | Randall Ly |
| 5/2002 | 2002JuicWashingtonOpenEntryForm.doc |
| 4/2002 | 2002SeattleOpenEntryForm.doc |
| 3/2002 | David Marcus TT resources (Rating histories, tournament software, links, &c) |
| 12/2001 | A 1995 article on the V grip in Japanese (evidently for use only in serving) |
| Backhand control with super power: A new V grip BH attack | |
| Pictures of V grip user Wang Guangyao (U-17 Amateur Jr. Nat'l Champion of China at age 11) | |
| 11/2001 | Backhand control |
| Dong Myn Yim's Korean V-grip paddle pictures, website, correspondence | |
| V Grip 12-month Status Report (technical notes) | |
| 11/2001 | Random notes on the new service rule |
| 09/2001 | V Grip 10-month Status Report (for doubters) |
| 06/2001 | Cambodian TT links: Tournament | Technique pictures | Equipment links | Places To Play (Seattle) |
| 05/2001 | Seattle TT Activity Schedule and Locations |
| 04/2001 | Chinabat's Pistol Grip paddle (perpendicular to V grip)cached copy |
| 03/2001 | V Grip Pictures (right-handed) |
| V Grip Pictures (actual, left-handed orientation) | |
| 02/2001 | V Grip 4-month Status Report |
| V grip Correspondence | |
| 01/2001 |
The Perfect Serve |
| 11/2000 | The New V-for-Victory
Grip in Table Tennis |
| 10/2000 | China Trip Report |
| Cao Yan Hua TT School | |
| 12/1999 | US Nationals, 1999 |
