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Coaching, Competing, Promoting

Two Interviews from Table Tennis Expert Ben Larcombe!

Expert Table Tennis Ben Larcombe from England interview me about my life as a coach, athlete, author, and promoter of the sport:

Details about illegal table tennis booster used by top players

Recent Training Video

Inside Information

Learn how to improve your ball placement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When hitting backhands, many table tennis players do a great job hitting to different locations.  Because they are able to bend at the wrist, these players are easily able to contact the inside of the ball, the back of the ball, and the outside of the ball in order to hit to different locations.

 

Serve Return

Learn it to return it!

 
 
 
 
Approximately 80% of the club players in the US admit that serve return is the weakest part of their game.  There are so many different types of serves – backhand over the shoulder, backhand under the shoulder, forehand pendulum, forehand reverse pendulum, forehand hook, forehand tomahawk, backhand tomahawk, windshield wiper serves, and a much of serves that have no names. 
 
Identify your nightmare serve.  Next, spend time learning how to SERVE IT YOURSELF. 
 

Starting a Club

Get FREE advice from Coach Yang Yu

 
Coach Yang Yu wants to help you start a table tennis club.  
http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Table-Tennis/Features/2015/June/19/USATT-Club...
Check out his FREE handbook where he outlines point-by-point the nine necessary step:
 Step 1: Are you ready to start a club?
 Step 2: Mission & Business Entity
 Step 3: Facility and Equipment
 Step 4: Income Resources
 Step 5: Business Models
 Step 6: Marketing Your Club

The Forbidden Phrase

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Dear Students,
 
Effective immediately, there is one phrase that is now completely forbidden at the Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy.  This phrase has been used way too often and I’m just sick of hearing it.  Here is the phrase…
  “I just need to practice more.”
 
Let me explain…
 

Forehand Push

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Racket Positioning

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Training

Are you practicing the right things?

 
 
 
 
In the US, many tt players have limited training partners available.  You must ask yourself the question before each session, “Which drills should I be doing with this particular training partner?”
 

Push the Limits!

Read the article and watch the VIDEO!

When doing drills with a training partner, choose drills that are game-like as well as drills that push your limits. If you are doing a basic backhand to backhand rally for one hour per day and averaging 50-100 balls each rally, then you probably aren’t pushing the limits.

Story Time!

Learn about Fred's weakest moment!

 
 
 
 
Story #1
Fred dominated the match against Bob with a 3-0 win:  11-2, 11-8, 11-6.  In the last few points of the third game, Bob didn’t even try because he didn’t have an answer for Fred’s dominant forehand smash.  It was just so powerful that Fred hit winners about 80% of the time.  Bob’s only hope was when Fred missed.
 
 
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Story #2

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