by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2023-07-01 16:05
This year, become a tactical tournament player!
by Samson Dubina on Fri, 2021-04-02 07:38
The short pips smasher is often described as one of the scariest opponents in the game, unless you use the proper tactics! You give a weak push – bang! It gets smashed at 90mph! You give a weak loop – bang! It gets smashed at 90mph! You block the smash and it go into the bottom of the net! Wow, how frustrating!
by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2020-11-04 15:06
Smashing with PIPS and TT-SERVE Review
by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2017-09-27 01:10
Denethi Wijigunawardana is the 2017 College Regional Champion and current the #1 female player in Ohio. Last year, she won the largest event in USATT history at the US Nationals - the u2100 event with over 250 players. Many 4-star tournaments don't have 250 players, let alone 1 single event having that many players. Blocking and smashing and smashing and blocking, she powered through the competition winning most of her matches easily 3-0 to capture the title.
by Samson Dubina on Wed, 2014-12-03 08:02
Understand your opponent's weapon
In this article, I’m going to classify all table tennis rubbers into one of three basic categories.
Grippy Inverted Rubbers
What you see is what you get. If your opponent strokes the ball with a topspin stroke, the ball will be topspin to some degree or another. Same principle applies to backspin or sidespin.
Recreational Rubbers, Short Pips, and Long Pips with Grip
by Samson Dubina on Sat, 2014-09-13 12:48
For those of you who are preparing for our Sep 26-27 tournament, I would highly recommend that you carefully read this article and takes notes in order to mentally prepare for the competition. I posted this article in the past, but decided to re-post it as a refresher...
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