Psychology & Mental Development
How to Stay Calm During a Table Tennis Match: 4 Proven Tools That Actually Work
Kayla was up two games to one in a regional match in San Juan, in a gym that smelled like the floor wax they’d used…
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Table Tennis Equipment
What Ping Pong Paddle Do Professionals Use? 4 Real Setups Explained
Josiah saved for three months to buy the exact setup Timo Boll uses, the ALC blade, Tenergy 05 on both sides, the same 2.1mm sponge,…
Psychology & Mental Development
Table Tennis Routine Between Points: 4 Proven Steps That Keep You Composed
Odette played chopper defense at a club in Barataria, three tables squeezed into what used to be a church hall with ceiling fans too slow…
Table Tennis Equipment
Table Tennis Equipment for Beginners: 5 Decisions That Actually Matter
Rohan opened a table tennis retailer’s website the week before his office started a lunchtime league, looking for a paddle, and closed the tab twelve…
Psychology & Mental Development
Table Tennis Visualization Techniques: 5 Proven Methods That Make Mental Rehearsal Actually Transfer to Matches
There is a training hall attached to a primary school in Rio Claro where the coaches make every junior player, some as young as ten,…
Psychology & Mental Development
How to Stop a Momentum Shift in Table Tennis: 5 Proven Tactics That Stop a Winning Lead From Collapsing
There is a version of losing that has nothing to do with skill. It happens at 8-3 in the fifth, when the match is basically…
Psychology & Mental Development
How to Beat a Higher Rated Player in Table Tennis: 5 Proven Tactics That Turn an Upset Into a Real Result
Akil was ranked something like sixty places below the man across the table from him at a closed tournament in Princes Town. Everyone in the…
Psychology & Mental Development
Table Tennis Warm Up Before a Tournament: 5 Proven Steps That Get Your Body and Mind Ready to Compete
There is a specific kind of chaos that happens in the first hour of a table tennis tournament. Forty players trying to warm up on…
Psychology & Mental Development
Table Tennis Self Talk Between Points: 5 Proven Phrases That Keep Your Head in the Match
There is a player at a club in Tunapuna who narrates his own mistakes out loud. “Typical.” “Here we go again.” “Same thing every time.”…
Psychology & Mental Development
How to Handle a Losing Streak in Table Tennis: 5 Honest Lessons from Eleven Losses in a Row
I lost eleven matches in a row once. Not close ones. The kind where you can feel people at the club starting to be gentle…