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Tip of the Week: Proper Use of the Free Arm
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach A lot of problems arise when players don't use their free arm properly. It's...
Mar 05 2012
Table Tennis Tip: A Levels Approach to Tactics
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach I like to divide tactics into five levels. First, think of your game and...
Mar 02 2012
Coaching Tip - Opening Up the Forehand Zone
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach A lot of players have good forehands in practice, either looping or hitting. But...
Feb 27 2012
Coaching Tip - A Journey of Nine Feet Begins at Contact
When you serve, do you just serve? Or do you stop and visualize the serve first? And when you visualize the serve, do you...
Feb 24 2012
Table Tennis Tip: Moving opponents in and out
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach Most players learn early in their table tennis lives the importance of moving opponents...
Feb 20 2012
Table Tennis Tip: Exaggerate the Opposite Motion on Serves
If you serve backspin, you follow through down, right? And if you serve topspin, you follow through up, right? WRONG! At least, you shouldn't....
Feb 17 2012
Table Tennis Tip: Those Dizzying No-Spin Serves
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach A low, heavy backspin serve is difficult to attack, especially if you serve it...
Feb 14 2012
Coaching Tip: Sidespin Loops
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach The hooking sidespin loop had its heyday in the early 1970s, with the rise...
Feb 06 2012
Table Tennis Tip: Seven Placements and the Wide Angles
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach There are basically seven different directional placements in table tennis, though only five or...
Feb 02 2012
