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Coaching Tip: Tournament Toughness
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Playing in tournaments is quite different from playing practice matches. Here are three...
Nov 04 2013
Coaching Tip: Start Drills with a Serve
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Most players practice with drills that are very different from what they actually...
Oct 29 2013
Coaching Tip: Playing Choppers
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach There is nothing more infuriating than losing to a patient chopper who lets...
Oct 14 2013
Coaching Tip - Covering the Middle with the Forehand
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach One of the so-called axioms of table tennis is this: Against balls to...
Oct 07 2013
Coaching Tip: Mid-Match Technique Adjustments
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach One of the axioms of coaching is that you can't fix technique in...
Sep 30 2013
Coaching Tip: Saturation Training
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Everyone has a weakness in their game or a shot they'd like to...
Sep 23 2013
Coaching Tip: Real Tactics Versus Parroting Tactics
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach "Real Tactics" are the tactics that a player should use in a given...
Sep 16 2013
Coaching Tip: Where to Serve Short?
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Many players understand the need to serve short (in addition to long serves),...
Sep 09 2013
Coaching Tip: A Step-by-Step Sequence to Learning Pendulum Serves
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Want to learn a really spinny pendulum serve? Not just a get-the-ball-in-play one...
Aug 27 2013
