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Coaching Tip: Holding Back on Serves
[caption id="attachment_991" align="alignleft" width="300"] Timothy Wang flashes a wicked serve[/caption] By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Suppose you have...
Jan 28 2013
YOUR DEEP SERVES SHOULD BE A WEAPON
[caption id="attachment_838" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jim Butler uses Nano Spin II rubber from JUIC[/caption] YOUR DEEP SERVES SHOULD BE A WEAPON A strong service game...
Oct 31 2012
Coaching Tip: Turn Opponents into Puppets with Long Serves
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach One of the big mistakes players at the intermediate/advanced levels make is to...
Oct 22 2012
Coaching Tip: Short Serves to the Forehand from Backhand Side
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach One of the most under-utilized serves is the short serve to the forehand...
Oct 01 2012
Coaching Tip: Serving Low
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and Certified National Coach Serving low is one of the most underestimated skills in table tennis. The...
Jul 16 2012
ICC Head Coach Massimo Constantini Details the Importance of Stance and Posture to the "Ready Position"
Massimo Constantini is ICC's Head Coach and works with all three of the current US table tennis Olympians. This is the first in a...
Jun 24 2012
Coaching Tip: Serving Short with Spin
Many players face a devastating choice: Should you serve with lots of spin, with the serve going long and allowing the opponent to loop,...
Jun 04 2012
Coaching Tip: Where to Place Your Spin Serves
By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach While you should vary your spin serves to all parts of the table -...
Apr 16 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
