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Coaching Tip: 2-2-1 Placement Rule

By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach Where do most players block best? On the backhand. Where do most players attack...

Apr 09 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

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: 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

Table Tennis Tip: Quick and Variable Blocks

By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach Someone recently asked me why it was important to block loops quick off the...

Jan 30 2012

Table Tennis Tip: Forcing an Opponent Out of Position

By Larry Hodges, USATT Hall of Famer and National Coach There are a number of ways to effectively force an opponent out of position....

Jan 23 2012

The Final Week of MY Table Tennis Preparation for the Olympic Trials

Preparation for the US Olympic Trials: The Final Week [caption id="attachment_604" align="alignleft" width="267" caption="Samson Dubina"][/caption] In this blog, I’m going to describe in detail...

Jan 03 2012