Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers


Book Description

"USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer and national coach Larry Hodges takes you on a journey not just of speed and spin, but of mind. You'll develop the habit of tactical thinking, learn what tactics to use against various styles and how to strategically develop your game so you'll have the tactical tools needed to win"--Page 4 of cover.




Table Tennis Tactics


Book Description

Shows you the table tennis tactics. This book offers a collection of various aspects of table tennis tactics for young players. It helps you to read your opponent's game and to decide how to play against forehand or backhand-dominant players. It also features tips on how playing tempo can be used as a tactical element.




Table Tennis Tactics


Book Description

The book contains an age-appropriate collection of all aspects of table tennis tactics for young players. It helps you to read your opponent’s game better and to decide how to play against forehand- or backhand-dominant players. There are also valuable tips on how playing tempo can be used as a tactical element, how to produce and read ball spin and how to influence it with a suitable racket surface, and how the service game is used to take tactical control of the game. With numerous photos and illustrations, a self-test questionnaire, portraits of the best table tennis players, the official rules and tactical know-how, this book will soon become your table tennis bible.




Winning Table Tennis


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Whether you're a competitive tournament player or a serious recreational player, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies will help you improve your game. Dan Seemiller, 5-time U.S. singles and 11-time doubles champion, shows you all the shots and strategies for top-level play. The book features 19 drills for better shot-making, plus Seemiller's own grip and shot innovations that will give you an edge over the competition. Featuring the most effective table tennis techniques and strategies, Winning Table Tennis shows you how to choose the right equipment, serve and return serves, use proper footwork and get into position, practice more efficiently, prepare for competitions, make effective strategy decisions in singles and doubles play, and condition your body for optimal performance.




Table Tennis


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Werner Schlager stands for a successful individual and self confident player. That is exactly what he wants to get across in his interviews: individuality, determination, endurance and the belief in yourself. Table Tennis- Tips from a World ChampionA" is a practical training book for successful table tennis. The aim is not to copy Werner Schlager as a player but to use his tips to find your own way to use them successfully. Numerous picture series explain technique and tactic. This book is meant to encourage individuality in technique and game. All in all this is a differentA" table tennis teaching book for players and coaches who are keen to progress further




Ping Pong for Fighters


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This book is called Ping Pong for Fighters, and it's about fighting all the different elements that are attached to table tennis. The fight starts inward and eventually moves outward, from within ourselves, to the ball, to our opponents, to the environment and the external conditions. I think what's interesting about this book is that the reader takes the journey with me. All that I learned in over 20 years of competing in table tennis, is in this book. The goal of this book is to try and get the reader to approach the game differently. The book is basically a philosophy for the thinking and feeling player. A philosophy that encourages one to stay in the present moment, have self confidence and compete to the best of their ability. This book is also very direct and very easy to understand. It is not an intellectual discourse of any kind. The book reads more like a conversation consisting of helpful direction through experience and a philosophy of table tennis that is concerned more with experiencing what it feels like to think and play table tennis like a top table tennis player.




Expert in a Year


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Sam Priestley was never Mr Sporty. After failed attempts at rowing and running he had all but given up on the possibility of becoming a sportsman. That was until childhood friend, and table tennis coach, Ben Larcombe convinced him to act as the guinea pig in an experiment he had concocted - The Expert in a Year Challenge. Starting 1st January 2014 novice Sam was immersed in the world of competitive table tennis. He began training every day and over the course of the year notched up hundreds of hours of practice in an attempt to reach a seemingly impossible goal. There was blood, sweat, tears, injuries, frustrations and moments of elation as the pair travelled up and down the UK, and beyond, in their quest for training, mentors and competition. Sam found potential he never thought he had, got better at table tennis than most people thought possible, and discovered what it feels like when 1.5 million people watch you fail. Here is their story, including all the ridiculous training methods and unreachable goals, and the surprising lessons they learnt from playing table tennis every day for a year.




The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong


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When a mortifying defeat to his teenage son rekindles his lifelong passion for table tennis, keen philosopher Guido Mina di Sospiro sets out to learn the game properly. Guido’s love for spinning a feather-weight ball takes him from his local Ping-Pong club, populated by idiosyncratic players with extraordinary stories to tell, to training drills with a world-class coach. This seemingly harmless game also leads him into sticky situations in the CIA headquarters and the ganglands of Washington, D.C. Woven throughout his Ping-Pong epiphany are philosophical ruminations on Plato and Aristotle, metaphysicians and empiricists, Jung’s dark shadow, Sun Tzu’s war tactics, the I Ching, and much more. As Guido’s journey takes him from Big Sur to a nail-biting showdown in China against a string of elite players, he finds that Ping-Pong can teach us a surprising amount about life.




Peak Performance Table Tennis


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Peak Performance Table Tennis comprehensively covers game aspects needed for peak performance and provides action steps for athletes to ensure they perform at their peak when it matters most. This book contains cutting-edge sports science, curated specifically for table tennis athletes. It dives deep into sports nutrition, supplementation, training methodologies, advanced recovery tactics, injury prevention, psychological and emotional skills training, motor learning, and more. In the book, the reader will find: • science-based methods to prevent choking during critical matches; • information on fueling performance using advanced sports nutrition; • the author's secret "looper" formula which enhances cognitive functioning and bottles that "in the zone" feeling; • how-to on hacking sleep patterns and using biorhythmic optimization to improve performance, enhance body composition, and more; • the counterintuitive secret to increasing speed, power, and agility in table tennis; • a scientific approach to achieving the "flow state;" • a secret from the Chinese National Team on how to control the flow of play and find that winning momentum; • and much, much more...




Tennis Strokes and Tactics


Book Description

Presents a completely unique approach to learning tennis. From serves, strokes and volleys to smashes and lobs, tennis strokes are demonstrated from five angles.