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Welcome to TableTennis.com, a place for all table tennis players, young and old, professional and recreational, for all who know that a great way to stay healthy and happy is to make time in your life to play.

Great news! TableTennis.com has designed a Table Tennis Club Search iPhone app especially for you! Our database contains over 300 table tennis clubs in the U.S.A, and we are constantly expanding and updating with the latest club information. We offer the most complete and accurate list of table tennis clubs searchable through the iPhone. Your search options include… “Find Clubs Near Me” “Find Clubs by City/State” “Find Clubs by Address”. Each search result... (more...)

USATT Sanctioned Clubs – Northern California

Posted by Lauren Traveau On May - 14 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

USA Table Tennis (USATT) is the national governing body for table tennis in the United States. Table tennis clubs that are affiliated with USATT have met certain criteria and adhere to the rules and regulations as set forth by USATT. These sanctioned clubs are able to hold USATT sanctioned tournaments with prior approval of USATT. Results from these tournaments can be reflected in your National Rating. National Ratings of USATT members are published in the official Table Tennis Magazine and on the... (more...)

Top Table Tennis Player – Jasna Reed

Posted by Lauren Traveau On May - 12 - 20101 COMMENT

Jasna Reed is the type of athlete who brings attention to her sport. She has a tremendous amount of skill and just as much personality. Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina on December 20, 1970, Jasna was not one of those youngsters who was excited to play table tennis. In fact, to hear her tell it, she did not really like table tennis at all. Her parents wanted her to learn the game so they would drop her off at a table tennis training center for lessons. As soon as they left, so did Jasna, sneaking next... (more...)

Table Tennis: A Tool for Family Bonding

Posted by Lauren Traveau On May - 1 - 20101 COMMENT

Finding activities that all members of your family will enjoy can be a challenge. Teenagers typically have little patience for the types of games that younger children enjoy. Small children often have difficulty understanding rules and objectives of games that would entertain older siblings. Table tennis is an excellent option for family game night! It can be enjoyed by everyone. The concept of table tennis is simple enough to be explained to even very young children. There are not a lot of rules... (more...)

Sean Patrick O’Neill is a table tennis athlete, two- time Olympian, and world class coach. His father was a nationally ranked junior player as a youth and passed his love for the game on to his son. Sean began playing table tennis at the age of seven and took up training at the age of eight. The O’Neill family’s life was centered around the sport of table tennis. They played together, trained together, and hosted athletes from other countries when called upon to do so. When it became evident... (more...)

Table Tennis was introduced to the people of China in 1901 by the Westerners who settled in their country. The Chinese people enjoyed the recreational game immensely and played regularly. Their natural ability and dedication to training would eventually lead them to dominate the sport. China entered the World Championships for the first time in 1953. Six years later, Rong Guotuan became the first Chinese athlete to win a World Championship title in any sport. The country enjoyed the recognition of... (more...)

Table Tennis Robots: Tool for Athletic Conditioning

Posted by Lauren Traveau On March - 26 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

A boxer with slow reflexes would not be a very successful boxer. A golfer with poor hand-eye coordination would be extremely frustrated on the golf course. A basketball player lacking agility would have a difficult time maneuvering past clusters of other players in an attempt to score a basket. Table tennis is an activity that can help people to improve their game-play in other sports. Athletes from across the sports universe have been introduced to table tennis as a tool that can be used to help... (more...)

Using the Newgy Digital Robo-Pong 2050 Part 3

Posted by Lauren Traveau On March - 20 - 20101 COMMENT

Part 3 of our video series on the new digital table tennis training robot, the Newgy Robo-Pong 2050. In this video, table tennis instructor Brian Pace shows you how to add digital power to a brand new digital Newgy Robo-Pong 2050 table tennis robot. Thank you for visiting TableTennis.com!  We encourage you to continue browsing through our site for more articles about table tennis games and table tennis clubs and for lots of great table tennis videos.  For more information on how to improve your... (more...)

Compulsive about truth, accuracy, and combating injustice, and consistently in command of witty responses, Larry Hodges is a natural born journalist and author. Larry has written and sold more than 35 science fiction and fantasy stories. His delight in writing could have steered him toward a path of success solely as a science fiction author.  Luckily for the table tennis community, a chance discovery at a local library when he was a sixteen year old high school athlete provided a different focus.... (more...)

Using the Newgy Digital Robo-Pong 2050 Part 2

Posted by Lauren Traveau On March - 1 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Part 2 of our video series on the new digital table tennis training robot, the Newgy Robo-Pong 2050. In this video, table tennis instructor Brian Pace walks you through the set up of a brand new digital Newgy Robo-Pong 2050 table tennis robot. Thank you for visiting TableTennis.com!  We encourage you to continue browsing through our site for more articles about table tennis games and table tennis clubs and for lots of great table tennis videos.  For more information on how to improve your table... (more...)