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The Best Outdoor Ping-Pong Tables To Buy in 2025

Butterfly Impartial XS and XB Short Pimpled Rubbers - Detailed Review

Butterfly Dignics 05 - Detailed Review

Butterfly Viscaria Super ALC Detailed Review – an excellent blade for modern table tennis

Butterfly Glayzer and Glayzer 09C – Toned-down versions of Dignics 05 and Dignics 09C at a budget-friendly price

My Ping Pong Buddy (MPPB) Ball Picker V6 - Detailed Review

Victas Short-Pimpled Rubber Sheets - a comprehensive review of Spinpips D2, VO>102, and Spectol S2

Falco Long-Term Booster Comparison

Victas Swat Power – A detailed review

Sanwei Target National Review: A great and genuine hybrid rubber

Butterfly Revoldia CNF – A detailed review

REvolution 3 products - Assembling and caring for your table tennis paddle

Butterfly Lin Yun-Ju Super ZLC - Detailed Review

Butterfly Harimoto Innerforce ALC - Detailed Review

Butterfly Viscaria - Detailed Review

Butterfly Dignics 09C vs Butterfly Tenergy 05 - When new and old gold standards meet

Guide to Buying the Best Ping-Pong Table in 2025

Butterfly Amicus Prime Robot - Long Review

Ping-Pong Table Dimensions

Power Pong 5000 Robot vs Butterfly Amicus Prime

Butterfly Dignics Explained

How to Choose Between Short, Medium, Long and Anti Rubbers

Inverted Table Tennis Rubbers: ESN vs Chinese Rubbers vs Tenergy

More Equipment Guides


Tips and Tricks

How to Serve Like a Pro in Table Tennis

Tactical Intelligence

Learn more about table tennis tactics

Learning from Defeat

Use your mistakes to improve your game

Backhand Topspin

Improve your backhand attacking stroke

Mental Workout

Prepare your mind for table tennis

The Shakehand Grip

The basics of how to hold your racket

Equipment Facts - Part 2

Learn how to protect your equipment

Equipment Facts - Part 1

Learn more about your rubbers

Spinning the Ball

Get to know the scientific details of spinning the ball

Serving Effectively

Learn how to win points using your service

Receiving Services

Learn how to win points when you're not serving

Physical Preparation - Part 2

How to improve your flexibility

Physical Preparation - Part 1

Optimise your physical fitness for table tennis

Psychological Preperation

Preparing your mind for a match

Footwork Techniques - Part 2

More tips for your footwork

Footwork Techniques - Part 1

Tips to improve your footwork

More Tips and Tricks


Greg's Guide to Table Tennis

How to play against blockers

Beating the Blocker Blues

Table Tennis: Getting a Grip

Getting a handle on your grip

Building a Better Umpire

Get out the white cane and dark glasses ...

How to Scout your Opponent

What you need to find out to prepare for the big match

Back to Base-ics

Positioning yourself on the court during a rally

The Guide to Serving in Table Tennis

Using your service to win games

Wobbling the ball with Long Pimples

The long pimple ball effect discussed

Long-Pimple Tactics

Tactics for different playing styles

Playing with Long Pimples (Part 2)

Which long pimples should you use?

Playing with Long Pimples (Part 1)

Should you be using long pimples?

Playing against Anti-Spin (Part 2)

How anti-spin rubbers react to your spin

Playing against Anti-Spin (Part 1)

How to defeat your defensive opponents

How to Play with Antispin

Deceiving your opponent with Antispin rubber

Plan to be Random

Planning some spontaneity in your table tennis training

Keeping Your Eye on The Ball

Is this actually good advice?

Training with Weaker Players

Make it an enjoyable experience

The Point of No Return

Training hard but not improving?

Tactics: Become a Success by Failing

By regularly failing, you can be a success...

Choosing Your Table Tennis Rubbers

Putting the right rubbers on your blade

Choosing a Table Tennis Blade

Finding the right blade for you

Tips for Left-Handers

Serve, Third Ball and Fifth Ball Tactics

Attacking against Long Pimples

Match tactics for attackers against traditional defenders

Apply your Strengths

How to get the best results from what firepower you have

Identify Strengths and Weaknesses

Your first step to selecting the correct tactics

More Greg's Guide to Table Tennis


JOOLA Coaching Tips

The Importance Of Good Ball Placement

The Short Push

Having a Short Game

What to Think About During a Match

Increase Forearm Snap!

Minimize Your Stroke

How to Serve Short

Play Down the Line

Playing Against Long Pips!

Play Into the Middle

Open First

Learn to Play Close to the Table

Key Reminders to Service Return

Move move move!

The Importance of Having a Good Serve

Play Smart By Hitting Twice to the Same Spot!

The Push

Don't Overpower

Maximum Forehand Power

More JOOLA Coaching Tips


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