Interesting article about Sandpaper bats and their 'superiority'(?)

Click here for more info on Sandpaper bat play. "Liha".

Ping-Pong as Mind Game (Although a Good Topspin Helps): New York Times 2008

"I DUCKED into the New York International Table Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, puzzling over the peculiar sound echoing in my ears. With preposterously high odds against me, I was going to play a challenge game of what is commonly known as Ping-Pong. But the echoing I heard did not match that supposedly onomatopoeic name. Instead, it sounded more like a dozen clocks synchronized to the staccato beat of tock-tock-tock-tock..."

The rest of this article from the NY Times from 2008
can be found here.

Slow motion table tennis

I love Slo-Mo Ping Pong.
Please, can we have more?


Check out some slow motion Ping Pong from the 2008 Olympics at the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_Rtenkmt6M

Don't worry, you might think the clip will be dodgy after the first 19 seconds but it doesn't keep heading in that direction. Or maybe you want it to. Hmmm....

Very sneaky point

Check out this shot by Paul Pinkewich, posted from about a year ago. Very very sneaky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiojI6lBlZc

Do you have Ping Pong in your workplace?

Check out how the staff at CampaignMonitor do Ping Pong.
Link: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/3179/we-take-ping-pong-seriously-around-these-parts/

Inspiring stuff.

Do you have a Ping Pong workplace story you need to tell the world about?

Would you wear your Paddle like a glove?

Check out this link from last year.
http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/wear-your-ping-pong-paddle-like-a-glove-for-better-ball-control/

Is anyone actually using this type of bat?

INTERNATIONAL Table Tennis WEBSITES

We are collating a list of International Table Tennis federation/association websites.
Check it out on the right hand side of the page.

We would love to get one for every country.
Please provide us with any that you know of in the comments below.