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The time of my life

brandongeiger9

the best. during November 26 -29, 2008 I was in maryland ,played with my team. It was great and awsome.I put all my hard training into It I worked hard and won alot of games. last words put the radar's working.

training...

ttdragon.ethan

Hi Joolausa, sorry that I haven't been blogging lately. I've been working hard in school and playing ping pong. You could say that school and table tennis are my life. I'm going to train to compete in Cadets this year at nationals, and Im also competing with my school friends for a better GPA. I gotta go. Bye. :]

2008 Tour Finals

samlee13

Ratings finally came out today for the 2008 tour finals. I went to the finals twice. I didn't quite make it too my goal of 1700 but i am half way there. I will go to the Westfield tournament and then FIT after that. By november when the 2008 National team open is, i hope to meet and pass my goal

polish tournament

krzysiekph@tlen.pl

i playd polish tournament i did very good but i didny advence, i liked it

Table Tennis is a Team Sport

hxiao

{mosimage}Hey, my first blog post for Joola. Today, I'm going to dispel a very popular but mistaken notion: that table tennis is at its essence an individual sport.

Now, some of you might be confused. After all, other than doubles matches, table tennis consists of one player competing against another. And no, I'm not talking about team matches either. What I'm talking about is training

, not competition. A look around the world of table tennis to [...]

New Blade: Wing Fast

amaresh.sahu07@gmail.com

The Wing Fast is one of the newest blades from Joola, and has a faster and harder feel to compensate for the speed glue ban. I tried it after the recent Junior Olympics and loved its bounce and feeling. Now even though I use Mambo C, which has no built in glue effect, I feel that my blade/sponge combination is beneficial to my game. For those players who prefer a slower blade witheven more control, I would recommend the Wing Medium. These blades also have an awesome Hinok [...]

My first post

samlee13

I have been playing table tennis for a little over a year now. I my rating right now is about 1243 but can play on par with people who's ratings are around the 1700 range after much training. My rating was steadily going up from 600 to 1296 when I encountered a guy with long pips at the 2008 eastern open. This made my rating plunge 63 points. Now I hope with the next tournament that I goto, I will be able to raise my rating to around 1700.

New equipment.

XChAnSXDaXLiMiTX

Blade: Fever (Flared)

FH Rubber:Drum (Max)

BH Rubber:Energy (Max)

Shoes:Bend 2008

The Fever is not too fast but not too slow. It is a decent blade because it produces a great amount of spin when combined with Drum. Energy on the other hand is a faster rubber with great glue effect sound. Thats is basically why I use Energy on myt backhand. Both rubbers are pretty durableso its worth buying.

Cho!

mariellechua10

Hey everyone!

With USOpen a week behind us, its time to relax and reflect upon what we damage we did and how we could have done things differently. Train here, train there..Now we're starting to count down for nationals to show our true colors. Five months (for anyone wondering)!

Well personally, I had an excellent Open. Sure it was rocky along the way but everyone's islike that (mine always just seems to be a bit rockier. haha!). I played a total of five event [...]

U.S OPEN

ttdragon.ethan

Hi everybody, sorry I havent been blogging.. I've been at my coach's club training with her for the U.S.Open. I stayed a total of one month and trained around the clock. It was really intense, and really hot. I improved my overall game while having fun at the same time.

My training paid off at USOpen, completely. I won 3700doubles with my friend Anand Engineer. I placed second in Boys11U and recieved semifinalist for Boys [...]

Chen Weixing Training Camp

amaresh.sahu07@gmail.com

Last week I participated in the Chen Weixing Training Camp, where he and Tanja Hain-Hoffman were the main coaches. I really liked how these camps were run, because everybody got to work with the coaches and we learned some new techniques and strategies that have developed recently. Learning how the modern game is played as well as how to adjust to the new equipment laws (most notablythe ban on glue) is a major plus towards improving your game.

Now its off to the U.S. Open. H [...]

China Training..............................

ethanjin8

This is ethan j. Im in China training. So tired. Everday 6 hours of multiball and single ball training.oh well. got to improve. cya

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XChAnSXDaXLiMiTX

Sorry for not posting anything in a while... I have been busy with many other things. Now I have more time on my hands and i'll try to write more.

US Open is coming up and I am ready to dominate.

UPDATE ON LATEST NEWS FOR TT

ethanjin8

Hey I'm back. I just played a tournament. It was Cary Cup. I did OKAY. The finals and semis and quarters were real exciting. Segn Toriala won over Wang Zhen. 4-2. All right, i am training hard with my coaches and preparing for some other tournaments like in May South Bend tournament. Allright cya.

ethan j.

Long time

kanakjha5

Hi Everyone,

Wow! my blog is the most popular blog. My coach told me about it. I am enjoying playing in the USATT league here in the Bay Area. I am in the U3900 team for Palo Alto Club. I am getting good experience playing different kinds of players. I am looking forward to the Elite group matches on Mar 15th. Will be fun to watch Stefan play a tournament. Harry is still missing in action. I sometimes get threats that he is going to return but so far I have escaped :) Soon, I shal [...]

worlds?

charliesun

hi, its been a while since i've updated.. but anyways as you might know, the worlds have been going on for a couple of days and i've been following the news on it... if you go to ITTF's webpage, and press media.. then you can watch recorded vids of some matches.. a lot of the matches were very fun to watch and i learned somethings while i was watching them..

The Backhand Hit is dead and other observations

seanl

There are several things that have struck me as I have been watching the US team play and some other matches in both Division 2 and Division 1. First, of which is that no player that is developing a modern game hits on the backhand. Yes, they may punch block at times, but when attacking or counter attacking the vast majority of shots is the backhand loop. So if you are a playertrying to develop your game to the highest level, you definitely need to be spinning on your back [...]

New challenge!

isabelchu7

I am looking forward to the competition at Berkeley in early March. I have been dedicatedly trained and have devoted quite a lot of time in practice. I really want to improve my skills and I want more trophies too. I am aiming to get at least one trophy in the berkely competition.

2008 trainings

anthonychu6

Hi, I got one more new coach who used to train the famous gold medalist in China. I learned a lot of tricks and real skills from him. On March 2 I will be participating in Berkerley competition. I hope I can win and get some trophies.

The NorthRidge Tournament

ttdragon.ethan

Hi joolausa,

This weekend is the NorthRidge tournament.I am going to try my best!I am very excited about this tournament.Every day i am practing for it.I am practing very hard for this tournament.Well I need to go practice. Wish me luck! sincerly Ethan Chua