Plastic balls

Nov 17, 2013

Plastic balls What did the new revolution in 2014 bring? Table tennis has gone through many stages of development since its beginnings. Rule changes as well as the development of equipment have improved it, but were sometimes also seen as a hindrance to the...

Balls – R. Hudetz

Feb 11, 2012

Balls – R. Hudetz The celluloid table tennis ball as we know it appeared in the late eighteen nineties in the USA. This is surprising because table tennis does not have much of a tradition in the USA. However, most table tennis historians agree with the story of...

About rackets – R. Hudetz

Feb 11, 2012

About rackets – R. Hudetz The stories about the development of table tennis rackets are part of table tennis history. In the ITTF table tennis museum in Switzerland, rackets of all shapes and made from various materials are exhibited and can be viewed. There are some...

W. Schlager’s favourite exercise

Nov 8, 2011

W. Schlager’s favourite exercise Werner Schlager’s coach, Hungarian Ferenc Karsai, says that Werner does a semi-schematic type exercise highly focused where, after the initial given scheme, the player doing the exercise has to decide whether to continue...

The story of topspin – R. Hudetz

Oct 16, 2011

The story of topspin – R. Hudetz The editor of “Deutscher Tischtennis Sport” table tennis magazine asked me to write an article about the origin of topspin. Here is that story, not as an objective historical account, but as a story I experienced. In the...

Richard Prause – Basics of Table Tennis – Serve

Apr 20, 2011

Richard Prause – Osnove stolnog tenisa – servis Richard Prause Osnove stolnog tenisa – servis (ITTF Coaches corner) Richard Prause bio je njemački stolnoteniski reprezentativac, a od 2004 do 2010 vodio je kao trener njemačku mušku reprezentaciju. Od...