Learn how warming up can enhance your performance, prevent injuries, and optimize your overall experience on the table. Unleash your full potential with practical tips and insights.

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport that has a rich history and has undergone many changes over the years. Read more ...

Joining a club is the single fastest way to improve your table tennis skills and improve your motivation. Read why you should join one today...

Table tennis is a physically demanding sport that requires many aspects of fitness. Being fit can give you and advantage. Read more...

Improving motivation for table tennis training can be a challenge for players of all levels. Read the blog post for some suggestions to help your motivation ...

In this video we will be finding out which iPhone is better, the iPhone 7 or the iPhone 11 by playing a 1 set Table Tennis match. Read more...

Panda has been training a lot recently in preparation for the World Championships. Read more...

We are very proud of our super coach Alois Rosario who recently won the Victorian Coach of the Year!  Read more...

In this video, we discuss developing kids for table tennis.

Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Lodziak about his new book "SPIN: Tips and tactics to win at table tennis".

For the blog today we are highlighting an older video that we have not featured on the site. The video is an episode of our PingSkills show where we interview the great Brian Berry, a legend of Australian Table Tennis.

Life is hard as a dog who desperately wants to play table tennis. Follow along with his journey through the highs and the lows. 

I hope you are all staying safe. Alois and I are both still in lockdown in Melbourne Australia but we still wanted to post a video so here's some random clips showing us demonstrating various skills that we teach in our tutorials.

The September Challenge asks you to roll the ball from one side of your bat to the other. Give it a try and let us know how you go.

Due to the controversy regarding the scoring in the last little bat vs big bat challenge, there had to be a rematch. It's finally here!

The ITTF has released a new interview series called Inner Spin. Watch the first video!

Ma Long was so dominant in 2016. Do you think this is still true today?

How many times can you bounce the ball on the edge of your bat?

Alois now takes his turn with the little bat whilst Jeff struggles to tame the big bat. Who will win in this classic rematch? Click here to watch the video.

One of our readers, Emil Lut has shared his nifty device that he made to help him to learn how to spin the ball.

Here is his advice on how to make it.

In a classic table tennis match, Jeff using the little bat, takes on Alois using the big bat to see who is the ultimate table tennis champion!

The ITTF have put together a wonderful video showing the best shots of 2019. Watch the video and leave a comment to let us know your favourite!

Pressure can affect anyone. Listen to our discussions and then leave a comment to let us know if and how pressure affects you. 

Take a look a this great video produced by PingSkiller Kathrin.  I think it captures some of the beauty of Table Tennis.  The ability to play it almost anywhere and with a group of people of all abilities and interests.

Exciting news is that the Australian Open tickets are now available.  You can get a 5% discount by booking through PingSkills.

With the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships now fading into history, we have the opportunity to take stock of all that happened over the eight days in Budapest. Read more...

The theme for this week's show is "Table Tennis for All". The music in the show is Baila Mi Cumbia from the YouTube Audio Library. Watch the show...

Table Tennis equipment has come a long way in the last 50 years. In this blog post I discuss the four main categories of rubber. 

One of our PingSkillers, Simeon Papazov, had the opportunity to get to the Bulgarian Open this year.  He has shared his experiences with us.

We're really excited to announce the release of the PingSkills Scoring App. Watch the video to find out more....

Have you ever wanted to celebrate winning a point like Tomokazu Harimoto? Well now you can thanks to our in depth analysis. Watch the video...

The theme for this week's show is Spin in Table Tennis. The music in the show is Baila Mi Cumbia from the YouTube Audio Library. Watch the show...

Hi! If this is your first time on PingSkills, or if you’re in need of some help with navigation around the site, you’ve come to the right place. Find out more....

It can be daunting thinking of going to a table tennis club for the first time so in this episode of the PingSkills show we talk about how to progress from a garage, office, or basement, to playing at a club. Find out more....

In this episode of the PingSkills we talk about how we got started with table tennis, we talk about a young Timo Boll, and we answer some of your table tennis questions. Watch the show...

So we have reached the end of January.  What would you like to achieve in 2018 with your Table Tennis?  You have 11 months to go...

May you all have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May 2018 be filled with table tennis and joy!

PingSkills is now accepting Bitcoin in it's online store. We'd like to hear what experience you have with the digital currency.

When Kanak Jha was 16, he became the youngest American Olympian participate in the Rio Games. Find out more about his journey towards Tokyo 2020.

In January 2018 the International Table Tennis Federation will have a new world ranking system in place of the current system, and there are some major changes which will impact the sport for players and enthusiasts around the globe. Read more...

Here is an interesting article from one of our readers, Steven. This looks like a great initiative to make Table Tennis accessible to the general public and see how the game can help people in so many ways.

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed to our channel. We've passed 100,000 subscribers and received the silver play button from YouTube!

An amusing letter from PingSkiller Alan Hewlett on receipt of his PingSkills T-shirt

Read about specific strength conditioning activities applicable to table tennis.

An article by Alois, and his parents Eric and Prisca Rosario on the importance of strength in table tennis.

Thanks again to our guest correspondent Glenn O'Dea for this interesting article about World Rankings.

Thanks again to our guest (left handed) correspondent Glenn O'Dea for this interesting and of course very true article about left handers...

Buy yourself a PingSkills T-shirt and look as stylish as Jeff and Alois :)

Here is a message from Sergio, a PingSkiller, who found a young Jeff on his travels.

Premium members send us a short video so we can provide you with some feedback. Take a look at the type of advice we can give you...

We all know someone who takes things too far. In this great video from Pongfintity we see such an example.

In this edition of the PingSkills show we talk about the 7 building blocks of table tennis. Plus we have the regular tip of the week, drill of the week, and remember when segments. Watch the show...

One of our readers, Gary Buck has put together his thoughts on Training with a robot.  It would be interesting to hear others' thoughts on the subject.

We came across an interesting video on the Science of Table Tennis.  It is long but worth a watch.  It makes you appreciate the great game that we play even more.

We're excited to be partnering with tabletennis11.com for an equipment giveaway. Click here to find out more...

We love hearing your success stories from using PingSkills, and thought we'd share one of them with you. Read the email that PingSkills Mark sent to us.

We have an update on the Trainerbot, a new table tennis robot that can be controlled with your smartphone. Find out more...

Check out the type of Video Analysis you can receive when you take up a Premium membership

Recently Carl watched our PingSkills Show on the relative age effect and decided to investigate further. He used a spreadsheet of 17585 ITTF players. Here's an email he sent us with some interesting findings. Thanks Carl!

We had a lot of fun making this video. I hope we've been able to help you enjoy your table tennis too!

We've been filming some really short videos to put as fillers between segments in PingSkills Show episodes and I thought I'd share the latest one here. I hope you enjoy it.

We've got another thought provoking article by Glenn O'Dea on the introduction of the Expedite rule.

Coaching comes in many forms. To most at club level, it usually comes in the form of giving yourself a stern talking to under your breath. If you’re lucky, it may mean some encouraging words from a teammate. Once you get to tournament level, you may have the services of a coach.

Here's a preview of our latest video teaching you how to do the high toss serve. The high toss serve looks spectacular and it gets results. It is particularly suited to the pendulum serve but we encourage you to try it out with all types of serves including the backhand, punch, and tomahawk serves.

Do I detect a small crack in the Great Wall of China? Is the influence of the greatest table tennis nation in the world starting to slip? Well, not in the short term, but the balance of power may be starting to tilt away from Beijing.

Read through the story of a player in a mining town of Australia who has managed to develop his gave through perseverance and hard work.

Here's a preview of our latest video on the backhand serve. Because the backhand serve is not as popular as the pendulum serve, players in general have had less experience returning it.

The Trainerbot is a new revolution in Table Tennis robots.  Take a look at what the boys at Trainerbot are planning.

Congratulations to Filippo who last weekend came first in the consolation over 70 competition at the National VEETS Tournament of England. Here's an email he sent us.

Well done to Isai who has made some remarkable improvements and has been selected to represent Honduras.

Here's a preview of our tutorial on how to perform the tomahawk serve. The tomahawk serve is a great serve to learn as the action comes naturally to a lot of people.

Recently Alois and I decided to see how easy it would be to knock a cone off each others head. I hope you'll enjoy watching this video as much as we did making it.

Here is an interesting article written by Glenn O'Dea. Said to be inspired by Jeff's love of numbers. Don't encourage him Glenn!!

Glenn is the editor of the popular Melton (in Victoria, Australia) newsletter.

We received the following email from PingSkiller Netra. It's great to hear stories like this and to see everyone's improvement!

Here is a great story from two of our PingSkillers. Thought we would share it with you all.

Here's a preview of our reverse pendulum serve tutorial in HD. If you enjoy this you'll love the full video which is available to our premium members.

A lot of people find the reverse pendu

We are running a competition for the Month of March where you could win 1 of 3 Premium PingSkills Memberships. There's a Yearly, a Quarterly, and a monthly up on offer. To win you must be judged to

Jimmy recently bought the PingSkills Touch with Rakza 7 and was really impressed.  Take a look at his thoughts on the Bat.

With the help of my sons I recently filmed the 2 ball serve trick shot where I knock 2 balls off the table with 2 serves in a row. It's really difficult. If you don't believe me give it a go yourself and then watch this behind the scenes video. I hope you enjoy it.

PingSkiller Marcin was lucky enough to see Persson in person. Who is the most famous person you have met?

Listen to TableTennisDaily's very first episode where they are joined by two time Swedish National Men's Champion Kristian Karlsson. Kristian currently sits at 47 in the world and plays for French

I am often asked about the relevance of robots for training. It is something I have changed my mind about significantly over the past few years. Read my latest thoughts about them...

Here's a quick preview of our pendulum serve video. The full video is available to premium members.

Pingskills is now using Stripe for processing our payments. Find out more...

Craig Carter is not only a very good table tennis player, he is also a World record holder in boomerang throwing! Watch him show off his skills at Alois' expense.

Players benefit most from their training when it is done regularly and with a focus. Read more...

I was observing a reasonable player practising a few points the other night and made an interesting observation. 90% of their serves were to the bad areas. It occurred to me that a lot of people ca

I have just returned from Belgium where I coached at the Belgium Open Para tournament. It was great to catch up with so many people who appreciate the work we are doing with the website.

Recently one of our PingSkillers, Matthias got to play a set against the legend Timo Boll. What a fantastic experience - and he was able to win 2 points

Modifying your grip is the first thing you need to learn about the pendulum serve. Read how this will improve your serve...

In this video we show you some table tennis you will see at the Olympic Games, and some unusual table tennis you definitely won't see. Enjoy the video.

Here's one of our most popular videos which shows some trick serves that you can try.

PingSkiller Matthias Boos shows us what really scares him. His Cat ‘Tete' has made a Master Class on Balance for us to watch. It really is amazing what this cool cat can do.

In this PingPod we discuss using subtle grip changes between backhand and forehand whilst using the shakehand grip. Find out more...

Alois reveals his secret plan on how the Aussies can beat China. What do you think of the plan?

Sit back and enjoy the finals of the 2015 ITTF Oceania Cup and Pacific Cup with special commentary by yours truly!

We've teamed up with Pongfinity, Table Tennis Daily, the Trick Shot Showdown winner, and Piing of Power to produce a very cool video we call Table Tennis Across the Globe. Find out more...

Early on in our Table Tennis lives, we are taught to serve short so that we can stop the opponent playing an aggressive return but is that the best advice? Read more...

If you are entering a tournament for the first time we give you some tips on what to expect.  Even if you are an old hand at tournaments you will gain some good insights about how to approach the day.

When we were filming the forehand smash video Alois demonstrated his unusual ability to hit the reverse backhand smash. It's an incredible shot to watch!

In this episode of the PingPod we discuss the contentious service rules of table tennis. 

I have searched the world over for the best table tennis instructions available and in my opinion, nobody comes close.

Here's the story of one of our premium members from Turkey who is enjoying the structured training sessions that are part of our premium membership.

In this episode of the PingPod we talk about Zhang Jike's big fine and the new plastic ball.

Above is the footage taken from a GoPro Hero 3+ shot at 720p and 100 frames per second. Using this setting we can slow the footage down to 4 times slower than normal without losing any video quality. Watch it in action...

In this lesson we teach you the important backhand cartwheel chop. Our friends at Pongfinity are also quite good at this shot :)

I'm having great success learning to ping via your website and just wanted to say thanks! I started as a total novice and trust me here, I mean 100% noob. I've been a Premium Member for just over a month, and I just finished in third place at my very first tournament. :)

We've been asked to do some commentary at the Australian Open! We're very excited about this opportunity and discuss it in this episode of the PingPod.

Has the change from the 38mm ball to the 40mm ball made a big difference to table tennis? We talk about this in episode #39 of the PingPod. 

Is the current scoring system for table tennis ideal? Should we try some alternatives. We discuss these hot topics in this episode of the PingPod.

In this episode of the PingPod we talk about the difference between multiball and using a robot. Find out more...

In this episode of the PingPod we discuss some of the best ways to give advice to players during matches. Find out more...

Paul from Ireland sent us a wonderful email that we'd like to share with you all. And congratulations on winning the division 2 cup!

Ujjval and his team are motivated to win 1st prize in the next tournament after a great effort of 2nd place. Read more...

Have you entered the Ping Pong Zone? Read more to find out what that is and if there is any way to escape it!

The Chinese have dominated the London 2012 Olympics taking all 4 gold medals plus 2 silvers. Does something need to be done to level the playing field?

Do you think Timo Boll can win in London in 2012? Alois breaks down the tactics Timo Boll will need to employ against Zhang Jike if he plays him in the final of the 2012 Olympics.

Panda sets his sights on Olympic glory. Watch how he trains...

From the site of the 1956 Olympic rowing at Lake Wendouree, Alois and I discuss the dominance of the Chinese since table tennis was introduced to the Olympics in 1988. Panda gets in on the act as well.

You might find this hard to believe but at the age of 75 I am still playing competitively and even crazier still hoping to improve! Read the rest of my story...

The match strategy course is a great initiative. Here's my thoughts that you might like to read...

I like the guys at PingSkills! Watch this short video I made for them...

In this episode of the PingPod, Alois and I discuss the spin wheel which was used in our Receiving Secrets course and answer 2 ask the coach questions. Watch the video...

If you’ve never heard about the relative age effect then you have to watch this video.