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• Coaching Resources
• Sports Psychology
• Equipment Reviews
• Online Coaching Books
• Some Coaching Articles by Larry Hodges
• Miscellaneous Non-Coaching Links

Coaching Websites

All of these sites have great coaching articles - take a tour!

• Table Tennis Edge
• Chung Lau - Translated Chinese table tennis articles from 2004 and before.
• Expert Table Tennis - a growing list of coaching articles. 
• Grace Lin Table Tennis Center Coaching Forum - Photo sequences of top junior players demonstrating various strokes
• Greg's Table Tennis Articles
• Junior Progression: 100 Steps to Excellence by Richard McAfee
• JOOLA USA Coaching Page
• Megaspin
• MyTableTennis.net coaching articles & discussions
• Newgy Coaching Page
• Paddle Palace Coaching Page
  • Samson Dubina articles
  • Stellan Bengtsson articles
• Ping Skills - Australian coaching site
• Pongworld Articles
• Pro Table Tennis
• Samson Dubina Coaching Articles
• Table Tennis DB
• ThoughtCo Articles  - Lots of table tennis articles, forum
• PingPoolShark
• PongBoss
• Ping-Pong Tips and Tricks

Coaching Resources

• Coaches Who Do Video Coaching
• Full-time Professional Table Tennis Clubs in the USA
• ITTF Coaches Accreditation
• ITTF Coaching Resources
• ITTF Coaching Development
• USA Table Tennis Coaching Page

Sports Psychology

• Sports Psychology Articles by Larry Hodges (19)
• Dora Kurimay's Table Tennis Sports Psychology page - Strongly recommended! See also her book below.
• United States Olympic Committee Sports Psychology
• The Ultimate Guide to Table Tennis Psychology from Expert Table Tennis
• Table Tennis Psychology Guide from Table Tennis Top
• Articles by Stanley Popovich
  • Managing Your Anxieties in Table Tennis
  • Do Not Stress Over Your Competition
• Books on Sports Psychology (recommended by Larry Hodges)
  • ​Get Your Game Face On Like the Pros! by Dora Kurimay and Kathy Toon
  • The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
  • With Winning in Mind by Lanny Bassham
  • Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert
  • Finding Your Zone by Michael Lardon, M.D.

Equipment Reviews

• Revspin.net
• Table Tennis Database
• Ping Pong Ruler
• Pong Hero
• OOAK Forum - lots of equipment reviews, info on long pips

Online Coaching Books

• Tops Table Tennis: Table Tennis in Schools Program by Table Tennis Australia
• Royal Navy Table Tennis Book
• Breaking Down Barriers with Table Tennis Balls by ITTF - a Starter Kit for School Teachers, Youth Workers, Community Groups and Beginner Coaches

Coaching Articles & Books by Larry Hodges

General

• Books
  • Table Tennis Tactics for Thinkers
  • Professional Table Tennis Coaches Handbook
  • Table Tennis Tales and Techniques
  • Table Tennis: Steps to Success (new version tentatively coming out eventually)
• Table Tennis Gems
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Spin - But Were Afraid to Ask!
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Size in Table Tennis
• Juniors and Ratings
• Do You Want to Know an Opponent's Rating Before a Match?
• Suggested equipment for beginning and intermediate players

Improving

• How to Move Up a Level
• Improving at Table Tennis
• Develop the Fundamentals: Strokes & Footwork
• Killer Practice Sessions
• Learning to Win
• Six-Step Training Progression
• Play Both Weaker and Stronger Players
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Table Tennis Players
• Changing Bad Technique
• Shadow Practice Your Shots
• Shadow Practice for Strokes and Footwork
• Develop an Overpowering Strength
• Practice Matches
• Develop Your Game Around Your Playing Style

Serving

• Serves to Help You Win
• Ten-Point Plan to Serving Success
• Deception on Serves: Using Semi-Circular Motion
• Maximize Your Service Play
• Serving Short
• Serving Long
• The Fifteen Fast and Deep Serves
• The High Toss Serve
• The No-Spin Serve
• Contact the Ball as Low as You Can When Serving
• Holding Back on Serves
• Hardbat Serving Tips
• Strengths and Weaknesses of the Four Major Serves
• Importance of Serve Variety
• A Journey of Nine Feet Begins at Contact
• Exaggerate the Opposite Motion on Serves
• Fifteen Important Deep Serves
• Serving Short with Spin
• Practicing Serves the Productive Way
• Short serves to the middle

Receiving

• Reading Service Spin
• How To Return Different Serves
• When Receiving, Emphasize Placement & Consistency
• Returning Short Serves
• Looping Spin Serves
• Stopping the Third-Ball Loop Versus Push Attack
• Never Give a Server What He's Looking For
• What To Do With Problem Serves
• Why You MUST Attack the Deep Serve
• What is the goal of the receiver?

Rallying

• Ten-Point Plan to Rallying Success
• Super Spinny Slow Loops
• Hooking Sidespin Loops
• Counterlooping
• Dummy Loops
• Backhand Counter
• A Way to Make Your Backhand Hitting More Aggressive
• Lobbing
• Smashing Lobs
• Topspin Defense
• Backhand Sidespin Push
• Winning with Backspin for the Non-Chopper
• Proper Use of the Back Shoulder
• Relaxing the Arm
• Jerky Strokes and Jerkyitis: World's Most Rampant Table Tennis Disease
• The Short Serve & Short Receive, and Looping

Tactics

• Playing Choppers
• How To Play The Bomber: The Player Who Tries to Blast Every Shot
• Playing Against Combination Rackets
• Play the Middle
• Tactics for the Slow of Foot: How to Play a Faster Opponent
• How to Play Wildly-Attacking Junior Players
• Coaching Between Games
• Closing Out a Match
• Fifth-ball Attack
• Strategic Versus Tactical Thinking
• The Book on Your Game
• Playing Lefties
• The Mental State of a Looper Against a Push
• Where to Put Your Putaways
• Coaching Against Yourself
• Do You Hit to the Three Spots?
• Wait a split second longer when looping a push, then change directions
• Five-ball Attack
• Push with Purpose and Placement!
• Seven Placements and the Wide Angles
• A Levels Approach to Tactics
• Playing the Fisher
• Complex Versus Simple Tactics
• Play Into the Weird Stuff
• Pushing: Five out of Six Doesn't Cut It
• The Value of Down the Line
• The Myth of Thinking Too Much

Footwork

• Stepping Around the Backhand Corner
• Are You Backhand Oriented?
• A Forehand Stance While Blocking
• Are You a Tree or a Squirrel?
• Balance Leads to Feet-first Footwork

Playing in Tournaments

• Ten-Point Plan to Tournament Success
• Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Your First Table Tennis Tournament . . . But Didn’t Know Where to Ask!

Sports Psychology

• Confidence – Then Consistency!

Miscellaneous Non-Coaching Links

• Full-time Professional Table Tennis Clubs in the USA
• USATT CEOs, EDs, Presidents, Board Chairs, and Editors
• US Open and US Nationals Historical Results
• Celebrities Playing Table Tennis
• The Larry Hodges Table Tennis Book Collection (332 TT books, rather comprehensive)
• The Larry Hodges Historical Table Tennis Collection
• USATT Magazines (71) and Table Tennis World Magazines (3) by Larry Hodges
• USATT Magazine Historical Collection
• Complete Written Works of Larry Hodges
• Cartoons by Larry Hodges (in chronological order, sometime I'll organize by topic)