I've started a Readers'
Tips page in my articles
section - for all those handy tips from my readers that
don't apply to any particular article, as well as any especially
good tips from the forums that I notice.
Tuesday 6th December
Another free video update,
this time it's Brett Clarke of Victoria up against Kiet Tran
of NSW in the Aussie Open 2005 Teams Match.
The new free video is up on my free
videos page. This week features David Zalcberg of Victoria
B vs Colin McKenna of Queensland, in a 2005 Australian Open Teams
Match.
Late again with the free
video update I know - blame on the different shift I'm doing
at work for the last 2 weeks. Anyway, it's up now - this time
a match between Chamara Fernando and the up-and-coming Robert
Frank.
Monday 21st November
Time for another table tennis
blog update - read how are things going in my secret plan
for world domination - er - the 2006 Australian Open?
Friday 18th November
Added another picture to my serving
article, this time dealing with the concept of Power-zones
and Crossover points.
Thursday 17th November
I've started to expand the area of my website dealing with
table tennis in Western Australia.
I've added an introductory page, and details for the Morley
Club (including photos) under the Club
Listing section. Stay tuned for more to come!
Wednesday 16th November
Yes, I'm a day late with the latest free
video update - so sue me!! This week's video is between
Brett Clarke of Victoria and Chamara Fernando of Victoria B.
Monday 14th November
I've been played with my image-editing program, and have produced
some more GIFs to help illustrate some of the concepts in my
article on serving.
I'm quite pleased with the results so far. I'll add more GIFs
as time permits.
Added some more entries to my
guestbook, from me old mate Matt Sharrett and Dom Lynch. Thanks
guys.
Wednesday 9th November
Finally, another table tennis
blog update, as I tackle Goals 2 and 3 of my plan for the
2006 Australian Open.
Tuesday 8th November
It's free video Tuesday
yet again, and this time I am showing a clip of Kiet Tran (the
#1 player from New South Wales) vs Kyle Davis (the wonder junior
from Victoria).
Monday 7th November
Put up another intriguing comment from Rick Anderson re my
article on What is Talent?.
Rick argues that my basic definition is flawed. Read Rick's
reasons and my defense in the Comment section at the bottom
of the article.
I'm also doing a bit more housekeeping around the site - just
improving the articles with some GIF pictures to help illustrate
some of the points I make. I've started with my article
on serving - one picture down and several more to go (both
in this article and others).
Saturday 5th November
Added another reader's point of view to my article on forum
etiquette - this time from Rick Anderson. He makes some
interesting points as well.
I've included some feedback from Agent HEX in regards to Jonathan
Roberts' article on The
Basic Physics and Mathematics of Table Tennis. Agent HEX has
also had his say regarding my article on Forum
Etiquette - makes for interesting and thought-provoking reading.
Thanks for the comments Agent!
Tuesday 1st November
Updated my free videos
page with the weekly update - this one is the final game
of the 2005 Australian Open Teams match between Simon Gerada
and Piers Carter.
I've added some very useful comments from Joshua Chu to my
article about Playing
with Antispin - thanks Joshua!
Saturday 29th October
I've added the 2005 Australian Open Teams match between Victoria
and Victoria B as pay per download. You can watch Trevor Brown,
Brett Clarke and Simon Gerada battle it out against Kyle Davis,
David Zalcberg and Chamara Fernando. Check
it out here!
Time for this week's free
video update - this time Game 3 of the Australian Open Teams
match between Simon Gerada and Kyle Davis.
Monday 24th October
Added a kind comment and question about long pimples from Derek
Brooke-Wavell to my Which
Long Pimples Should You Use? article. I've also added my
reply to Derek and his subsequent response.
A lightning (lightening? <g>) update of my training progress
in my table tennis blog.
Wednesday 19th October
As promised, I've put up a new article on my articles
page about Playing
with Antispin - for those of you who just have to be different!
Tuesday 18th October
Another free video update
- this time a 2005 Australian Open Teams match between Kamalesh
Tharmasuthan of Victoria B and Scott Houston of SA.
I'm about two thirds of my way through a new article on Playing
with Antispin - hopefully I'll have it finished for tomorrow,
so stay tuned.
Updated my table tennis blog
- which is in danger of becoming a Weight-Watchers journal unless
I start doing some more table tennis training!
Tuesday 11th October
Added the weekly free video
- this time a Mens Team match between David Zalcberg and Brett
Clarke from the Australian Open 2005.
Monday 10th October
Been doing a little bit of housekeeping - added another comment
to my guestbook from Ankit Balaria, as well as some comments
from Jonathan Roberts regarding etiquette
in the warmup and my review of the megaspin.net site on
my table tennis links page.
Wednesday 5th October
I've updated my table tennis
blog with details of my weigh-in. Don't panic though - no
pictures!
Tuesday 4th October
Time for the weekly free
video. This time it's a Womens Quarterfinal match from the
Aussie Open - Stephanie Sang vs May Cho.
Monday 3rd October
I think I've finally got everything sorted in using PayPal to
allow those of you with broadband connections to download and
buy the full versions of the 2005 Australian Open Finals for a
reasonable price. Check
it out here!
Thursday 29th September
First real update of my table
tennis blog for the leadup to the 2006 Australian Open Championships.
Tuesday 27th September
Updated the weekly free
video, which is the Australian Open MS Quarterfinal match
between Russell Lavale (Vic) and Shane Laugesen (NZ).
Friday 23rd September
Added a detailed comment from Peter Williams regarding the
use of 2mm sponge with long pimpled rubber, in my long
pimples and sponge thicknesses article.
Still slowly catching up on reader requests, and this time
I've answered a question from Alex Vanderklugt regarding long
pimples and sponge thicknesses.
Added another free video to my free
videos page - this time a 2005 Australian Open Teams Match
between Adam Green (NSW) and Andy Shih (QLD).
Also added a few more free videos to my Resume
Page, showing a couple of my wins at the 2005 Australian Open
(you don't really expect me to show my losses, do you? ;)
)
Julian Thomas has given me an update on his progress with the
block/push/hitter
style as mentioned in my article yesterday. I've put his
update in the Comment section at the bottom of the article.
Time for another free video
update - I'll try to keep them weekly from here on in. This
time it's the tense 5th and final game in the teams match between
Kyle Davis of Victoria B and Brett Clarke of Victoria.
Thursday 8th September
Another quick blog update,
outlining my plans for my blog over the coming year leading up
to the 2006 Australian Open.
Wednesday 7th September
Updated my table tennis blog
to include the details of our Pennant Grand Final against the
Morley Magic.
Also been doing some housekeeping, including finally updating
my guestbook with comments
from the last month or so.
Tuesday 6th September
After a break of 2 months, I'm back with a couple of website
reviews for my links page,
these being for the Melbourne University Table Tennis Club,
and the Batskills website, home of several nifty training aids
and games.
Friday 2nd September
I've put up the new free video on my free
videos page, this time of the final game between Kiet Tran
of NSW and Trevor Brown of Victoria. I've also added four more
sample highlight clips at the bottom of the page, from the mens
and womens quarterfinals. Enjoy!
I know, I know - I'm late with the update of the free video
- tomorrow I promise!
Wednesday 31st August
Time for another table tennis
blog update, this time regarding the 2005 West Australian
State Open.
Friday 26th August
Updated my coaching
page, as I now offer coaching from my home, and I'll update
my coaching schedule weekly to show what times are available.
Thursday 25th August
At last, I've written my first
blog update for the 2005-2006 season. This one deals with
the Australian Open 2005. I'll put in updates dealing with the
WA State Open, the A grade Winter Pennants Grand Final, and
future directions for my blog in the near future.
I've also started some housekeeping on the site, trying to catch
up with a backlog of questions and entries in the guestbook etc.
Today I've updated my guestbook,
added some comments to various articles (speed
gluing and disappearing
player styles), and added a second rules question about the
ball bouncing back over
the net.
Tuesday 23rd August
Things are slowly getting back to normal around here - and
I've got the first of my free
video clips from the 2005 Australia Open - to start with
I've chosen the third game from the Mens Final between William
Henzell and Simon Gerada.
I've also updated my sample DVD quality clips on the free
videos page to use some highlights from the 2005 Australian
Open. Enjoy!
Tuesday 16th August
Well, I'm finally back from my trip - I'll attempt to catch
up with everything over the next couple of weeks, including
a detailed blog of the competition. In the meantime, I've got
the new DVDs from the 2005 Australian Open ready for ordering,
so check out the DVDs
here!
Thursday 28th July
Well, this is it - my final
blog update before the 2005 Australian Open Championships!
Time for the weekly free
video update, this time a Australian Open 2004 Mens Singles
match between Guy Fainbloom and Kamalesh Tharmasuthan. This
will be the last video update for a couple of weeks, since I'm
heading out to the 2005 Nationals and then a week's holiday
as of this Friday.
Thursday 21st July
At last, a new match play tactics article for my articles
page. This one is by request from Rocky Dotzler, and it's
on the topic of serve,
third ball and fifth ball strategies for left handed loopers.
A lot is still applicable to us righties as well, so until I
get the time to write a right handed equivalent, take a look
and use a mirror!
Wednesday 20th July
Sorry all, I'm late with the latest free video. It's up now
on my free videos page,
a match between Kiet Tran of NSW and Sharrad Pandit of SA.
The reason why I'm late with the free video is because I had
to change my shifts yesterday to play the pennant semifinal last
night. Read about how it went in my table
tennis blog.
Monday 18th July
Blog update today - just
rounding out what's been happening over the last week or so.
Friday 15th July
Just been doing some general housekeeping today, including adding
a Guestbook entry from
ex-Australian Open Singles Champion Paul Langley. I've also added
some article comments from Jonathan Roberts (Keeping
your eye on the ball), and Narciso III Kit Adiaz(The
art of twiddling).
Wednesday 13th July
I'm now officially offering my coaching services for interested
players in WA - see my Coaching
by Greg page for more details.
Tuesday 12th July
It's Tuesday, it must be time for new
videos - actually just one free video this week, I'm trying
a larger filesize to see how much it improves the picture quality
- feel free to let me know what you think!
I've also updated my table tennis
blog to cover the last week of my training and competition.
Updated my Guestbook
with some kind words from Narciso Kit Adiaz.
Have put another overdue website review up on my table
tennis links page, this one for the Monash University Table
Tennis Club.
Tuesday 5th July
Two new free videos
to look at, this time Game 6 of the Australian Open Mens Semifinal
between William Henzell and Trevor Brown, and a Teams Match
between David Zalcberg and Chamara Fernando.
Monday 4th July
Another blog update re
the Grand Prix from Friday night.
I've finally got my table tennis
forum up and running. I may tweak a few things in the months
to come, but I'm pretty happy so far. So please take a look,
register (it's free!) and join the fun!
Tuesday 28th June
You guessed it, it's time for the new free
videos! This week we have Alex Swanson of South Australia
playing Kyle Davis of Victoria in a 2004 Australian Open Teams
Match, and Jian Fang Lay playing Miao Miao in Game 2 of the
Brisbane Open 2004 Final.
Finally dragged myself away from playing with my new domain's
control panel and forum software, and have written up a site
review for Table Tennis Victoria, which can be found on my links
page. I've also added a site review for the Wilmslow &
District Table Tennis League website.
Yay! I've finally made the official move to my new domain name,
www.gregsttpages.com. I've been testing the site out and I think
I've got everything working pretty smoothly, but you never know.
So if you spot an error, please email me to let me know, so
that I can fix it ASAP.
Friday 24th June - Greg's Table Tennis Pages to Move!
There's not been much in the way of updates for the last few
days - mainly because I'm finalising the process of moving this
site from my local ISP members' area to a domain of its own. The
domain is ready to go, but I've still got a few bits and pieces
to sort out. I'll try to get a few website reviews done today,
and I've got a couple of articles in point form ready to be written
up, but they may have to wait until I've finished the transfer
across. I'll keep you posted as to the official launch date -
I've got a busy weekend lined up so unless it's a quiet day at
work today it may have to be sometime next week. Fingers crossed!
Tuesday 21st June
Time for the weekly free
video update - I've put up the first game of the Aussie
Open Mens Doubles Final, and part of a Teams Match between Andy
Shih and Kiet Tran.
Added some comments and queries from Todd Holland about choosing
a table tennis table. I've also added my reply to Todd as
well.
Monday 20th June
Put up another link, this one to the Wilmslow & District
Table Tennis League, on my links
page, with a full review coming soon. Looks like I will
be busy with several site reviews in the next few days!
Have updated my table tennis
blog to include my progress in the Fremantle Tournament,
which was held over the weekend.
Placed links on my links
page to three sites that have been kind enough to link to
me, these being Table Tennis Victoria, Monash University Table
Tennis Club, and Melbourne University Table Tennis Club. I'll
have your site reviews up soon guys, I promise!
I've also been sprucing up the site a bit over the last couple
of days, adding a few more pictures to some of my articles that
only had text on the page.
Tuesday 14th June
Added some more information to my Australia
Table Tennis Profile, this time covering the history of
table tennis in Australia from early days up until 1983.
The usual Tuesday free video
updates are now up. Video 1 is the first game of the Australian
Open Womens SemiFinal between May Cho and Jian Fang Lay. Video
2 is an Australian Open Teams Match between Alex Swanson and William
Henzell.
I've added a RSS feed for standard 2.0 RSS and My Yahoo! to
the site. Handy for all of you out there waiting with bated breath
for my next amazing article
(or maybe just the free videos?).
Tuesday 7th June
The usual Tuesday new free
videos are up, this time of David Zalcberg vs Sharrad Pandit,
and Russell Lavale vs Jens Lang. Also due to a request from
a reader, I've put the clip from my own match against Kyle Davis
up again briefly.
There won't be too many updates over the next week or two -
I'm concentrating on finishing off my theory workbook for the
Level 1 Coaching. Rest assured I'll be back after that though!
Friday 3rd June
Sick of bad mannered spectators? Why not email this article
on spectator etiquette
to them - maybe they'll get the hint. You'll find it in the
General Section of my articles
page.
Wednesday 1st June
Another table tennis blog
update, this time with the results of last night's pennant match
against Morley Assegai.
Long time readers may notice the introduction of various ads
for equipment from The
Table Tennis Pioneers on different articles. If you want
to know why I've introduced more ads, you can read
my rationale here.
Put up the usual Tuesday free
video update - this time of Piers Carter vs Trevor Brown,
and Danny Semmler vs Adam Green.
Sunday 29th May
Prequels are the in thing at the moment, and I'm getting on
to the bandwagon with one of my own - a prequel to my 'Table
Tennis Tactics - Apply Your Strengths' article called Table
Tennis - Identify your Strengths and Weaknesses.
Saturday 28th May
Updated my table tennis blog
with details of last night's Grand Prix.
For all of you eagerly waiting, I've finally got this week's
free videos up. This
week we have Scott Houston vs Robert Frank, and David Zalcberg
vs Andy Shih.
Updated my table tennis blog
a bit earlier this time, with details of last night's pennant
match against the Morley Magic.
Monday 23rd May
The English Table Tennis Association (ETTA) website gets a
review on my links page.
I've added some good questions from Peter Ritmeester about
the Butterfly Amicus 3000 table tennis robot to my review,
as well as some answers from me.
Saturday 21st May
Due to popular request (OK, one request - but it was popular
with me!! Thank you Steven!) - I have placed a video on the
free videos page showing
my own table tennis prowess. I've chosen the final game against
Kyle Davis in the Australian Open Teams 2004 because there are
some good rallies and it probably makes me look better than
I really am!!
Friday 20th May
In response to Deepak Mukhi's comment regarding my article
on Choosing a Table Tennis
table, I've added a section on Outdoor Tables.
Put up another longish update on my Table
Tennis blog, talking about the Armadale Tournament, pennants,
the Nationals and other ramblings.
Thursday 19th May
I've added another site review to my links
page, this time for Czech Table Tennis Online.
As you may have noticed already, I'm also reworking the menu
system to try to make navigation around the site a bit easier.
Bear with me while I sort it all out.
It's Tuesday - it must be time for new free
videos! This time I've added two new free videos - Piers Carter
vs William Henzell and Giovanni Cnapich vs Kiet Tran.
Updated my table tennis blog
again, keeping up with what's been happening over the last week.
Wednesday 11th May
Added another site review, this time of Coach Richard McAfee.
You can find the full review on my table
tennis links page.
I've made a small addition to the Match Play section of my articles
page, offering my humble advice and tactics for anybody caring
to send me their details. I'll put your situation and my reply
up on the website, and hopefully some of my other visitors might
add their 2c worth as well!
Tuesday 10th May
Time for another free video
update - this time it's Australian #4 David Zalcberg (Pres)
vs Australian Top 20 player Alex Swanson (SA) in a Teams Match
between the President's Team and South Australia.
Added some comments and ideas from Adrian Barnes on my article
about Training with
Weaker Players. Thanks Adrian!
Friday 6th May
Finally added the first instalment of my Guide
to Speed Glue, this part focusing on an overview of speed
glue, and its advantages and disadvantages. You can find it
on my articles page.
Thursday 5th May
Put another entry into my table
tennis blog for my readers to check out.
I've also added another site review to my links
page, this time for Table Tennis Dayton.
The free videos page
has changed again - this time I've added footage from the Australian
Open 2004 Mens Singles Quarterfinal between William Henzell
and Kyle Davis.
Monday 2nd May
Put up a Guestbook
for readers' comments about my website in general. I've used
my general email form to avoid the guestbook spam plague that
is occurring these days.
Saturday 30th April
I've updated my table tennis
blog to cover my progress at the Geraldton Country tournament
last weekend.
I've received my first question about Table Tennis rules -
regarding whether you can cut the name and logo from a table
tennis rubber that you are going to use in competition. Check
out my answer here. I've also added a summary
page to list all the many, many questions that I am sure
I will get!
Added a website review to my links
page - for Borko & Son - Custom Blades.
Put up a new free video on my free
videos page - this time of Joon Choi vs Xuyen Tran from
the QLD vs NSW teams match at the Australian Open 2004.
Added a Club Listing page
for anybody wanting to know where they can play table tennis
in Western Australia, both Perth and Country clubs.
Friday 29th April
NEWS UPDATE - I'M BACK!!
Hi all,
I'm back from the holiday and the tournament - I've just
got in the door from a 7 hour drive - I'm well and truly knackered.
I'll fill you all in on what happened tomorrow when I can
think straight.
SPECIAL NOTE: To the person who placed an order for the DVD1:
Mens/Womens Final on April 26, you didn't leave me an email
address to get back to you! (My mistake, I've now fixed this
on the order form to make an email address compulsory - sorry!)
So to my mystery orderer, please email me direct at this
email address (put TABLE TENNIS VIDEOS in the subject
line) or simply use the new
purchase form which should now work properly!)
To everyone else who emailed - I'll reply tomorrow when I've
recovered from the drive!
Cheers,
Greg
Thursday 21st April
Have updated my table tennis
blog again - the last entry for a week or so due to holidays.
I've also added another website review to my links
page, this time for the very good NATT website.
For all of you who have been waiting for the latest free
video, it's up! It's Sharrad Pandit vs Chamara Fernando,
from the Australian Open 2004. Chamara ended up about #6 on
the order of merit for the tournament, and Sharrad is currently
ranked at #10 in the Australian Mens, and is probably known
already to some Americans, especially those from Chicago!
Put an update of my table tennis
blog up, with the results from the Grand Prix on Friday.
Have made a specific order
form for videos, rather than just using my normal email
form.
I'm currently working on a country profile of Australian table
tennis, as well as a guide to speed glue - both are in point
form at the moment but I'll hopefully whip them into shape fairly
soon.
Friday 15th April
Added another website review to my links
page, this time of Table Tennis Australia.
Have updated my table tennis
blog for the last week, to include my pennants match against
the top team in WA.
Have changed my free videos
- I have added part of the first game between Russell Lavale
and Trevor Brown in the final of the 2004 Brisbane Open, and
removed the video of the first game between Russell Lavale and
William Henzell. Enjoy!!
I've added a guide to help you choose the right table tennis
table for you and your family - it can be found in the Equipment
section of my articles page.
Put another site review up on my links
page - this time to the Table Tennis Canada web site.
Sunday 10th April
I have now got the DVDs available for the 2004 Australian Open
Finals and Brisbane Open finals made up and on sale for $18
each or $60 for the set of 4. See my videos
pages for more details.
Saturday 9th April
What makes a champion a champion? It's a question I ask myself
(and you!) in my latest piece to be added to the articles
page.
Inflation hits my links pages, with my top rating now increased
to 5 bats. Go to the links
page and read the updated site review for Denis' Table Tennis
World to find out why!
I have also added a site review to my links
page for Australia's own Table Tennis World, where I can be
found posting now and again as DTopSpirit.
Thursday 7th April
Put my second match play article up on the site on the articles
page. This article deals with how to make the most of your
strengths and minimise your weaknesses, and how to do the opposite
to your opponent!
Wednesday 6th April
Placed another site review, this time for Table Tennis New
South Wales, on my links page.
Tuesday 5th April
Added an article to my articles
page on the subject of whether imported players are a good
or bad idea.
Added a couple more photos around the site to brighten things
up a bit, courtesy of the ITTF at www.ittf.com.
Put a new free video
up - this time it's the first game of the Australian Open Womens
Final between Miao Miao and May Cho.
Removed the free video of the game between myself and Jeff Drew
- if anyone missed out and would like to see it, email me and
I'll put it back up sometime - no, you'd all rather be watching
Miao Miao and May Cho wouldn't you - I know I certainly would!!
Monday 4th April
Updated my links page
due to some information received from Terry and Sue Canup about
how to get around their site more easily. Have also updated
their rating to 4 bats due to their care for the websurfers
of their site!
Have written my table tennis
blog for the last week, painful as it is to do so - go read
it for yourself and you will see why!
Saturday 2nd April
Another article added to the Guide to Long Pimples, this one
focuses on how to make your balls
wobble - as requested by Tobhik (so blame him, not me!).
Thursday 31st March
Have updated my Table Tennis
Resume page to actually give a bit of background about my
time in table tennis.
Hang in there article lovers - I have got several articles
in the point form stage in preparation for writing up in the
next few days.
I have added a table tennis
rules section, where I have listed the Laws of Table Tennis,
and made myself available to answer any questions regarding the
rules that people may have.
Monday 28th March
Due to a suggestion from an international visitor, I have joined
up with PayPal and added the ability for non-Australians to
purchase my Table Tennis
DVDs and videos. I have done a bit of minor updating to
the main Table Tennis page and the various video pages.
Sunday 27th March
Added another table tennis website review to my links
page, this time of PongWorld.
Saturday 26th March
Had some time on my hands today, so I've done a bit of a housekeeping
on the site, including splitting up the Table Tennis Videos
page and adding pages for my free
table tennis videos and the videos
I have for sale. I've also made some minor changes to the
main Table Tennis page and Articles page.
Added another free video to the free
table tennis video page - the first game of the 2004 Australian
Open final between Russell Lavale and William Henzell.
Have added my tactics
for Push/Blockers as the fourth item in Part 5 of Playing
with Long Pimples in the articles section.
Thursday 17th March
Have added a comment from Phillippe Lemmens regarding my Mental
Toughness article.
Have added a comment in favour of new technology and against
the ITTF's policy of restricting equipment from Jip Man Vuong
to my Table Tennis Styles
- Where have they gone? article.
Wednesday 16th March
Added another couple of site reviews on my links
page, for megaspin and for masatenisi.
Updated my main table tennis page - swapped around the 'will
find' and 'won't find' sections so that it reads better.
