Time for another free video
- this time a match between Xuyen Tran of New South Wales and
Anlin Hao of Singapore.
Monday 20th November
Free video time - this
time another clip from the Mark Smith Advanced Coaching DVDs.
Thursday 19th October
Yes, I've been pretty slack with the free video updates lately.
Anyway, here's the latest
free video - the final game of the match between Kiet Tran
and Andy Shih.
Thursday 28th Septmber
Time for another free video
update, this time the second game of the match between George
Tang and Simon Gerada in the teams competition.
Thursday 14th September
I've put up the first of my free
videos from the 2006 Australian Open. This is the fourth
game of the terrific match between William Henzell and Simon
Gerada in the teams competition.
I've also updated my blog,
with my final update for a while.
Tuesday 8th August
My final table tennis blog
update before the start of the Australian Open Championships,
on 13th August.
Free video update time
too. This time a match between Russell Lavale and Kiet Tran.
Saturday 13th May
Yes, it's time for another free
table tennis video. This week's video is a match between
Chamara Fernando of Victoria B, and Adam Green of New South
Wales.
Friday 5th May
Free table tennis video
time - this time between recent Commonwealth Games competitor
Brett Clarke (Vic) and Sharad Pandit (SA).
Friday 28th April
This week's free video
is now up - it's the match between Trevor Brown of Victoria
and David Zalcberg of Victoria B.
I know there hasn't been much in the way of new stuff lately
- rest assured that I have been busy behind the scenes writing
a lot of new content that you should get to see in the next
few days with luck. So stay tuned!
Thursday 20th April
The free video for
this week is now up - this time a match between Xuyen Tran of
New South Wales and Roy Abbas of South Australia B.
Tuesday 18th April
A quick table tennis blog
update just to let everyone know I'm still alive!
Thursday 13th April
Yep, it's free video
time again - this time between Chamara Fernando of Vic B and
Adrian Soh of New Zealand.
Thursday 6th April
Free video time - it's
Guy Fainbloom of NSW vs Andy Shih of QLD.
Friday 31st March
Time for another free video
- this week its Simon Gerada vs David Zalcberg, in a teams match.
Friday 24th March
Put up this week's free
video - Trevor Brown (Vic) vs Adam Green (NSW).
Bob Sollish has provided a detailed fluid mechanics explanation
of why table
tennis balls wobble - I have included this in the Comments
section at the bottom of the article. Thanks Bob!
I've added a site review
for the www.10iguales.com site - a website especially for Latin
American table tennis players.
Added a comment from Bob Sollish to the Art
of Twiddling article regarding the long pimple articles
and using a modified Seemiller grip with long pips. Thanks Bob.
I've answered an interesting question from Peter Bannister
regarding rubbers coming
loose from the blade, and raised a few more questions of
my own. Thanks Paul!
Added a contact email for the distributors of the XuShaoFa
robot, as well as some answers by Peter Williams to questions
in the comments section. I've also now included a copy of the
instruction manual in the article for those thinking of making
a purchase.
This week's free videos
are up, and as a tribute to our Commonwealth Games team, I've
put up footage from matches between William Henzell and Russell
Lavale, and Miao Miao and Peri Campbell-Innes.
Still catching up on some bits and pieces on the site. Added
a couple more guestbook
entries from Otti Beerli and James Poole.
I've also added a question
from James Poole about compact table tennis tables, and
my answer to the question. I've updated the Choosing
A Table Tennis Table article to include compact table tennis
tables. Thanks James!
Finally got my report on the Albany
Open up, along with some photos of the action.
Saturday 11th March
Been doing a bit of housekeeping on the site again today. Added
comments and questions from John Staley in regard to the XuShaoFa
robot, as well as a guestbook
entry from Walter Nehaul.
Added some answers to some rules
questions from Jeff Tran and Jim Persons - thanks for the
questions guys!
Friday 10th March
Updated my table tennis blog
with details of the week, including my progress at the Albany
Open.
This week's free video
is the last game and a half from the match between Kiet Tran
of NSW and Kamalesh Tharmasuthan of Vic B. It even includes
a special guest appearance from William Henzell at no extra
charge!
Finally, a new article of my own! Hope it was worth the wait
for those of you who noticed I hadn't written anything for a
while. This one is Beating
the Blocker Blues, thanks to a question asked by Paul Brandrick.
Weekly free video time
- this time it's Andy Shih of Queensland up against Gio Cnapich
of Western Australia.
I've also added another video of me to my resume
page - this time playing the top Kiwi Shane Laugesen. Guess
who wins this one?
Friday 24th February
My table tennis blog has
been updated again, so for those of you interested in my progress
towards the Australian Open 2006, feel free to stop by and have
a look.
I'm still having problems with getting the free video uploaded.
I've now split it into two smaller files in the hopes that I can
get them up individually before the connection crashes. I'll link
it up when I have some success. (The
videos are now up!)
Thursday 23rd February
Housekeeping time at Greg's Table Tennis Pages again! I've
updated my guestbook, and added various comments from readers
to articles (thanks to Andrew Gooding for comments about Back
to Base-ics, George Zimmerman for comments about Keeping
Your Eye on the Ball, and Mental
Toughness, and Khoa Nguyen (!?) for his plea to Agent Hex
to write his own version of Basic
Physics and Maths in Table Tennis).
I'm still trying to get this week's free video uploaded - darn
this slow dial-up connection that keeps dropping out! It will
be a game between Guy Fainbloom of NSW and Damon Clarke of QLD
if I can ever get the connection to stop crashing!
Thursday 16th February
This week's free video
is ready to go. It's the first game of the match between Andy
Shih of Queensland and Chamara Fernando of Victoria B.
Wednesday 15th February
The writeup
of Round 1 of the Mascall Imperial Sport Grand Prix is now
up, along with a few pictures of the competitors.
Monday 13th February
A lengthy update of my table
tennis blog for those of you who are interested.
Also added some photos
to my coaching pages, showing the layout of my home court
for anyone wondering about whether there is enough space.
Added a Tournament
Results page to the WATTA section of my website. I'll hopefully
have the results and writeup of last Friday's Grand Prix by
late Tuesday - early Wednesday at the latest. I just need to
get my hands on the full results.
Time for another couple of free
videos, this time showcasing some of Australia's best junior
talent, with Robert Frank and Kyle Davis competing, and Robert
also trying to upset the senior Kamalesh Tharmasuthan.
Thursday 2nd February
It's table tennis blog
time, with this weeks update (sorry, still no photos just yet!)
The free video for
this week is a bit late - sorry about that but that's the way
it goes. This week it's Xuyen Tran of NSW and Trevor Brown of
VIC facing off.
Wednesday 25th January
This weeks free video
is a game from the teams match between William Henzell of South
Australia, and Simon Gerada of Victoria.
Also put up on my free videos page a short clip taken from
the SBS Sports Report, about the 2006
Commonwealth Games Tryouts. Onya SBS for showing some TT!