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Photo of the week: Melissa Tapper at the 2006 Australian Open

Photo by: Me, courtesy www.gregsttpages.com

Sunday 31st December

  • It's free table tennis video time again - this time it's a match between Scott Houston of South Australia and George Tang of New South Wales.

Friday 15th December

Tuesday 12th December

  • 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

Monday 24th July

Sunday 16th July

  • Updated my table tennis blog with the results from the WA State Open Finals night.

  • I've also put up the 5 games of the Mens final on my free videos page.

Wednesday 12th July

  • Table tennis blog update time - reporting in the middle of the WA State Open.

  • A new free video is up as well - this time it is a teams match between Trevor Brown of Victoria and Chamara Fernando of Victoria B.

Friday 23rd June

  • Free video time - this one is a match between Xuyen Tran of NSW and Kamalesh Tharmasuthan of Vic B.

Monday 12th June

Thursday 8th June

Tuesday 30th May

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

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

Wednesday 22nd March

  • 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.

Monday 20th March

Friday 17th March

Thursday 16th March

  • 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.

Wednesday 15th March

Tuesday 14th March

  • 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

Thursday 9th March

  • 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!

Thursday 2nd March

Wednesday 1st March

  • 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.

Saturday 11th February

Wednesday 8th February

  • 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.

  • Updated my table tennis blog with my training progress.

Wednesday 18th January

  • Time for this weeks free video, this time the final game between Sharad Pandit and Russell Lavale.

  • Another update of my table tennis blog as well.

Wednesday 11th January

  • Updated my table tennis blog with what I've been doing at training this week.

  • Put up the free video of the week - the fifth and final game of the match between Stephanie Sang and Kerry Bungey in the Australian Open Teams event.

Monday 9th January

Friday 6th January

Thursday 5th January

  • Right, I'm back on deck again, so here's this weeks free video - the fourth game of the match between Piers Carter and David Zalcberg.

  • Time to start a new What's New for 2006. I've archived the What's New 2005 here.