Bounce: How Champions are Made

This is a book I have been reading: BOUNCE by Matthew Syed. Have not finished yet but I enjoy it so much that I want to share it!

Matthew Syed is an English Journalist and he was also a table tennis player. He was a 3 time Commonwealth Champion and was a 2 time Olympian. His book forces us to re-think about whether talent and success really goes hand in hand. (Not just in sport, but in other areas such as arts, business etc).

About the book: Click to watch the video :)

I would think this is a very good and well written book. It provide a lot of evidence to support what the author stand for his points. If I have a chance to read this book earlier like few years ago, I will not simply given up many interests that I had but was thought I shouldn't wasting time to pursue for. I would have tried for many things and who know I may have succeeded one of those and achieve my dream earlier.

Matt Syed's theory can be commonly applied in many different sports, especially in table tennis where the game is mainly emphasized on the coordination of hand and eye.

Important Positioning Tips – By Judy Hugh

When hitting a Forehand drive from the Forehand side (depending on whether you’re a righty or lefty):

• Turn body and point feet about 45 ° from the table
• Spread legs a little wider than shoulder-width apart
• Keep right foot slightly positioned behind left foot

When hitting a Forehand drive from the Backhand side (stepping around):

• Turn body and legs more perpendicular to the table than you would with a FH from the FH side
• Keep legs a little wider than shoulder-width apart

Note: as you move farther and farther to the backhand side (when trying to hit a forehand), the more perpendicular your body needs to be to the table.

When hitting a Backhand drive:

• Remember to keep feet spread a bit wider than shoulder-width
• Kept feet almost even with each other, with left foot slightly closer to the table
• This makes it much easier to transfer from a backhand to a forehand with the left foot in front instead of the right
• Stay about an arm’s length away from the table

In general:

• Stay on your toes ¾ allows you to move quicker
• Stay off your heels
• Always keep knees bent a little; don’t lock your knees (or elbows)
• Never allow your upper body to be standing completely upright
• Bend upper body slightly forward

by Judy Hugh

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Judy has been playing table tennis for just about ten years now, and her proudest accomplishments include staying at the top of the Cadets/Juniors while she was eligible, and making the 2007 U.S. National Team, making semis of Women’s Singles and winning Women’s Doubles at the 2007 U.S. Nationals.

COUNTRY: UNITED STATES
Playing style: All-round attacker
Coach: Lily Yip
Blade: STIGA TUBE Aluminium Blade
Forehand rubber: STIGA Mendo MP Rubber
Backhand rubber: STIGA Magna Rubber

Some Fantastic Outdoor Table Tennis Tables

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Butterfly Outdoor Home Rollaway
This is an example of the butterfly line of tables. As you can see it is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and worth every penny.

STIGA Coronado Outdoor
What a beauty this is. If you are fortunate this one will be available for purchase. There is a reason Stiga is a top quality table tennis table manufacturer.

Prince Advantage Outdoor
Prince is also a fine manufacturer of quality mad table tennis tables. Take a look at this dandy. Simply makes me want to get out my paddles and play.

Kettler Outdoor 4
Kettler, the German manufacturer. They came through with this fine table. You can’t go wrong with a Kettler table tennis table.

Killerspin MyT-O Outdoor
Last but definitely not least is the Killerspin table tennis table. Now there is a table that is worthy of the olympics. You probably won’t find this exact table on the eBay marketplace but you just never can tell. I simply wanted to show how awesome these tables truly are.

What a line up of fantastic table tennis tables. While all of these are not outdoor table tennis tables, I am sure that you will find them in the mix. I hope that you find exactly the table that you are looking for and recommend this site to others.