Ok new coaching area added plus many other things - this is first in the series but you can access them all via the "coaching" menu on the left hand side ! Keep us informed and comment on the artcles posted too when you have read them obviously. There will be more following so watch the updates in the sidebars ! Check your feet is the first ......... Movement in table tennis is key for your ability to be in the right position to perform your desired stroke. The placement of your feet are critical to a structured stroke as they are the base and foundation you need to initiate your shot. So, this article will cover some basics to consider on how your feet could be placed in order to give you the stability you want. Generally, the stance should be equal to shoulders or slightly more, The diagram to the right highlights the parallel lines between the shoulders and the feet. If you are tall, then in order to get closer to the net, the stance may have to be wider. ...

Play began pretty evenly until Pitchford gifts Baggaley a host of points, allowing him to take the first end 11-5. Baggaley returns the favour in the second which Pitchford capitalizes on to make it 1 game all. A failed drop shot from Baggaley in the third, and the crowd erupt, this gives Pitchford the momentum to take it all the way to 10-7, followed by some extremely powerful attacks, driving Baggaley right to the barriers until he could no longer return them. 2-1 to Pitchford. The fourth set was extremely close, it could have gone either way, but again it goes to the Derbyshire player, Pitchford. Baggaley starts the fifth well, going 6-2 up, dominating proceedings, he only lets Pitchford get 5 points on the board, finishing it off with a fast return down the edge of the table, keeping himself in contention. There were more mind games coming from Baggaleys end of the table, Pitchford seemed pretty immune until this point. Baggaley levels the score at 3-3 Baggaley gaining a lead in the latter part of the seventh end, gave Pitchford a task that was just too hard, sealing victory at 11-8 and claiming his third senior national title of his career. Andrew Baggaley bt. Liam Pitchford 4-3 (11-5, 7-11, 7-11. 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8) Article by James Cornford ...

The Tees Sport Website has been added in its own page within the site for ease of use on reference or purchasing of equipment. The idea is exactly the same as the ETTA and VETTS sites embeded so members can access without leaving the site but also browse any they wish too. ...

3T's Bookie or vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to new vBulletin software we have here on Table Tennis Talk. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate). Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings. vBookie uses its own "vCash" by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'. We have given all members a default value of £1500 to start with and will have more events in the future. As with everything this for pure enjoyment of the members so take part at anytime in any of the events running...... ...

Article by John Ruderham The largest and oldest league in the country, the Bristol & District Table Tennis Association, is gearing up for its 2009/2010 Closed Championships at the Filton WISE Academy on 21 February 2010 – ninety years since its very first Closed Individual Championships back in the 1919/1920 season, when it was re-formed. This is something that could be contested given the Sunderland and District League is 100 years old too ...