Latest Updates Around The World
December 2, 2025 | Ron Fosker Finchingfield B’s apparent walk to the Division Three Braintree Table Tennis League title received an unexpected shock last week when they were held to a draw by Black Notley H. After seven consecutive wins since the start of the season, the leaders found their hosts a tough nut to […]
December 1, 2025 (by Dr. Alan Chu, PhD, CMPC) In the 1990s, psychologist Anders Ericsson revolutionized our understanding of expertise. Through his groundbreaking research on expert performers—from musicians to chess players and athletes—he discovered something surprising: what separates world-class performers is not innate talent or the quantity of practice, but the quality of practice. Based […]
December 1, 2025 (By Larry Hodges, US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Member, www.tabletenniscoaching.com/blog) Training is not only done at the table. There is also shadow practice, which you can do anywhere. (There’s also physical training, but that’s a different issue.) It’s very difficult to change or develop a new stroke, and learn the timing […]
December 1, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Anna Hursey and coach John Murphy have reflected on a stellar World Youth Championships campaign that saw the Welsh and Great Britain teenager win three medals. It was one of every color for Anna as she won the women’s doubles title with Germany’s Mia Griesel, took silver in the […]
December 1, 2025 | Paul Stimpson The University of Nottingham (UoN) once again dominated the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Table Tennis Championships, winning four of the five titles, including a clean sweep from Jiaqi Meng. The competition saw approximately 480 athletes take part at David Ross Sports Village, UoN’s home venue. Meng won […]
December 1, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Over the past few months we have undergone extensive consultation on Table Tennis England’s current draft Transgender Inclusion Policy on gender appropriateness within our sport, including consulting with multiple stakeholder groups and inviting feedback and experiences on this topic. The policy is expected to be finalized and released in […]
November 30, 2025 (by Steve Hopkins) The Chinese championship event was expected to spotlight the top two players in the world and China’s top squad in the competition, but an unranked Fan Zhendong stole most of the headlines at the 2025 Chinese National Games in Macau. Fan’s run in men’s singles was epic. He won […]
November 30, 2025 (By Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Today was the final day of action at the ITTF World Youth Championships in Cluj Napoca, Romania. China claims wins in six of the fourteen events, with Japan winning three, Taipei and Germany winning a pair and Thailand winning the remaining event. The U19 Boys Team event […]
November 30, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Wales and GB’s Anna Hursey is World Champion – ending the ITTF World Youth Championships with THREE medals! She won the under-19 girls’ doubles with Germany’s Mia Griesel, adding to their European gold in the same age group and under-21s. The medal is part of the silver won together […]
November 28, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Anna Hursey had to settle for silver at the World Youth Championships when she and Romanian partner Iulian Chirita were defeated by Li Hechen and Qin Yuxuan of China in the Under-19 Mixed Doubles final. However, the Wales and Great Britain star will compete in tomorrow’s girls’ doubles final […]
