Seth Pech won the 2026 US National Mens over 30 group. A nice summary of his games is on Youtube. He also links to a useful PDF about receiving serves.
Facts/Trivia/Information
SpinLab: How table tennis spin really works
SpinLab is a fun new site giving you the ability to see the effect of spin and speed on a table tennis ball. Very cool.
Table Tennis Serves “Explorer”
There’s a new website that’s building what it calls a “Serve Explorer” to describe and explain all table tennis serves. Fun idea with links to demo videos. I can see this as useful for both expanding your serves as well as identifying your opponent’s serves.
Marty Supreme film opens 12/23
As mentioned previously, Marty Supreme is a bio-pic about Marty Mauser pursuing his dream of becoming a champion table-tennis player. Opens next week in Capitola, Del Mar Theatre, and Santa Cruz Cinema.
Making Table Tennis Rackets and Balls. Japanese Factory Crafts Luxury Rackets from 250-Year Cypress.
History of the Table Tennis Ball
Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis | Google DeepMind
Nice update about the future of robots that can play table tennis.
Thanks to Derc for passing this along.
April 23 is World Table Tennis Day
April 23 is World Table Tennis Day. No celebrations nearby but many events around the world.
How long does it take to get good at Table Tennis?
This post updated 4/17/25 to update initially faulty charts.
Reddit u/DannyWeinbaum recently posted some interesting charts about how quickly USATT members improve their skills over 10 years. Check out the link for explanations.
USATT rating development curves grouped by final eventual rating
Median USATT rating development curve over time across all players
USATT rating development curves grouped by tourneys/year
A ping pong microbe. From the Duluth Herald, 1902.
