Comment tout a commencé ? Avec un dessin animé ! La passion pour la petite balle a été transmise à Dimitrij Ovtcharov (« Dima ») par ses parents, des anciens pongistes. Lorsqu’il regardait ses dessins animés préférés à l´âge de 4 ans, son père Michail, lui raconta que tous les héros de dessins animés sont … Continue reading Dima: Comment tout a commencé ?
How everything began? With a cartoon! Dimitrij Ovtcharov (“Dima”) came to table tennis through his parents - both also former table tennis players. At the age of 4 he liked watching cartoons and his dad Michail told him that all cartoon heroes would be great table tennis heroes. Thus, Dima started playing table tennis, too. … Continue reading Dima: How everything began?
Texte: Thomas Neuenschwander / photos: ITTF/René Zwald Le Japon compte traditionnellement beaucoup d’enfants prodiges. Citons Jun Mizutani, l’actuel numéro 13 mondial qui avait intégré le top 100 du monde à seulement 16 ans. Pendant longtemps, sa main heureuse faisait rêver le Japon d’un titre majeur. Ensuite, il y avait Kenta Matsudaira, sacré Champion du monde … Continue reading Harimoto Tomokazu: un enfant prodige qui défie la Chine
Written by Eli Baraty From the "Coach Me Table Tennis" blog http://www.coachmetabletennis.com/blog/football-vs-table-tennis-which-sport-is-harder Over the years, I’ve had debates with many people especially my good friend Louis, (currently coaching a national men’s football team) about which sport is harder to master – Football, or Table Tennis? We are both very proud coaches and pride ourselves inside … Continue reading FOOTBALL VS TABLE TENNIS – WHICH SPORT IS HARDER?
A California winemaker calls ping pong central to his fitness routine for its help with agility and even core strength. A very interesting article By Jen Murphy When Bob Blue, founding winemaker of Bonterra Organic Vineyards in Mendocino County, California, couldn’t find a regular tennis table partner, he bought a robotic one, the … Continue reading Table Tennis for One, With Help From a Robot
Un article très intéressant: «On dit souvent que le badminton est le sport le plus rapide au monde. Une recherche rapide sur Google renvoie des centaines de sources qui le "certifient". Ceci est un exemple: Quel est le sport le plus rapide au monde? Tennis? Football? Base-ball? Non et non. C'est le badminton - dans … Continue reading Tennis de table et badminton: et le sport le plus rapide est…
A very interesting article: "It is often said that Badminton is the fastest sport in the world. A quick search on Google returns hundreds of sources that “certify” it. This is an example: What’s the fastest sport in the world? Tennis? No. Soccer? Baseball? No and no. It’s badminton — in which the birdie, or shuttle, as the pros call it, can travel … Continue reading Table Tennis VS Badminton: And The Fastest Sport Is…
